Daily Brief: Why wild mushrooms are causing deaths in Assam’s tea gardens, and more

  • 8 May, 2022
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Why wild mushrooms are causing deaths in Assam’s tea gardens

Impoverished tea garden workers have been driven to the free source of protein but knowledge of which mushrooms are poisonous is scarce on the ground.

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The big news: Fresh arrest warrant against Tajinder Bagga, and nine other top stories

Other headlines: CBI raided properties of Punjab AAP MLA Jaswant Singh in bank fraud case and and emergency was declared in Sri Lanka.

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Remembering the Swiss photographer who popularised Indian temple sculptures in the US

Raymond Burnier’s photos, which were displayed at New York’s MoMA in 1949, helped turn places like Khajuraho into major international destinations.

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Ramachandra Guha: As Nayantara Sahgal turns 95, a salute to a woman who put Constitution over family

As a writer and citizen, she embodies the noblest values of our Republic.

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‘Kaikeyi’ tells the story of one of the women the Ramayana forgot to give a voice to

Vaishnavi Patel’s debut novel, in a defiant act of reclamation, rescues the eponymous queen from eternal erasure and allows her to tell her own story.

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IPL 2022: David Warner, Venkatesh Iyer and a question of faith

Finding success as a team in the IPL is hard and how teams go about placing faith in key players makes for an interesting discussion.

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Eco India: How e-rickshaws in Prayagraj are trying to tackle patriarchy along with global warming

How UP's women e-rickshaw drivers are striving to fight pollution

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‘Beguiled’: This novel about a marriage swindler tries to cash in on its elements of truth

But Ruchika Soi’s storytelling undercuts the plot of the novel.

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