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  • ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
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    ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
  • Army biography: The early days of ‘rifleman’ Aurangzeb of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment
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    Army biography: The early days of ‘rifleman’ Aurangzeb of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment
  • A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
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    A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
  • Reward yourself, forget the 21-day myth: Ways to get into a habit loop
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    Reward yourself, forget the 21-day myth: Ways to get into a habit loop
  • How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
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    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
  • A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
    6

    A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
  • Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
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    Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
  • Cow vigilantes kill truck driver’s assistant in Haryana, five arrested
    8

    Cow vigilantes kill truck driver’s assistant in Haryana, five arrested
  • All we imagine as work: The many lives of the tenacious, transnational Malayali nurse
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    All we imagine as work: The many lives of the tenacious, transnational Malayali nurse

  • Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
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    Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
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Watch: Sky turns orange, several hospitalised, as severe dust storms engulf Baghdad

Experts say such dust storms are set to become more frequent owing to drought and declining rainfall.

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May 06, 2022 · 05:59 pm
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Meanwhile in Iraq: Dust storm sends 5,000 to hospital as millions are losing access to water, food, and power because of rising temperatures and record low rainfall.

Government warns country could face "272 days of dust" a year, driven by soil degradation and intense droughts pic.twitter.com/OIPl3ysWsv

— Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) May 5, 2022

#Iraq | Dust storm this morning

🎥 | al-Kharkh steet next to al-Zawraa Park, #Baghdad pic.twitter.com/uFKdjbGweB

— UNAMI (@UNIraq) May 5, 2022

WATCH: Massive dust storm hits Baghdad, Iraq pic.twitter.com/DpBh6Odkke

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  1. ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code

    ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
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    Army biography: The early days of ‘rifleman’ Aurangzeb of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment
  3. A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing

    A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
  4. Reward yourself, forget the 21-day myth: Ways to get into a habit loop

    Reward yourself, forget the 21-day myth: Ways to get into a habit loop
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    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
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