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Spotted handfish: Saving Tasmania's unusual 'walking' speciesSpotted handfish: Saving Tasmania's unusual 'walking' species
Spotted handfish: Saving Tasmania's unusual 'walking' species - TheIndianSubcontinent News
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Diving in saris for seaweed in IndiaDiving in saris for seaweed in India
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US fake university: India protests after students arrestedUS fake university: India protests after students arrested
Image copyrightUS GovtImage caption The website for the fake university has since been closed by government officials

India has made a diplomatic protest to the US after 129 Indian students were arrested for enrolling in a fake university.

The University of Farmington, advertised as based in Michigan state, was

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Obituary: Kim Bok-dong, the South Korean 'comfort woman'Obituary: Kim Bok-dong, the South Korean 'comfort woman'
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption South Korean campaigner Kim Bok-dong has died at the age of 92

The coffin passed the Japanese embassy in Seoul, accompanied on its final journey by mourners waving banners and holding yellow butterflies.

Cries of "Japan must apologise" rang out above the crowd, while

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Leopard cub found in passenger's luggage at Indian airportLeopard cub found in passenger's luggage at Indian airport
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The leopard cub was hidden in a plastic grocery basket

An air passenger who arrived in India from Thailand has been detained at the airport after customs officers found a month-old leopard cub in his luggage.

Suspicions were raised when officials heard noises coming from

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Chanda Kochhar: The rise and fall of India's celebrated CEOChanda Kochhar: The rise and fall of India's celebrated CEO
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The fall of Chanda Kochhar, the iconic banking CEO and a poster woman for Indian industry, holds a cautionary tale for the entire business community, writes the TheIndianSubcontinent's business correspondent Sameer Hashmi.

India's third-largest lender, ICICI Bank, on Wednesday found the former chief executive guilty of

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