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  • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
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    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

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    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins

  • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
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    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild

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    Maharashtra livestock commission asks animal markets to close during Bakri Eid week

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    Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat

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    The hypocrisy of India’s brutal deportations

  • This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India
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    This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India

  • Ramachandra Guha: Trump’s attack on US universities are a tragedy for the entire world
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    Ramachandra Guha: Trump’s attack on US universities are a tragedy for the entire world

  • ‘Criminal Justice – A Family Matter’ review: All in a day’s work for Pankaj Tripathi’s Madhav Mishra
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    ‘Criminal Justice – A Family Matter’ review: All in a day’s work for Pankaj Tripathi’s Madhav Mishra

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    ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side

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Watch: How butterflies form a ‘mud puddle’ to absorb fluids

The idea is to collect salts and nutrients in order to attract females and enhance reproductive success.

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Jun 18, 2021 · 11:00 am
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Mud puddling. A behaviour where butterflies congregate around mud, dung, water etc to suck up the required fluids & salt. The music of forest is additional here. Field visit. pic.twitter.com/iNADK6gL5f

— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) June 17, 2021
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