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Maharashtra’s schools are struggling to survive as students protest, infrastructure crumbles and Marathi-medium institutions disappear

From Adivasi students on hunger strike to Class 10 students demanding teachers, government schools without electricity and internet, and hundreds of schools facing the loss of grant-in-aid, Maharashtra’s education crisis is increasingly visible on the streets

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‘His God is very different from mine’

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Modi Regime squeezes out ALL Minorities, Even Buddhists, from Scholarships

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DU plans removal of three books by Dalit writer Kancha Ilaiah

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Education, Economic Independence Can Reduce Suicides In Indian Women

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