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A year in the life of Varanasi, the prime ministerial constituency

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J Jayalalithaa, acquitted by the court, returns to reclaim the crown. Is she on her way to become Tamil Nadu’s most powerful political icon?

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Award winning astronomer Nitya Kallivayalil is on a space odyssey. What is it about near-field cosmology that keeps her going?

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Could a village in Haryana have been the ancient civilisation’s very first settlement?

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The campaign for the legalisation of marijuana gathers momentum

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