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  • A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
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    A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch

  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
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    Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests

  • ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family
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    ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family

  • A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym
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    A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym

  • ‘Metro...In Dino’ review: A hot mess of mostly cold sentiment
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    ‘Metro...In Dino’ review: A hot mess of mostly cold sentiment

  • ‘Why do we submit? / to fracturing?’: A poetry anthology of South Asian women’s traumas
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    ‘Why do we submit? / to fracturing?’: A poetry anthology of South Asian women’s traumas

  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

  • China shared live inputs with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor: India’s deputy Army chief
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    China shared live inputs with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor: India’s deputy Army chief

  • ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
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    ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama

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Watch: Coronavirus forces shutdown of Mecca, Vatican City pilgrimages

But other religious gatherings are still being planned or being carried out elsewhere in the world.

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Mar 19, 2020 · 11:44 am
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St. Peter's Square in the Vatican was empty and will remain closed until the beginning of April, as Italy tries to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Italy has recorded more than 12,000 cases of COVID-19, with more than 800 deaths. https://t.co/iXDeABSSju pic.twitter.com/skMeFeKNux

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