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    Five rejoinders: What Ramachandra Guha gets wrong about Rahul Gandhi

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    Why India is not able to fully use the solar power it generates

  • In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in
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    In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in

  • Ramachandra Guha: How the Gandhi family has helped Modi consolidate power
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    Ramachandra Guha: How the Gandhi family has helped Modi consolidate power

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    Why Delhi University’s four-year undergraduate programme has left students in panic

  • Jeff Bezos says poetry without rhyming is easy – but it’s not that simple
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    Jeff Bezos says poetry without rhyming is easy – but it’s not that simple

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    The Muslim maestro at the heart of a Hindu temple tradition

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    Rush Hour: Delhi fire leaves 21 dead, Indian killed in attack on Kuwait airport and more

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    Hindusthan Records: How the shepherd boy playing a flute brought music into Indian homes

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    In a new book, portraits of India’s arts community by the scion of an iconic Delhi photo studio

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China: Crowds flock to swimming pools, buildings spray water from roofs as heat intensifies

Some provinces have recorded a temperature of 42 degrees Celsius.

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Jun 30, 2022 · 05:00 pm
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VIDEO: 🇨🇳 Thousands cool off as heatwave strikes China's Zhengzhou

Crowds took to a giant open-air swimming pool on Saturday as a blistering heatwave hit the city, causing temperatures to reach a record 42 degrees C (108 degrees F), according to local media pic.twitter.com/tNSWmDViFW

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 28, 2022

A ‘mist-ifying’ moment! A residential community in #Puyang, central China’s Henan province, sprays water mist from the rooftops of the buildings to cool down during the sizzling heat wave that has caused record-high temperatures since mid-June in the area. #summer pic.twitter.com/7MhCGALM18

— Zhang Meifang张美芳 (@CGMeifangZhang) June 23, 2022
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