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  • Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor
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    Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor

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

  • ‘By tearing off the skin with your teeth’: The right way to eat mangoes according to Victorian women
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    ‘By tearing off the skin with your teeth’: The right way to eat mangoes according to Victorian women

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

  • Why workers at an Adani power plant who gave up land for jobs went on a hunger strike
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    Why workers at an Adani power plant who gave up land for jobs went on a hunger strike

  • Madhya Pradesh minister apologises for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi
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    Madhya Pradesh minister apologises for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi

  • Bangladeshi-origin writer Faria Basher is the Asia winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
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    Bangladeshi-origin writer Faria Basher is the Asia winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

  • How to read blood cholesterol tests
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    How to read blood cholesterol tests

  • Justice BR Gavai sworn in as chief justice of India
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    Justice BR Gavai sworn in as chief justice of India

  • From the biography: Why RD Karve’s ‘Samaaj-swaasthya’ magazine advocated birth control in the 1920s
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    From the biography: Why RD Karve’s ‘Samaaj-swaasthya’ magazine advocated birth control in the 1920s

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Watch: Man reveals snake when police ask for proof he’s out on ‘essential service’ during lockdown

Spotted near Hardinge Circle in Mysuru.

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May 12, 2021 · 10:12 am
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Police stop a biker near Hardinge circle close to #Mysore palace, asked what "essential service" was he doing; biker says: rescuing snake from Jockey quarters residential area; police ask proof.. Opens backpack, shows box with cobra (notice: all cops stand away😃) pic.twitter.com/cOtswKBvbY

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  1. Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor

    Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor

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

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

  3. ‘By tearing off the skin with your teeth’: The right way to eat mangoes according to Victorian women

    ‘By tearing off the skin with your teeth’: The right way to eat mangoes according to Victorian women

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

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

  5. Why workers at an Adani power plant who gave up land for jobs went on a hunger strike

    Why workers at an Adani power plant who gave up land for jobs went on a hunger strike

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