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  • Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
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    Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
  • Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged
    2

    Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged

  • 2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems
    3

    2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems
  • 7 Indians among those injured in Germany car attack, MEA calls it ‘horrific, senseless’
    4

    7 Indians among those injured in Germany car attack, MEA calls it ‘horrific, senseless’
  • 1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting
    5

    1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting
  • Backstory 2024: When I trekked two hours in Himachal for an interview
    6

    Backstory 2024: When I trekked two hours in Himachal for an interview
  • What a meeting with a woman entrepreneur in Kolkata taught a German diplomat about women in India
    7

    What a meeting with a woman entrepreneur in Kolkata taught a German diplomat about women in India
  • Interview: East India Company to Big Tech – how corporations think about knowledge
    8

    Interview: East India Company to Big Tech – how corporations think about knowledge
  • Sunday book pick: Sexual escapism and familial expectations lock horns in ‘The Children’s Bach’
    9

    Sunday book pick: Sexual escapism and familial expectations lock horns in ‘The Children’s Bach’
  • Protected Area Regime reimposed in Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram
    10

    Protected Area Regime reimposed in Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram
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  1. Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner

    Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
  2. Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged

    Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged

  3. 2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems

    2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems
  4. 7 Indians among those injured in Germany car attack, MEA calls it ‘horrific, senseless’

    7 Indians among those injured in Germany car attack, MEA calls it ‘horrific, senseless’
  5. 1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting

    1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting
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