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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India

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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

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    Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin

  • ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
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    ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker

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    India lost jets in Operation Sindoor due to ‘political constraint’: Defence attaché to Indonesia

  • Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

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    Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride

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    ‘What we saw...we captured in the camera’: Rural Rajasthan, through the eyes of its own residents

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    How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes

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Watch: Nasa spacecraft touches down briefly on the surface of asteroid Bennu. It’s a historic first

Spacecraft Osiris-Rex touched down on the surface of asteroid Bennu for approximately six seconds.

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Oct 22, 2020 · 12:22 pm
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Well, I definitely touched down on Bennu!

Preliminary data show the sampling head touched Bennu’s surface for approximately 6 seconds, within 3 feet (1 meter) of the targeted location. #ToBennuAndBack

More details: https://t.co/4rBrB27FEZ pic.twitter.com/LjDQICmxJM

— NASA's OSIRIS-REx (@OSIRISREx) October 21, 2020
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  1. Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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