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    Why Sri Lankan activists opposed Adani wind energy project in Mannar
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    All we imagine as work: The many lives of the tenacious, transnational Malayali nurse

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    Fiction: In 16th-century India, four people travel through a land teeming with possibilities
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    Army biography: The early days of ‘rifleman’ Aurangzeb of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment
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    ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
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    How Trump could hurt India’s ability to forecast the monsoon
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    Allahabad HC grants bail to man accused of rape, orders him to marry complainant within 3 months
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    Philosophy: The teachings of Taoism are offered to a contemporary readership in this new book
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    ‘Shocking, wrong signal’: SC criticises UP government for demolishing homes of lawyer, professor
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Watch: PETA India donates robotic elephant to Kerala temple to perform rituals

The mechanical elephant at the Irinjadappilly Sri Krishna Temple in Thrissur works on electricity.

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Feb 28, 2023 · 10:09 am
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It’s Irinjadappilly Raman, a life-sized mechanical elephant! #ElephantRobotRaman pic.twitter.com/AU31bG5ryg

— PETA India (@PetaIndia) February 26, 2023

Irinjadappilly Raman will help real elephants continue to live in nature. #ElephantRobotRaman pic.twitter.com/MUOecG2ZpL

— PETA India (@PetaIndia) February 26, 2023

Irinjadappilly Raman was gifted to the temple by PETA India. #ElephantRobotRaman pic.twitter.com/vnkbl0pbwq

— PETA India (@PetaIndia) February 26, 2023
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    Why Sri Lankan activists opposed Adani wind energy project in Mannar
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