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    A hidden debt crisis is silently wrecking the dreams of India’s middle class

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    Rush Hour: Trump asks Apple not to raise production in India, ‘Indians pushed across border’ & more

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    India hyphen Pakistan: US rhetoric revives New Delhi’s nightmare

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    The Congolese philosopher who liberated ‘Africa’ from the chains of Western thought

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    ‘By tearing off the skin with your teeth’: The right way to eat mangoes according to Victorian women

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    Kangana Ranaut deletes social media post criticising Donald Trump on instructions from BJP

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    What excess death data shows: Bihar, Gujarat undercounted Covid-19 toll by 30 times

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    Three Indians among 78 ‘pushed’ into Bangladesh, local police claim

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    Restore Kancha Gachibowli forest or have officers sent to jail, SC tells Telangana

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Watch: Man pays in Re 1 coins for motorcycle worth Rs 2.6 lakh in Tamil Nadu

The man collected the coins over three years. The dealer took 10 hours to count the cash.

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Mar 28, 2022 · 04:17 pm
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In Tamil Nadu’s Salem, V Bhoopathi, a 29-year-old, bought a bike worth Rs 2.5 lakh, paying the price in Rs 1 coins. The dealer took 10 hours to count the cash. In visuals, Bhoopathi with the bike and coins. ⁦@TheQuint⁩ pic.twitter.com/nr1DgPxq9t

— Nikhila Henry (@NikhilaHenry) March 28, 2022

Tamil Nadu | A youth in Salem paid Rs 2.6 lakh to buy a bike with Re 1 coins he collected in three years. pic.twitter.com/ayLgBa23Ja

— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2022
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