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  • Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

  • Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species
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    Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species

  • Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

  • Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India
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    Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India

  • Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform
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    Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform

  • ‘What we saw...we captured in the camera’: Rural Rajasthan, through the eyes of its own residents
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    ‘What we saw...we captured in the camera’: Rural Rajasthan, through the eyes of its own residents

  • A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

  • ‘Has he been deported?’: A UP Muslim family searches for man ‘detained’ in post-Pahalgam crackdown
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    ‘Has he been deported?’: A UP Muslim family searches for man ‘detained’ in post-Pahalgam crackdown

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Watch: This empty local train climbed onto the platform in Chennai

The driver reported no injuries.

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Apr 25, 2022 · 01:46 pm
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#Chennai #TrainAccident
A local Train 🚆 probably derailed and climbed over the platform. No casualty reported so far.@RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/gJFEkTwB8B

— Kaustuva R Gupta (@KaustuvaRGupta) April 25, 2022

@THChennai @dhanyarajendran @TOIChennai Chennai beach station.
Brake failure. #chennai pic.twitter.com/3Z9jBEqEia

— venkatesh babu (@venkatbchilaka) April 24, 2022

The electric train from the workshop to the Chennai Coast Railway Station lost control and climbed on the platform. Initial reports said only the train driver was injured in the accident.#beachstation #trainaccident#driver @DrmChennai @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/zVJho8b3OW

— எழில் ஆதித்தமிழன் (@EzhilAathi) April 24, 2022

The latest update this morning is that our restoration staff worked through the night, re-railed the coaches, cleared the track and we have resumed train services from Platform no.1 this morning. We also ensured that there was no cancellation of a single train service. https://t.co/L3JTOBCMZt

— DRM Chennai (@DrmChennai) April 25, 2022
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