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<image:caption>An injured devotee is shifted to a hospital in Lakhisarai.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>File photo of women taking part in a torch rally in Manipur.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-17T09:07:08.307+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-17T08:43:35.651+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium: Ready to welcome the shuttlers' world</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T21:10:17.006+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Anisur Rahman (L) and son Abu Sufian</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A Congress protest in Kolkata</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T20:50:11.309+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Russian strikes on Ukraine also killed at least 5 people on Sunday.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T20:18:18.326+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Kanishka Narayan (L) arrives at 10 Downing Street for a meeting with PM Andy Burnham</image:caption>
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<image:caption>FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and US President Donald Trump with the FIFA trophy</image:caption>
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<image:caption>MI6 chief Blaise Metreweli</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T20:03:05.514+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>London Diary: From Bihar to Britain’s cabinet</news:title>
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<image:caption>Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has painted himself into a corner</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T19:38:00.546+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>The interaction took place earlier this month.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T19:15:28.486+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Representative image</image:caption>
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<news:name>National Herald</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T19:12:55.846+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/nationalherald/2026-08-16/kdhnkvlb/midday-meal.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Representative image</image:caption>
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<image:caption>MGR, then Tamil Nadu CM, inaugurates the Nutritious Noon Meal Scheme in Tiruchi district on 1 July 1982</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T18:10:17.877+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Food politics and the MGR legacy</news:title>
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<image:caption>Passengers had repeatedly made derogatory remarks targeting a particular caste.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T17:58:48.372+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Rapido driver fired after confronting passengers over casteist slurs</news:title>
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<image:caption>Jubilant Bangladesh team members after winning the Darwin Test</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T17:27:40.643+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>People’s organisations have adopted the parai as an instrument of resistance</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T17:01:46.160+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The power of insisting gently</news:title>
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<image:caption>The rainfall deficit is putting pressure on standing crops.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T16:36:33.191+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Drought woes spread across India despite revival of monsoon rains</news:title>
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<image:caption>BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T16:00:23.176+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal and Rajiv Shukla during Parliament’s Monsoon Session.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T15:28:30.334+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>‘Vande Mataram’ row a distraction from real issues, says K.C. Venugopal</news:title>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/nationalherald/2026-08-16/7604asn7/jantar-mantarjpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>At Jantar Mantar, a grand theatre of protest, a magnet for Indians young and old from all walks of life</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T15:01:13.414+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Real pushback needs a political grammar</news:title>
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<image:caption>Mercury released by Antarctic glaciers into the ocean has increased by 550% since industrialisation.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T14:26:37.391+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Ex-deputy speaker of Bengal Assembly Ashish Banerjee.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T14:25:08.607+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>The gets its moral force from hands that refuse to bend before the might of the State</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Tricolour does not derive its majesty from power or from the State</image:caption>
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<image:caption>....as long as a single human is unfree...</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T14:06:05.626+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Swollen Beas river flows in spate after water is released from Pandoh and Largi dams in Mandi.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T13:09:11.411+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>A Mexican rescue worker searches through rubble two days after an earthquake in Colombia.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T12:55:16.539+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-16T12:45:46.423+05:30</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Representative image of US police</image:caption>
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<image:caption>People inspect a damaged house after an earthquake in East Manggarai, Indonesia.</image:caption>
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