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    Slaughterhouse permit cannot be denied only because city is ‘religious’, says Madhya Pradesh HC
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    Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
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    Uttar Pradesh: BJP MLA, 15 others booked for gangrape, criminal intimidation in Badaun
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    What a meeting with a woman entrepreneur in Kolkata taught a German diplomat about women in India
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    Allu Arjun did not leave theatre even after being informed about woman’s death: Telangana Police
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    1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting
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    Shirish Patel: The man and the public good
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    Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged

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    One hundred years of Nissim Ezekiel: What the poet’s life and work tell us about him
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Watch: Social worker dresses up as clown to help raise awareness about Covid-19 in Mumbai slums

Here’s how 37-year-old Ashok Kurmi is attracting the attention of children and educating them about public health.

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Jun 04, 2021 · 04:52 pm
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