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

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

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    What excess death data shows: Bihar, Gujarat undercounted Covid-19 toll by 30 times

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    Three Indians among 78 ‘pushed’ into Bangladesh, local police claim

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    In Manipur, Kuki-Zo women are protesting customary ‘settlement’ of rape, domestic violence cases

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Watch: India’s first metro service to run beneath a river opens to the public in Kolkata

Hundreds of passengers took the first ride between Howrah and Esplanade in Kolkata.

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Mar 15, 2024 · 02:39 pm
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#WATCH | Howrah, West Bengal: India's first underwater metro service commences for the public. pic.twitter.com/NgnQsrMXmk

— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2024

The City of Joy is eagerly waiting for the moment.#UnderWaterMetro @metrorailwaykol pic.twitter.com/rJVIsSnoKX

— Abir Ghoshal (@abirghoshal) March 15, 2024

The first #HowrahMaidan-bound #Metro from #Esplande is about to start. History is about to be made..... pic.twitter.com/ZttkKkcfEj

— Metro Railway Kolkata (@metrorailwaykol) March 15, 2024

Commuters assembled at #HowrahMaidan #Metro station this morning to catch the first Metro. pic.twitter.com/JA81troMLj

— Metro Railway Kolkata (@metrorailwaykol) March 15, 2024
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