(Clockwise from top) Bhagyashree Thipsay is a five-time national champion. She participated in nine Olympiads, as part of the Indian women’s team, in the 1980s and 1990s. Koneru Humpy was India’s first-ever female Grandmaster, a feat she achieved at the age of 15. She is still India’s reigning queen, sitting at #1 on the national women’s charts. Harika Dronavalli is one of only three female Grandmasters in India. She was part of the team that beat the mighty Kazakhstan to claim gold in Budapest. (PHOTOS: HT Archives, FIDE)

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Former African colonies, at independence, have typically drawn from the three colours used in Ethiopia’s flag since the 1800s. Why Ethiopia? Because, apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini’s Italy, it has never been colonised. (Wikimedia)

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(Row-wise from top left) The grunts grunt and the black drum booms. Seahorses click and toadfish hum. Piranhas bark, catfish squeak, and groupers call in choruses. Clown fish chirp and the Danionella crebrum makes a surprisingly loud sound for a tiny fish. (Shutterstock, Ralf Britz / Senckenberg)

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Meet the nicest guy in football: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on N’Golo Kante

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Spot Jonathan Parrott analysing blowflies under a microscope; a still from the TV series CSI (2000-15); an ANSA news report on the case involving a teen in Rome; suitcases with piglet cadavers used in a study; and a panel submerged in the Fremantle Harbour in Australia, as part of a study on barnacles. (Charlie Leight/ASU News, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Paola Magni, Claire Martin)

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Thirty book covers feature in Chawla’s exhibition, titled Banned. (Shaswat Kakkar)

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The creamy, complex cheese is known for its mushroomy notes, rich lactic flavours, and slight whiff of a flavour like sweet roasted cauliflower. (Adobe Stock)

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The pfeilstorch (German for ‘arrow stork’) dates to the 1820s. It was preserved and now stands on display at the University of Rostock museum in Germany. (Wikimedia Commons)

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