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Populist Gimmicks, Dismantling Checks: How the Govt Just Won't Let Delhi Breathe Delhi can still clean its air – but only when its leaders end the deceit and act with integrity and decisiveness. @AashishKhetan✍️ https://t.co/godfLPzD1N
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Delhi can still clean its air – but only when its leaders end the deceit and act with integrity and decisiveness.
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FTII–SRFTI Admissions Under Scrutiny for Quota Lapses and Opaque Evaluation  @OindrilaSays ✍️ https://t.co/KxyUOC5uUu
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A misapplication of rules came to light when students began comparing results after the merit lists were released on September 27 and October 17.
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Delhi Car Blast: What We Know and What We Do Not Media houses' decision to air information provided by unnamed sources even as officials have been tight-lipped has only deepened the mystery surrounding the lethal explosion. | @AjoyAshirwad Watch Now:
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FTII–SRFTI Admissions Under Scrutiny for Quota Lapses and Opaque Evaluation A misapplication of rules came to light when students began comparing results after the merit lists were released on September 27 and October 17. @OindrilaSays✍️ https://t.co/IFTVeRhm8B
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A misapplication of rules came to light when students began comparing results after the merit lists were released on September 27 and October 17.
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Mamdani’s Victory Shows the American Dream is Not Over Yet Against all that Trump’s MAGA rhetoric represents, immigrant Americans can still hope that a majority of the American public will embrace them. Partha S. Ghosh✍️ https://t.co/tq6hlMkPmI
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Against all that Trump’s MAGA rhetoric represents, immigrant Americans can still hope that a majority of the American public will embrace them.
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Sharif Alleges Indian Backing Behind Islamabad Attack That Killed 12; MEA Decries ‘Baseless’ Claim  Pakistan's “obviously delirious” leadership made the “baseless” claim to deflect from “constitutional subversion” taking place at home, the MEA charged. https://t.co/pxhcj3WF9i
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Pakistans “obviously delirious” leadership made the “baseless” claim to deflect from “constitutional subversion” taking place at home, the MEA charged.
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India’s Digital Paradox: When Both Copyright and Free Speech Lose Protecting both creativity and dissent is not contradictory. The same law that safeguards intellectual property must also defend the freedom to parody, critique & question Anushri Shukla✍️ https://t.co/ILM6WRHF8K
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Protecting both creativity and dissent is not contradictory. The same law that safeguards intellectual property must also defend the freedom to parody, critique, and question.
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Language Impacts the Health of Women and Children The greater the “linguistic distance” between a woman’s native language and the dominant language of the district in which she resides, the worse are her health outcomes Advaith Jayakumar, Anisha Sharma✍️ https://t.co/uST7pzeBkE
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The greater the “linguistic distance” between a woman’s native language and the dominant language of the district in which she resides, the worse are her health outcomes.
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A COP Of Truth: Thirtieth Conference of Parties on Climate Change Kicks off at Belém in Brazil @aathiperinchery, @harjeet11 Watch Now:
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'Good' Muslim, 'Bad' Muslim, So Also 'Good' Hindu, 'Bad' Hindu, Shri Bhagwat ji? A formula to defeat all 'bad' conspiracies to unravel Bharat. | Badri Raina✍️ https://t.co/kIO1Ni6wm3
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A formula to defeat all 'bad' conspiracies to unravel Bharat.
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How Gender-Inclusive Cities Can Build a Cooler, More Resilient Future Pooja Suresh Hollannavar✍️ https://t.co/AGabJSFguR
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Designing gender-inclusive cities – through safer streets, shaded walkways, accessible childcare and reliable public transport – naturally promotes low-carbon, energy-efficient living.
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Mukesh Sahni’s Travails: How EBC Leaders Suffer Through Alliances with Larger Parties Whether aligned with the BJP or the Mahagatbandhan, Mukesh Sahni has faced the same pattern: elevation followed by erosion. @radhikabordia✍ ️ https://t.co/kGe4hScOTF
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Whether aligned with the BJP or the Mahagatbandhan, Mukesh Sahni has faced the same pattern: elevation followed by erosion.
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Indigenous Protesters Clash with Security at COP30 Summit in Brazil "The Indigenous movement wanted to present its demands inside the blue zone but were not allowed in," said Joao Santiago, a professor at the Federal University of Para. | @AFP
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High Turnout Marks Bihar’s Final Phase of Polling at 67.14%, Exit Polls Predict NDA Win A crowded contest featuring old rivals, new entrants and top-down official exercises like the SIR kept Bihar’s voters on edge throughout the campaign and voting. https://t.co/fYasTyulrW
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A crowded contest featuring old rivals, new entrants and top-down official exercises like the SIR kept Bihar’s voters on edge throughout the campaign and voting.
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Pakistan: 12 Killed in Blast Outside Islamabad Court, Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibilty PM Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the attack by the terrorists, while also alleging that the attack originated in Afghanistan "with India's backing". https://t.co/d07kLH7bNo
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the attack by the terrorists, while also alleging that the attack originated in Afghanistan
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Supreme Court Takes Over SIR Dispute, Halts High Court Cases The hearing saw sharp exchanges over the voter revision’s timing, the ECI’s authority and the right to vote itself. https://t.co/EHPyg8S0U1
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The hearing saw sharp exchanges over the voter revision’s timing, the ECI’s authority and the right to vote itself.
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Voter Rolls and the Crisis of Trust in Indian Elections What is at stake is not merely the outcome of one election, but faith in the electoral process itself. Zoya Hasan✍️ https://t.co/w3L6fCl3Uc
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What is at stake is not merely the outcome of one election, but faith in the electoral process itself.
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The ‘Paranoid Style’ Pathology of American Politics Is in Full Bloom Manoj Joshi✍️ https://t.co/Enx6RRHhLS
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A lot of the current political paranoia is an outcome of the deindustrialisation of the US that has given substantial strength to its right wing by creating economic anxieties that its populist...
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