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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

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    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world

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    Are our pampered pets really living their best life?

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

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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

  • Why Indian cities flood within hours of rain
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    Why Indian cities flood within hours of rain

  • A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

  • ‘A puzzle-solving activity’: NS Gundur on translating DR Nagaraj’s seminal work on Allama Prabhu
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    ‘A puzzle-solving activity’: NS Gundur on translating DR Nagaraj’s seminal work on Allama Prabhu

  • ‘Heads of State’ review: An agreeably preposterous geopolitical buddy comedy
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    ‘Heads of State’ review: An agreeably preposterous geopolitical buddy comedy

  • This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings

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‘Worst flood in 50 years’: Scenes from Australia as parts of the country battle the calamity

Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate their homes after heavy rains flooded parts of New South Wales province, including Sydney.

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Mar 21, 2021 · 04:15 pm
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#Australia | Incredible video footage has emerged of a house being swept down the Manning River near Taree as floods impact towns up and down the NSW Mid North Coast. https://t.co/KI8D3SW6drpic.twitter.com/4kEZLoX3Oj

— Atlantide (@Atlantide4world) March 20, 2021

Thoughts are with all affected by the floods up and down the coast of Australia. There is more rain to come, stay safe all 🙏 pic.twitter.com/heF0NarjSj

— Eliza 👩‍🌾🐝🌸🪴 (@Eliza_Bird_) March 21, 2021

There are major floods at the fringe of Sydney, Australia

NSW's Premier just warned parts of the state were experiencing a "one in 100-year event"

How many "one in 100-year events" do we need each year for Australia to free itself from the clutches of coal, oil & gas?#climate pic.twitter.com/3JYPBCrjok

— Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) March 21, 2021

Huge rain event driving major Warragamba Dam spill.
Heavy rain is generating a major spill event at Warragamba Dam, with inflows from the catchment likely to sustain large-volume spill activity for days.
Read more: https://t.co/Uxd0vgVxz0 pic.twitter.com/naBTXxzgzz

— WaterNSW (@WaterNSW) March 21, 2021
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