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    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild

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    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins

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    Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat

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    From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship

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    This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India

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    ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side

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    From Assam to Haryana, arbitrary arrests of social media users make a mockery of the Constitution

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    ‘Andhar Maya’ review: An ancestral home in the Konkan is overrun by ghosts and greed

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    Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg’s suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic

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Watch: Forest fires spread across coastal areas of central Chile, 112 people die, homes burn

A state of emergency has been declared as hundreds more are missing.

Scroll Staff
Feb 06, 2024 · 02:32 pm
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just so you know Chile right now it’s BURNING this fire right here turned today the 2nd biggest wildfire in the 21th century AND I DONT SEE ANYONE OUTSIDE HERE TALKING ABOUT IT!!! pic.twitter.com/SKE6XhfsDD

— fran ! (@chileandwt) February 5, 2024

Forest fires burning homes in #Chile 😳
pic.twitter.com/SDXYgWxjLp

— Cpt.Llama 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🎗 (@CaptainLlama15) February 3, 2024

Heart-wrenching scenes unfold in Viña del Mar and Valparaiso, Chile 🇨🇱 as the aftermath of devastating forest fires leaves a profound impact. 💔 #Chile #Wildfires #ChileFires pic.twitter.com/oW8OHLIlzG

— Iyarkai (@iyarkai_earth) February 4, 2024

Meanwhile.. in #Chile 🇨🇱
92 absurd abnormal fires 🔥 pic.twitter.com/QVWVAWRH8J

— Brunella C. (@BrunellaCapitan) February 6, 2024

Desperate people including children on a bus amidst the unprecedented wildfires in Chile. I feel total despair that we were warned about climate change when I was a school boy and it’s now threatening to engulf us pic.twitter.com/yQAgWCboyi

— Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 (@MrMatthewTodd) February 4, 2024

Beachgoers watched on as smoke from deadly wildfires filled the sky over a Chilean seaside town.

Read more: https://t.co/3wZE4U2bsq pic.twitter.com/dpXlqpFrij

— ABC News (@ABC) February 5, 2024

Chilean firefighters drive through the fire and find a bus with people inside pic.twitter.com/CX6qJPSbh8

— Wonderful Moment (@Xudong1966) February 5, 2024

The Americas University veterinary clinic in Vina del Mar, Chile, has been treating dozens of animals injured in the wildfires raging the country and helping to reunite pets with their owners https://t.co/vKzgiggvHc pic.twitter.com/p3EhUI4QAV

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 6, 2024

#Chile wildfires kill at least 51 in 'unprecedented catastrophe'

📷 Javier Torres #AFP pic.twitter.com/nsQWo06Zzv

— AFP Photo (@AFPphoto) February 4, 2024
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