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  • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
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    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

  • How case against Muslim teen accused of ‘love jihad’ fell apart in UP court
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    How case against Muslim teen accused of ‘love jihad’ fell apart in UP court

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

  • ‘I am not scared / I am not alone’: A young girl and a temple elephant become friends
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    ‘I am not scared / I am not alone’: A young girl and a temple elephant become friends

  • ASI denies it is ‘uninterested’ in publishing Keeladi excavation report
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    ASI denies it is ‘uninterested’ in publishing Keeladi excavation report

  • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025): Five things to know about one of Africa’s greatest ever writers
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    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025): Five things to know about one of Africa’s greatest ever writers

  • ‘Criminal Justice – A Family Matter’ review: All in a day’s work for Pankaj Tripathi’s Madhav Mishra
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    ‘Criminal Justice – A Family Matter’ review: All in a day’s work for Pankaj Tripathi’s Madhav Mishra

  • Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline
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    Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline

  • Interview: India’s options are limited but military strikes are ‘symbolic’, won’t deter terror
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    Interview: India’s options are limited but military strikes are ‘symbolic’, won’t deter terror

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

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‘I know how much a single civil servant can do to prevent even the worst of massacres’: Harsh Mander

Activist Harsh Mander’s account of how the civil servants failed to prevent the 2002 Gujarat riots is important to revisit.

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Feb 26, 2020 · 10:43 am
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“I know how much a single Civil Servant can do to control violence,” says @harsh_mander, a former IAS officer with years of experience in controlling riots like #Delhi is witnessing right now.pic.twitter.com/kUUNaeQemC

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  1. UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

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    ‘I am not scared / I am not alone’: A young girl and a temple elephant become friends

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    ASI denies it is ‘uninterested’ in publishing Keeladi excavation report

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