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    ‘Brown’ review: Gripping series overcomes plotting holes through memorable characters
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    Penguin won’t distribute Joe Sacco’s graphic novel on 2013 riots, ‘The Indian Express’ reports
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    ‘Had I another life, I’d spend more time translating’: Poet Arvind Krishna Mehrotra on turning 80
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    Bihar educator, YouTuber ‘Khan Sir’ booked in case linked to firing outside his coaching institute
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    Cockroach Janta Party protest: Youth kept trapped in Hindu-Muslim politics, says Abhijeet Dipke
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    Does Abhijeet Dipke’s popularity signal a new age of Dalit leaders?
  • For young readers: How wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal
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    For young readers: How wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal
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    Mumbai is worried about water, but its control over mainland dams is depriving others
  • In images: Day after Kolkata flower market demolitions, vendors return to work and hope for the best
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    In images: Day after Kolkata flower market demolitions, vendors return to work and hope for the best
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    The problem with David Attenborough’s spectator environmentalism
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Watch: Smaller number of devotees at final holy dip at Kumbh Mela, still flouting Covid norms

The crowd at Hardwar was sparse one but unmasked and not always physically distanced.

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Apr 28, 2021 · 09:00 am
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The last 'shahi snan' at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar was a subdued affair with seers keeping the ritual symbolic in view of a surge in #COVID19 cases.

PM Narendra Modi on April 17 had appealed to sadhus to observe the remaining duration of the Kumbh only in a "symbolic" manner. pic.twitter.com/vC0XOSpFLV

— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) April 27, 2021

Niranjani Akhada participated with 27 saints only for Shahi Snan (HOLY DIP) keeping up the holiness & sacredness of rich Hindu Custom#Haridwar_kumbh_27_4_2021 following law of Land with Strict Social Distancing & Masks pic.twitter.com/RU6eSo66eY

— sumitsuri (@sonusuri3) April 27, 2021

Uttarakhand: People take holy dip in river Ganga in Haridwar on Chitra Purnima today. The last 'shahi snan' of #KumbhMela2021 is taking place today. pic.twitter.com/rnF0UN8mU0

— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2021
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