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    Cockroach Janta Party protest: How liberal scepticism induces paralysis in oppositional politics

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    Why angry young protesters in Delhi have turned against Modi

  • PM Modi says steps taken to prevent paper leaks as CJP demands Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation
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    PM Modi says steps taken to prevent paper leaks as CJP demands Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation

  • In Ladakh, climate change is raining on apricots, central to life and the economy
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    In Ladakh, climate change is raining on apricots, central to life and the economy

  • ‘Smiling Modi tried to project an image of calm’: How foreign press reported on CJP protest
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    ‘Smiling Modi tried to project an image of calm’: How foreign press reported on CJP protest

  • Updates: Protesters gather in central Delhi day after police crackdown on CJP march
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    Updates: Protesters gather in central Delhi day after police crackdown on CJP march

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

  • Falling migration is a political win but hurts economies
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    Falling migration is a political win but hurts economies

  • This book uncovers how indentured labourers forged independent India’s foreign relations
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    This book uncovers how indentured labourers forged independent India’s foreign relations

  • From a new book: Doctor to radio jockey to model, how 71-year-old Gita Prakash does it all
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    From a new book: Doctor to radio jockey to model, how 71-year-old Gita Prakash does it all

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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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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

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