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    Mumbai is worried about water, but its control over mainland dams is depriving others
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    Five rejoinders: What Ramachandra Guha gets wrong about Rahul Gandhi
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    In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in
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    Bhopal’s Barkatullah University to be renamed Vagdevi Bhojpal University
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    Hindusthan Records: How the shepherd boy playing a flute brought music into Indian homes
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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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