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    Education crisis in India puts spotlight on cabinet ministers’ children studying abroad

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    Bengal’s history of communal politics is fertile ground for BJP’s polarising agenda

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    ‘Ikka review: Sunny Deol is both defence lawyer and prosecutor

  • A new book shows the many interesting ways Indians eat rice and combine it with other ingredients
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    A new book shows the many interesting ways Indians eat rice and combine it with other ingredients

  • ‘I shall not be present / to witness the language / I killed’: Five poems of hypocrisy and poverty
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    ‘I shall not be present / to witness the language / I killed’: Five poems of hypocrisy and poverty

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    Umar Khalid book excerpt: Exploring the history of Singhbhum’s tribal societies in British India

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    Tamil Nadu: CM Vijay says police could have alerted him ahead of Karur stampede

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    HC directs TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee to provide voice sample in provocative speech case

  • ‘Frame’ review: Convincing photojournalism portrait flubs its most decisive moment
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    ‘Frame’ review: Convincing photojournalism portrait flubs its most decisive moment

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    For children: Khichdi, mulligatawny soup, and other culinary gifts from India to the world

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Covid-19 crisis: Panchayat polls are followed by a steep jump in cases in rural Uttar Pradesh

Young doctors have to choose which patients to treat.

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After the panchayat polls, Uttar Pradesh sees a spurt in #COVID19 cases. NDTV's Saurabh Shukla reports pic.twitter.com/oxHJazGqq8

— NDTV (@ndtv) May 6, 2021

In Meerut, Suresh, a fruit seller was turned away from a private hospital after complaining of breathlessness.

By the time his family reached the medical college, their desperate hunt for oxygen ended tragically. #COVID19@sighyush and @basantrajsonu report. pic.twitter.com/swXn4PLLcc

— newslaundry (@newslaundry) May 5, 2021

As India’s health system crumbles under the weight of new COVID-19 cases and hospitals run out of beds and oxygen, it is left to doctors like 26-year-old Rohan Aggarwal to decide who will live and who dies https://t.co/TSoyfoV54S pic.twitter.com/jupWD0FCw9

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 5, 2021

Hospitals in India are struggling to find enough oxygen supplies for their Covid-19 patients as cases continue to surge across the country. pic.twitter.com/qZrE3iYD9I

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