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  • 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
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    Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom
  • 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
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    ‘Confused product of a confused brain’: When Guru Dutt cast a spell over everyone – except one man
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    Hindi’s Hindutva problem that supporters are not ready to reckon with
  • Rush Hour: Yemen postpones Kerala nurse’s execution, CPI leader shot dead and more
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    Rush Hour: Yemen postpones Kerala nurse’s execution, CPI leader shot dead and more
  • ‘Myth is a carrier of history, trauma, resistance’: Subi Taba on writing about Arunachal Pradesh
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    ‘Myth is a carrier of history, trauma, resistance’: Subi Taba on writing about Arunachal Pradesh
  • Russia’s pro-natalist push: Paying pregnant schoolgirls to have babies
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    Russia’s pro-natalist push: Paying pregnant schoolgirls to have babies
  • Why ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ is the perfect show for an India afraid of the future
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    Why ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ is the perfect show for an India afraid of the future
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    ‘Dhadak 2’ director Shazia Iqbal: ‘Caste is everywhere, not just in rural India’
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‘The blessing is also for animals’: Monks meet pets on the occasion of Buddha Purnima in Singapore

‘We like to accumulate merit for our pets, so that in the future, they may become humans just like us and not be animals.’

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May 16, 2022 · 04:41 pm
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VIDEO: Singapore temple offers pet blessings for Buddhist festival.

"After my animals are blessed, they are more sensitive and they are more aware and there's more bonding," says one pet owner pic.twitter.com/XY3BugySZP

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 16, 2022
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