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    Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor

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    The Congolese philosopher who liberated ‘Africa’ from the chains of Western thought

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    ‘By tearing off the skin with your teeth’: The right way to eat mangoes according to Victorian women

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    India hyphen Pakistan: US rhetoric revives New Delhi’s nightmare

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    Why workers at an Adani power plant who gave up land for jobs went on a hunger strike

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    Madhya Pradesh minister apologises for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi

  • Bangladeshi-origin writer Faria Basher is the Asia winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
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    Bangladeshi-origin writer Faria Basher is the Asia winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

  • How to read blood cholesterol tests
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    How to read blood cholesterol tests

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    Justice BR Gavai sworn in as chief justice of India

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    From the biography: Why RD Karve’s ‘Samaaj-swaasthya’ magazine advocated birth control in the 1920s

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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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