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  • Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
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    Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
  • ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
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    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
  • From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
  • ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
  • ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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    ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
  • ‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
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    ‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
  • Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
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    Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
  • The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
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    The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
  • Ramachandra Guha: Can India forge its own environmentally responsible path to economic growth?
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    Ramachandra Guha: Can India forge its own environmentally responsible path to economic growth?
  • Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
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    Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
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Watch: Virgin Hyperloop’s first ever trial with humans on board ultra-high-speed transport system

Passengers travel in a vacuum tube at speeds as high as 600 mph.

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Nov 12, 2020 · 12:23 pm
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The first hyperloop passenger test: https://t.co/nFohRHsZVt pic.twitter.com/CI4Sq7sghY

— Virgin Hyperloop (@virginhyperloop) November 9, 2020

Virgin Hyperloop has completed the first test of its high-speed transportation technology with humans on board. The company's hyperloop pod traveled 500 meters (about 1,640 feet) and reached speeds of 100mph. https://t.co/acsBnDKwjx pic.twitter.com/JyMswVnY01

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  1. Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans

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    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
  5. ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him

    ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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