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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

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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

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

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

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    Why Indian cities flood within hours of rain

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

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    Bhubaneswar municipal official dragged out of office and assaulted, told to apologise to BJP leader

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    ‘Heads of State’ review: An agreeably preposterous geopolitical buddy comedy

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    Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy

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Watch: Assistant driver risks life to restart train on river bridge after passenger pulls chain

The train came to a halt on the bridge after someone pulled the emergency alarm chain to stop it.

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May 08, 2022 · 10:35 am
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Pulling the Alarm Chain for no reason can cause trouble to many!

Satish Kumar, Asst. Loco Pilot of CR,took the risk of resetting Alarm Chain of Godan Express,halted over the River Bridge between Titwala & Khadavli Station.

Pull the chain of a train only in case of an emergency. pic.twitter.com/I1Jhm9MESh

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) May 6, 2022
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