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  • A new book shows the many interesting ways Indians eat rice and combine it with other ingredients
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    A new book shows the many interesting ways Indians eat rice and combine it with other ingredients
  • A new biography of Aurangzeb examines the role of his queens and the harem in his empire
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    A new biography of Aurangzeb examines the role of his queens and the harem in his empire
  • What the SIT report on Ram temple donation theft does and does not say
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    What the SIT report on Ram temple donation theft does and does not say
  • How indie film ‘The Ink-Stained Hand & The Missing Thumb’ explores ‘emotional time’
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    How indie film ‘The Ink-Stained Hand & The Missing Thumb’ explores ‘emotional time’
  • How Japanese military officers freely scouted colonial India without raising British suspicion
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    How Japanese military officers freely scouted colonial India without raising British suspicion
  • Can an ice cream be designed to withstand the Indian summer?
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    Can an ice cream be designed to withstand the Indian summer?
  • Folktale: A hunter’s daughter falls sick from a curse once he begins poaching in the forests
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    Folktale: A hunter’s daughter falls sick from a curse once he begins poaching in the forests
  • A new book shows how stories help readers comprehend climate crises and prepare for the unimaginable
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    A new book shows how stories help readers comprehend climate crises and prepare for the unimaginable
  • Amazon Prime Video ads – are they legal? World watches as Australian court hears matter
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    Amazon Prime Video ads – are they legal? World watches as Australian court hears matter
  • US charges Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar for Nijjar killing, 24 arrested in three countries
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    US charges Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar for Nijjar killing, 24 arrested in three countries
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Watch: Barack Obama had warned of a flu pandemic back in 2014 (though Donald Trump denies it)

Former US President Obama had asked for greater preparedness to deal with pandemics following the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

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Apr 22, 2020 · 10:56 am
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Trump: “No one could have predicted this pandemic”.

5 years earlier.. pic.twitter.com/yW9isiUqkh

— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) April 21, 2020

Obama warned Americans about preparing for a global pandemic back in 2014 pic.twitter.com/eg7prLamm6

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