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Those engaged in “India’s dirtiest job” are predominantly Dalits, who face social exclusion and violence across the country owing to their caste identity.

Watch | Manual scavenging: India’s continuing shame

As per official figures, there are at present 58,098 “eligible manual scavengers” across India.

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Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, delivers a speech in Kathmandu. The exit of CPN-UML may not immediately affect the Prachanda-led government.

Nepal ex-PM Oli’s CPN-UML withdraws support to Prachanda-led government

The reason for the break-up of the alliance is over candidate selection for the President’s post.

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Books by Roald Dahl displayed at a bookstore in New York.

Following backlash, Penguin to publish ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books

Cuts and rewrites that were intended to make the books suitable for modern readers were criticised.

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Media personnel outside the BBC office amid a survey operation conducted by Income Tax Department officials at Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Delhi, on February 14.

BBC ‘fully cooperating’ after Income Tax officials visit Delhi, Mumbai offices

The ‘surveys’ come weeks after the BBC aired its controversial documentary India: The Modi Question.

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West Bengal’s Kenduli comes alive during the annual Baul Mela

The fair is organised every year between January 13 and 15 in the honour of Sanskrit poet Jayadeva.

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Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad in 2013.

Pervez Musharraf (1943-2023): Former military ruler of Pakistan dies

He seized power in a bloodless coup and later led Pakistan into aiding the US war in Afghanistan.

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Opposition leaders at a meeting on the Adani issue, on February 3.

Opposition demands probe into Adani issue

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claims LIC, SBI exposure within limits.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with industrialist Gautam Adani in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Turmoil at Adani Group a key test for India Inc under Narendra Modi

Gautam Adani’s ascent mirrors the meteoric political career of Modi, a fellow native of Gujarat.

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha on the second day of the Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi on February 1.

Explained: Can the National Data Governance Policy be a gamechanger?

The policy proposes to simplify the KYC process while anonymising individual, non-personal data.

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Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani.

As Adani-Hindenburg battle intensifies, stock market rout hits $72 billion

The wealth of Gautam Adani is fast eroding after his stocks were some of 2022’s best performers.

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The conference was held on January 20 in New Delhi.

India wants platform fair play in digital content monetisation

MeitY MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar and I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra urge big tech to share revenues equitably with content platforms.

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A girl stands outside her home in a poor neighbourhood in Bengaluru.

Richest 1 per cent in India own more than 40 per cent of total wealth: Oxfam

The rights group said the bottom half of the population together share just 3 per cent of wealth.

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