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    A hidden debt crisis is silently wrecking the dreams of India’s middle class

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    India hyphen Pakistan: US rhetoric revives New Delhi’s nightmare

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    The Congolese philosopher who liberated ‘Africa’ from the chains of Western thought

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    What excess death data shows: Bihar, Gujarat undercounted Covid-19 toll by 30 times

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    Rush Hour: Trump asks Apple not to raise production in India, ‘Indians pushed across border’ & more

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    Restore Kancha Gachibowli forest or have officers sent to jail, SC tells Telangana

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    Harsh Mander: Pahalgam and after – the singular burden of apology

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    Three Indians among 78 ‘pushed’ into Bangladesh, local police claim

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Watch: UP police officer claims using ‘gangajal’ and sandalwood has improved law and order

Nauchandi police station SHO Prem Chand Sharma’s ‘safety protocol’ includes applying a mix of sandalwood and ‘gangajal’ on visitors’ foreheads, and ‘mantras’.

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Mar 29, 2021 · 02:42 pm
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Here, SHO Sharma while speaking to @hindipatrakar claims sprinkling gangajal and applying sandalwood teeka on forehead has brought a positive change in the law and order. pic.twitter.com/tU0kuTAK1b

— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) March 28, 2021

SHO Prem Chand Sharma in UP's Meerut has been “purifying” visitors with Gangajal while chanting a "sanitization mantra". He has been giving a bottle of Gangajal as a gift to visitors at Nauchandi police station ahead of Holi. pic.twitter.com/J3atuaeCgr

— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) March 28, 2021
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