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Trump raises India tariffs to 50% for Russian oil purchases

New Delhi said that the United States’ decision was ‘unjustified’ and that it will ‘take all actions necessary to protect its national interests’.

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Behind wave of Assam evictions, a hungry river, and a land policy loaded against Miya Muslims

Reviled as ‘illegal immigrants’, the group’s continued landlessness is a product of an ecological crisis and political discrimination, say scholars and experts.

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J&K administration bans Arundhati Roy’s book, 24 other titles for ‘inciting secessionism’

Lawyer AG Noorani’s ‘The Kashmir Dispute 1947–2012’ and journalist Anuradha Bhasin’s ‘A Dismantled State’ are among the works ordered to be ‘forfeited’.

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In Delhi’s prisons, the mental health of inmates is a footnote

Responses by the Tihar, Mandoli and Rohini jails to RTI applications pointed to major lapses.

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India’s dementia prevalence could double in a decade – are we ready for it?

With lifestyle factors and comorbidities increasing the risk of cognitive decline, the country needs better data and monitoring to track this health crisis.

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Memories from 1980s: The first time conservationist Valmik Thapar saw a tigress mothering her cubs

An excerpt from ‘The Mysterious World of Tigers: A Book of Discovery’.

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‘Mayasabha’ review: A heavily spiced fictional history of Andhra Pradesh politics

Aadhi Pinisetty and Chaitanya Rao lead the Sony LIV series directed by Deva Katta and Kiran Jay Kumar.

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