IT'S CHAI TIME
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September 2016 -
About 800,000 volunteers in Uttar Pradesh planted 49.1 million trees in one day, hoping to set a world record. India is spending $6 billion to reforest 12% of its land. Here's why trees are valuable.
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September 2016 -
In India a sign that says “Beef Served Here” might quickly turn into a sign that says “Restaurant closed. Manager in hospital.” But fewer than a third of Indians over the age of 15 are vegetarian.
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August 2016 -
India is sending 111 athletes to the Summer Games in Rio, its largest delegation ever. The 2012 Games brought India’s biggest Olympic haul: six medals, so now India hopes for 10!
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August 2016 -
Dutee Chand became only the second Indian sprinter to qualify for the Olympics in the 100m dash, matching the feat of P.T. Usha in 1980. Her testosterone levels are no longer a bar to competing.
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August 2016 -
Avtar Hothi, a 65-year-old Sikh farmer in British Columbia, removed his turban to save a drowning girl. He threw one end into the North Thompson River as a rescue rope, and pulled her ashore.
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August 2016 -
Quotes from singer Adnan Sami on the murder of singer Amjad Sabri, CEO of one of America’s 1st crowdfunded technology venture capital firms, a politician, an author, a director, and Aziz Ansari's father.
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August 2016 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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August 2016 -
When Indian parents place a matrimonial ad for their son, it’s no big deal. But when a 78-year-old Jewish-American father placed a matrimonial ad for his 48-year-old son, it was headline news.
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August 2016 -
Walkers and runners in a recent race in New Jersey were treated to the sounds of bagpipes and drums from a band of Indian-Americans in traditional Scottish kilts, tunics, sporrans, and caps.
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August 2016 -
British voters recently decided to leave the European Union, a move that has been called Brexit, a combination of the words Britain and exit. Brexit is a great word that inspires many other words.
