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    Scheduled Caste panel issues notice after Telangana IAS officer asks students to clean toilets

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    After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families

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    Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR

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    White roofs can cool down homes – but scaling up this simple solution is a challenge

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    In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches

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    Harsh Mander: When lawless cruelty becomes state policy – India’s casting of Rohingya into the sea

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

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

  • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
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    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild

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    From the memoir: The story of climate scientist Jagadish Shukla, who modernised monsoon prediction

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Watch scenes of destruction as deadly tropical storm Amanda batters El Salvador and Guatemala

The season’s first named Pacific storm made landfall on Sunday, causing heavy rain, landslides, and flash floods.

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Jun 01, 2020 · 05:12 pm
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VIDEO: Tropical storm Amanda floods entire neighbourhoods in El Salvador, destroying houses and forcing dozens of residents to be evacuated pic.twitter.com/dygNVmnm3o

— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 1, 2020

The eastern Pacific Ocean basin has seen its first tropical cyclone of the season. Tropical Storm #Amanda will bring heavy rain and local flash flooding to Guatemala and southern parts of Mexico over the next few days. pic.twitter.com/OtSp7J9V6H

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) May 31, 2020

This video is from San Salvador, El Salvador. You can see the water line on the turquoise house & how high the flooding got. People lost homes in this neighborhood. #ElSalvador #Amanda pic.twitter.com/VpatkNAK7a

— Annalise Gardella (@amazingannalise) May 31, 2020

#Amanda is dumping #rain in Central America. Here's a view from #ElSalvador where #flooding is ravaging parts of the nation. pic.twitter.com/tUgPbcqEQl

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) May 31, 2020
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