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    From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with

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    India-Pakistan conflict: Explosions heard in Srinagar hours after ceasefire

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    Why India was unable to stop IMF’s $2.4 billion assistance to Pakistan amid escalating hostilities

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    In wake of ceasefire, damaged homes in a Jammu neighbourhood bear witness to human cost of conflict

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    ‘The inner emotions of legal practice serve as raw, real-life material for my writing’: Banu Mushtaq

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    TV coverage of the conflict is rage bait masquerading as news. How did India get here?

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    May global nonfiction: Six newly published books illuminate the stories that changed the world

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    ‘Back from the trenches, more dead than alive’: A poet urges us to reconsider the true cost of war

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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave

Scenes from a government primary school in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh.

Scroll Staff
May 01, 2024 · 10:47 am
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In UP's Kannauj, a classroom at a government primary school was turned into a swimming pool for students. As per school authorities, this was done to maintain attendance of students who were missing on school due to crop harvest and heat wave. pic.twitter.com/qhYVyGehOl

— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) April 30, 2024

In UP’s Kannauj, a classroom was turned into swimming pool for students. This was done to increase attendance of the students who were missing school due to heat & crop harvest. pic.twitter.com/kaQzdTHpnJ

— Tanishq Punjabi (@tanishqq9) April 30, 2024
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