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    ‘People’s sympathy is now with the youth’: BJP workers worry about crackdown on protests
  • Brand strategist Ambi Parameswaran reflects on the 1980-1990s, when ads focused on children
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    Brand strategist Ambi Parameswaran reflects on the 1980-1990s, when ads focused on children
  • Four factors explain why Gen Z toppled rulers in Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Is India different?
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    Four factors explain why Gen Z toppled rulers in Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Is India different?
  • In Ladakh, climate change is raining on apricots, central to life and the economy
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    In Ladakh, climate change is raining on apricots, central to life and the economy
  • ‘Smiling Modi tried to project an image of calm’: How foreign press reported on CJP protest
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    ‘Smiling Modi tried to project an image of calm’: How foreign press reported on CJP protest
  • Jammu and Kashmir: Policeman killed in suspected terror attack
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    Jammu and Kashmir: Policeman killed in suspected terror attack
  • PM Modi says steps taken to prevent paper leaks as CJP demands Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation
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    PM Modi says steps taken to prevent paper leaks as CJP demands Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation
  • Rush Hour: Youth protests gather pace across India, Gandhi seeks Modi’s apology and more
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    Rush Hour: Youth protests gather pace across India, Gandhi seeks Modi’s apology and more
  • Updates: Opposition demands discussion in Parliament on police crackdown
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    Updates: Opposition demands discussion in Parliament on police crackdown
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    Cockroach Janta Party protest: How liberal scepticism induces paralysis in oppositional politics
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Jun 17, 2022 · 04:11 pm
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