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Photo of elephant and calf fleeing fire-throwing mob wins top prize
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The photo shows the two animals running among a crowd that has hurled flaming tar balls and crackers at them.
The picture, titled “Hell is here”, was taken by Biplab Hazra, a wildlife photographer from West Bengal state, and won the 2017 Sanctuary’s #Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.
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Glimmer of hope at last for India's vanishing Parsis
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Fleeing Islamic persecution in Persia, Parsis integrated with the local populations, while maintaining their distinctive ethnic identity. As a highly-educated and prosperous community, their success and influence have been far in excess of their size. And that size is always shrinking.
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More than half of all selfie deaths have occurred in just one country
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According to the study – titled Me, Myself and My Killfile: Characterizing and Preventing Selfie Deaths – India recorded the world’s highest number of selfie deaths, accounting for more than 60 per cent of reported fatalities.
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Indian climber breaks new record after she tops Mount Everest twice in a week
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An Indian woman has set a new record after she climbed mount #Everest twice in less than a week.
Anshu Jamsenpa has established a new women’s record for a double ascent of the world’s highest mountain in one season.
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Indian train network makes history by employing transgender workers
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They used to beg on India’s train network, but this month, for the first time, transgender women will have proper jobs, serving passengers and selling tickets in the south Indian city of Kochi. #IndianRailways Read more...
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Meet the last remaining headhunters of Nagaland
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IN THE remote villages of Nagaland — a mountainous, mist-shrouded state sandwiched between the great river valleys of northeastern India and the jungles of western Myanmar — live some of the world’s last surviving headhunters. Read more...
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Urban Living: This Indian Startup Is Reinventing The Idea Of Roommates For Millennials
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CoHo, a co-living startup, is part of a small but growing number of businesses providing alternatives to the traditional rental industry in India.
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To catch a python: Florida hires Indian tribesmen to root out invasive snakes
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“The job of the tribesmen is to find the snakes, catch them, and teach us how to do it better,” Mazzotti told UF News. “They are better at finding snakes than anybody else in the world.”
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Indian politician spends $100 million on his daughter’s wedding with 50,000 guests
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Guests were invited to his daughter Brahmani’s wedding with gold-plated invitations (reportedly costing an impressive $225,000) and Bollywood stars were also lined-up to perform in a five-day spectacular – causing critics to brand the bash as an “obscene display of wealth”. #Gold #Jewelry Read more...
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What divorce and separation tell us about modern India
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Now a significant study by economist Suraj Jacob and anthropologist Sreeparna Chattopadhyay has examined data from India's census to offer - possibly for the first time - some insights into divorce and separation in India.
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Farming on the edge: the Indian salt producers coping with 48C heat
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An initiative to support female salt farmers in Gujarat provides loans to help them switch to solar in the face of climate change. Read more...
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The salt farmers of India's Rann of Kutch marshes
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Rann of Kutch, Gujarat - Rann of Kutch is a seasonal salt marsh located in the Thar desert ?just 10km from the Arabian Sea in India's Gujarat district. This is the land of the Agariya people, who have lived here for centuries, knowing only one means of livelihood - salt production.
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The woman who discovered India's first HIV cases
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Thirty years ago, India discovered the dreaded HIV virus had reached its shores when blood samples from six sex workers tested positive. It was largely due to the efforts of one young scientist - but until now, her pioneering work has been all but forgotten.
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In pictures: Africans living in India
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Shocked by attacks on Africans in India, independent photographer Mahesh Shantaram began documenting the lives of Africans living in India.
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This Indian Prime Minister mastered two computer languages and wrote computer code in his 60s.
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He won eight consecutive elections and spent more than 50 years in his Congress party before becoming the prime minister of India. A father of eight children, he spoke 10 languages, and was a proficient translator. He first travelled abroad when he was 53.
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India's vanishing people
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#Parsis are #Zoroastrians - one of the world's oldest religions - from Persia, where it was the official religion for centuries until the advent of Islam. Persecution forced them to arrive on the shores of India over 1000 years ago where, thanks to extraordinary success in business, they have always punched above their weight, making huge contributions to Indian life.
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How tribes use tree roots to make crossings that can carry more than 50 people at once
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Khasi Tribe villagers deep inside the valleys of Meghalaya in India make bridges using tree roots, They grow ficus trees on either side of a river and slowly direct the roots to join midway to form a living crossing
The tribes' strongest living bridges can carry more than 50 people at once and can live to more than 180 years old
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Indian Sikhs Seek a Ban on Sikh Jokes
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A movement to stop people making fun of Sikhs is gaining momentum in India.
India’s Supreme Court last month asked an organization representing followers of the religion, the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, to frame rules on how to implement a ban on jokes or negative remarks about Sikhs, if such a ban were announced
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Forgotten heroes – the true story of India
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In his history of the people who made modern India, Sunil Khilnani set out to complicate western stereotypes. Here he reflects on how he challenged the prejudices and stories Indians tell themselves about their past
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The Dalai Lama’s everyday life captured by India’s most iconic photojournalist
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The photos capture the Dalai Lama in public and in private, from presiding over spiritual events to sitting in a garden and even watching a TV serial.
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Live longer, healthier like this 120-year-old Varanasi monk in 5 easy steps
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Swami Sivananda was born on August 8, 1896, shows his passport. If the information is correct and not a clerical error, the sprightly monk from #Varanasi is 120 years old, which makes him the oldest man to have ever lived.
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World Cup 2018: The Indian who cycled to Russia to meet Messi
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Clifin Francis was sitting at home in southern India when a friend asked if he was going to the World Cup.
"Of course," he replied. "I might even travel to Russia to watch the extravaganza."
That was in August - but he had no idea how he would afford the air tickets from Kerala where he lives. Mr Francis is a freelance maths teacher and earns $40 (£30) a day.
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Leaving India and the best shave in the world
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I've never been lithe enough for yoga or patient enough for meditation, but during my time in India I did discover a path to a kind of transcendence: a street shave.
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PC Sorcar Autograph WITH Self Sketch Available for Sale!!!
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PC Sorcar gave the owner his autograph with a self sketch in 1960 in West Bengal, India while appearing at BE College in Sibhpur.
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Do people in India's northeast feel alienated?
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Nagaland, a hilly state in India's north east, went to the polls earlier this week. The BBC's Shalu Yadav and Sharad Badhe asked people what it means to be Indian given that the region has often complained of racial stereotyping and discrimination by the rest of the country.
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The Indian who became the first female doctor in the UAE
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Indian national Zulekha Daud is widely understood to be the first practising female doctor in the United Arab Emirates and has played a crucial part in transforming its #healthcare sector.
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The Indian wedding that bet on Bitcoin
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When Prashant Sharma and Niti Shree were planning to marry, they decided to ask for something unusual as a wedding present - the cryptocurrency, #Bitcoin.
The couple, who live in the south Indian city of Bangalore, are founders of a digital start-up and many of their friends also work for technology companies.
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Hundreds join pride march in India, where gay sex is illegal
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Hundreds of gay rights activists and supporters, many wearing colorful costumes and holding balloons, marched through India's capital on Sunday in celebration but also defiance in a nation that continues to outlaw homosexual acts.
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