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

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

  • This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings

  • Are our pampered pets really living their best life?
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    Are our pampered pets really living their best life?

  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
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    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world

  • A Swiss court’s decision on use of a pesticide sends a hopeful message to Indian farmers
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    A Swiss court’s decision on use of a pesticide sends a hopeful message to Indian farmers

  • Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizenship is a nightmare
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    Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizenship is a nightmare

  • 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

  • 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

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‘Manchester United are rubbish’: BBC trainee learning how to write ticker text makes it to live TV

For a few moments the BBC channel ticker claimed ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ and ‘Weather rain everywhere’ during the Tuesday morning broadcast.

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May 25, 2022 · 11:18 am
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Errrr… what is going on with the BBC News ticker? pic.twitter.com/fofbiGyMfs

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 24, 2022

UPDATE: BBC News have apologised.

They say that a trainee was learning how to write text for the ticker and accidentally published them onto the BBC News Channel. pic.twitter.com/OkjPIkJAoo

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 24, 2022
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