Splainer LITE: Crashing Out

Aaj ki khabar includes the Air India Dreamliner crash in Gujarat, how festivals are being weaponised and a curtain raiser to the FIFA Club World Cup. The bizarre bit: Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover.

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