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    Bofors collapsed under the weight of weak evidence, and lost time

    A scandal powerful enough to shake a government ended through evidentiary failures, failed extraditions, deaths and missed appeals

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    Jharkhand govt calls 6th round of talks, students slam ‘political manoeuvring’

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    Govt clears bauxite mining project 1.6 km from India’s first marine sanctuary

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    UPI transactions to remain free for users, fee only on select merchant deals: Govt

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    Govt clears bauxite mining project 1.6 km from India’s first marine sanctuary

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    Why Rahuls launch of Vaikos book triggered a fresh DMK-Congress row

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      Sri Lanka raises judges’ retirement age, faces judicial independence row

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      Thailand shooting: Six killed, 15 injured at high school near Bangkok

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      Trump signs new birthright citizenship orders despite Supreme Court setback

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      Bangladesh Presidential election on August 20 following Shahabuddin's resignation

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      Hasina’s son warns India of ‘another Pakistan’; bomb hits Shakib’s home hours later

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      Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi’s father and long-time agent, dies at 68

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