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  • Education crisis in India puts spotlight on cabinet ministers’ children studying abroad
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    Education crisis in India puts spotlight on cabinet ministers’ children studying abroad

  • For children: Khichdi, mulligatawny soup, and other culinary gifts from India to the world
    2

    For children: Khichdi, mulligatawny soup, and other culinary gifts from India to the world

  • ‘Register Me as Kulbhushan’: This Bengal partition novel is a paean to the human ability to adapt
    3

    ‘Register Me as Kulbhushan’: This Bengal partition novel is a paean to the human ability to adapt

  • Why the India-US bilateral trade deal is on hold
    4

    Why the India-US bilateral trade deal is on hold

  • Eating out-eating in: How food apps have changed family bonds in urban India
    5

    Eating out-eating in: How food apps have changed family bonds in urban India

  • Food regulator issues notices to Swiggy Instamart for allegedly delivering expired, spoiled products
    6

    Food regulator issues notices to Swiggy Instamart for allegedly delivering expired, spoiled products

  • Alcohol is an established health risk but remains at the heart of social, cultural life
    7

    Alcohol is an established health risk but remains at the heart of social, cultural life

  • Rereading the classics: Why John Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ has always been controversial
    8

    Rereading the classics: Why John Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ has always been controversial

  • Bengal’s history of communal politics is fertile ground for BJP’s polarising agenda
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    Bengal’s history of communal politics is fertile ground for BJP’s polarising agenda

  • ‘Ikka review: Sunny Deol is both defence lawyer and prosecutor
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    ‘Ikka review: Sunny Deol is both defence lawyer and prosecutor

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International Day of Human Space Flight: When Yuri Gagarin, the first astronaut, visited India

Yuri Gagarin and his wife Valentina Goryacheva visited India in November, 1961. He completed an orbit of the earth in April that year.

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#OTD in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel to outer space and complete one orbit of the earth. Today, we take a look back at Gagarin's trip to India in November of that year (1/8) pic.twitter.com/jlvInbPeV6

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