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  • How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror
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    How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror

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    Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future

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    Hindi’s Hindutva problem that supporters are not ready to reckon with

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    Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom

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    ‘Myth is a carrier of history, trauma, resistance’: Subi Taba on writing about Arunachal Pradesh

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    Harsh Mander: How Nazi cinema finds a reflection in Hindutva films

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    Myths, hearsay, and historical memory coexist in the ways Kashmiris remember decades-long conflicts

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    Assam: Homes of 1,080 families bulldozed in Goalpara eviction drive

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    Execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya postponed by Yemen

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    Far away but not forgotten: How Indo-Caribbean filmmakers have traced their roots

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Watch: Kolkata Metro becomes the first in the country to run a train beneath a river

A metro rake completed a trial run under the bed of the Hooghly river through a tunnel 32 metres below the water level.

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Apr 13, 2023 · 10:27 am
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Kolkata Metro creates History!For the first time in India,a Metro rake ran under any river today!Regular trial runs from #HowrahMaidan to #Esplanade will start very soon. Shri P Uday Kumar Reddy,General Manager has described this run as a historic moment for the city of #Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/sA4Kqdvf0v

— Metro Rail Kolkata (@metrorailwaykol) April 12, 2023

Trial run of East-West metro of kolkata(india) under the river Ganga (Hooghly River). @Arzookazmi30 @Qamarcheema @fakharzai7 @arifaajakia pic.twitter.com/44qSUXXe3r

— Shivam jayanta (@shivam89722) April 12, 2023
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