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  • Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom
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    Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom

  • How Hindi emerged as the lingua franca of the ‘Hindi Heartland’ at the cost of other languages
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    How Hindi emerged as the lingua franca of the ‘Hindi Heartland’ at the cost of other languages

  • A Jammu family’s fight to get their mother back from Pakistan
    3

    A Jammu family’s fight to get their mother back from Pakistan

  • Why climbing a fence in Kashmir might not be enough for Omar Abdullah to keep his promises
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    Why climbing a fence in Kashmir might not be enough for Omar Abdullah to keep his promises

  • Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future
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    Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future

  • How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror
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    How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror

  • NCERT textbook describes Mughal ‘brutalities’, says no one should be blamed for past
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    NCERT textbook describes Mughal ‘brutalities’, says no one should be blamed for past

  • Former civil servant and RBI governor YV Reddy revisits his mistakes and interventions in a new book
    8

    Former civil servant and RBI governor YV Reddy revisits his mistakes and interventions in a new book

  • Better late than never for J&K LG to admit Pahalgam attack intelligence failure: Omar Abdullah
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    Better late than never for J&K LG to admit Pahalgam attack intelligence failure: Omar Abdullah

  • Podcast: The radical legacy of the 19th century ‘Young Bengal’ movement
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    Podcast: The radical legacy of the 19th century ‘Young Bengal’ movement

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Vaugh Smith learns new languages from apps and books.

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Apr 16, 2022 · 01:35 pm
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Meet the gifted carpet cleaner who knows upwards of 30 languages. @SteveHartmanCBS is On The Road with the story of a polyglot who has learned the true value of using language to connect with people. pic.twitter.com/ZyReBZE0RS

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The remarkable brain of Vaughn Smith, a 46-year-old carpet cleaner from Washington DC who speaks 24 different languages. The Washington Post tests him: pic.twitter.com/oUJFLq1WWf

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