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

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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

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    ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker

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    Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India

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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

  • Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform
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    Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform

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

  • What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran
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    What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran

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    Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin

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    ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves

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Watch: Bloated mobile phone battery explodes in shopkeeper’s hands as he tries to replace it

The phone began to burn at once.

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Aug 19, 2022 · 10:25 am
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For those who delay replacing bloated battery of cellphone, this is an apt eye opener. See for yourself visuals of cellphone blasting in cellphone shop owner's hands, when he is changing bloated battery in MP's Balaghat district. @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 pic.twitter.com/Dm1KeXRelL

— Anuraag Singh (@anuraag_niebpl) August 18, 2022

Bunty also sounded alert for all cellphone users, particularly those who often delay changing the fooli (bloated) battery of their phones. @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard @santwana99 pic.twitter.com/LxuCi5nzQs

— Anuraag Singh (@anuraag_niebpl) August 18, 2022
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