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    Indian history for children: From 1200 to 1850, a brief history of the North Eastern states
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    US tariffs will crush lives and livelihoods in Bangladesh, Cambodia garment industries
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    How Hindi emerged as the lingua franca of the ‘Hindi Heartland’ at the cost of other languages
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    India claims to be a leader of the Global South – but its strategic silences subvert that assertion
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    First-Class Railway Curry, Quick Bengali Murgir Korma: Two monsoon recipes by chef Asma Khan
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    Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom
  • A new book examines whether Hindu nationalists supported the Zionist project to occupy Palestine
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    A new book examines whether Hindu nationalists supported the Zionist project to occupy Palestine
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    How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror
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    Interview: ‘Feminist Fathima’ is a ‘challenge to people who don’t want to change with the times’
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    Is population decline good for nature? Japan shows that may not be the case
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Caught on camera: Close shave for family as firewood explodes in bonfire in their Punjab village

The mishap occurred when the family was celebrating Lohri at home in a village near Amritsar.

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Jan 15, 2024 · 02:18 pm
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A family celebrating Lohri in a village near Amritsar had a narrow escape when a sudden blast occurred in the fire. Luckily, everyone was saved. The person sitting next to the fire explained that the blast happened due to heat pressure because they had directly fired the wood on… pic.twitter.com/niDrhzg59k

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