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  • From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with
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    From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with

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    ‘Blatant censorship at a critical time’: ‘The Wire’ says its website blocked by Centre

  • Why Ola and Uber are copying India’s new ride-hailing app
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    Why Ola and Uber are copying India’s new ride-hailing app

  • Rush Hour: India alleges Pakistan used civilian planes as shield, ‘The Wire’ website blocked & more
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    Rush Hour: India alleges Pakistan used civilian planes as shield, ‘The Wire’ website blocked & more

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    Blackout imposed again in Jammu, explosions heard

  • Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur
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    Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur

  • ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
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    ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow

  • How false videos blurred fact and fiction after Operation Sindoor
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    How false videos blurred fact and fiction after Operation Sindoor

  • Rabindranath Tagore at 164: Translator Sharmistha Mohanty on the writer’s profound empathy for women
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    Rabindranath Tagore at 164: Translator Sharmistha Mohanty on the writer’s profound empathy for women

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    Shortlisted for 2025 International Booker Prize: An excerpt from ‘Small Boat’ by Vincent Delecroix

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Watch: IIT Bombay conducts a virtual reality convocation with digital avatars for its students

Animated personalised avatars of students received their degrees, awards, and medals from simulations of the chief guest and professors.

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Aug 24, 2020 · 12:05 pm
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LIVE from #IITBombay Virtual Convocation:

President of India's Medal for 2020 goes to Sahil Hiral Shah, https://t.co/EdUFpsUBTU in Computer Science & Engineering

Check out virtual avatar of the student receiving medal from Chief Guest and Nobel laureate Prof. @FDuncanMHaldane pic.twitter.com/XAOOXxqkNy

— PIB in Maharashtra 🇮🇳 (@PIBMumbai) August 23, 2020

Graduated, on 58th convocation of IIT Bombay.
My avatar receiving award of a degree as a DAAD scholar. We can say the future is here. We can work on a similar model for Nepalese universities for different events.@moenepal @DAADIndia @IndiaInNepal @RONBupdates pic.twitter.com/0bIr4HrM85

— Akash deo (@talk2sohan) August 24, 2020

Congratulations to Dangu Er Porag Chakma for being conferred with B. Tech (Metallurgical) from IIT Bombay today.

He is the son of Dg Kalyan Moy Chakma from Rajiv Nagar (Amsury) within Mamit district, Mizoram and is also the first Chakma graduate from the IIT Bombay. pic.twitter.com/rrsJzjhDQV

— The BorapansuryTimes (@thebpstimes) August 23, 2020
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