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  • The Indian Foreign Service built the country’s reputation. Now, it seeks awards for one leader
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    The Indian Foreign Service built the country’s reputation. Now, it seeks awards for one leader

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    ‘Bol Bol Rani’ review: Sai Tamhankar prevents a mind game thriller from being a brain fade

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    ‘Chrislam’: In Nigeria, why two religions are better than one

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    Brand strategist Ambi Parameswaran reflects on the 1980-1990s, when ads focused on children

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    ‘Fractured Communities’ by Umar Khalid: Scholarship meets commitment to marginalised lives

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    From rock to Rabindrasangeet, Parsi guitarist Cyrus Tata has left his mark on Kolkata’s music scene

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    SIR: Election Commission extends deadline in Maharashtra until August 8

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    ‘Cops move Wangchuk to hospital’: How newspapers played down police action at CJP protest

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    ‘Stories from a Kargili Kitchen’: Food memoir reintroduces the region as India’s cultural treasure

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    ‘This one line is my bible – every footnote is a confession of failure’: Translator Daisy Rockwell

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The blast on August 4 killed over 150 people and left thousands injured.

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ROCKED: Eyewitness video shot from a boat off Beirut shows a dramatic new angle of the explosion that killed at least 160 people and injured thousands, with the Lebanese government resigning on Monday amid anger and unrest in the wake of the blast. https://t.co/6tgFYYPUPA pic.twitter.com/vjlwKm4brS

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