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#BookReview | "Jeyamohan’s novel, in Ramkumar’s translation, makes for an absorbing, unsettling read. A fine example of skilled storytelling, and of equally skilled translation to back it up," Madhulika Liddle writes.

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A few studies have shown that farmers in Bundelkhand, where Vipin and Keshav’s farms are located, who have adopted soil and water conservation measures have seen increased crop productivity and net farm revenue.

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✍️Shivam Bhardwaj

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How sustainable eating is reshaping the way we live

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In this week's Eco India episode, we look at how in Mumbai urban foraging is helping residents get in touch with nature, and a community kitchen in a Gujarati village has unexpected environmental benefits.

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There is another kind of mathematics and another kind of mathematician. This style is embodied by mathematicians like Leonhard Euler, Srinivasa Ramanujan and John Horton Conway, René Thom and the sparkling imaginativeness of their work.

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✍️Anil Menon

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The toll had reached 1,411 and 5,875 were missing as of Saturday, said Nepal’s disaster management authority.

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These risks are not unique to AI, but AI’s opacity and complexity – as well as the scale at which the technology operates – compound them exponentially.

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Lisa Poggiali & Samson Itodo write

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The mythos around Phoolan was built on opacity. Nobody knew what she looked like. https://t.co/cObbaMUNK1

Yet, the police and media feasted on juicy tales of a ravishing seductress with a raging sex life.

What else could an unattached woman who lived in the wild among men have been? @nandiniramnath writes

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The glacier retreat on Mt Kenya, Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania and Rwenzori is unprecedented, says an expert.

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✍️Rainer Prinz

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No English-language book, Waheed noted, had told that fuller story before, of a woman who was, in her words, simply “part of a shared past” that Indian history has too long allowed itself to forget.

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Mallik Thatipalli writes.

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#Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Rajnesh Singh said that 19 of them were released following verification of their names in the voter lists, local administration records, family details and permanent residence documents

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Whether Bab al-Mandab and Hormuz reopen will be settled in Tehran, in Washington, and in the marine insurance market in London. It will not be settled by the 11 governments that spent last weekend calling for maximum restraint.

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Stefan Wolff writes

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"The 143-minute film takes a high-minded approach, deploying realism, leisurely pacing and understated performances to tackle a foul crime," Nandini Ramnath writes

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#Daayrareview via The Reel

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Some details are inconsistent and one suspects #GabrielGarciaMárquez designed them as such. Santiago’s murder, while foretold, also solves the ultimate mystery of how a person is fated to die.

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Sayari Debnath writes

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The sanctions war between Russia and the West has made its economic and trade relations with the Global South pivotal for the country’s survival.

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Alexey D Muraviev writes

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"Delulu is the solulu in a Korea-to-Kandivali-via-Khandala episode that has patches of inspired derangement and giggle-inducing portrayals of desperation masquerading as sexual adventure," Nandini Ramnath reviews

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#LustStories3Review via The Reel

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#Manipur | The protesters burned tyres on the roads and threw stones at government vehicles, unidentified officials said. The six Kuki men were subsequently released, after which the protest ended.

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The argument over the DUCSU wall matters as it exposes two different questions that Bangladesh is currently trying to answer at once.

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The first is historical: Should Jinnah be studied as part of Bangladesh’s own political genealogy? The second question is political: Should Jinnah be rehabilitated as a symbol of contemporary Bangladeshi nationalism?

✍️Faisal Mahmud

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#WestBengal | The move to increase the number of tribunals would be in line with the demand of petitioners challenging the #voterrollrevision exercise.

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Of the 38.2 lakh appeals filed against decisions taken during the voter roll revision process, only around 1.2 lakh had been decided by Wednesday.

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How urban foraging is a step toward protecting our green spaces

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In this week's EcoIndia Top story we look at how a study across Indian cities reveals how India's blue-green spaces are shrinking, impacting foraging and communities dependent on them.

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