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Rowling to release four Eminent actor­singer Ruma Harry Potter e­book shorts Guha Thakurta passes away An icon of Bengal’s glorious cultural past, she was 87 The series delves deeper into the history of magic and offers Hogwarts lessons Google server trouble Special correspondent However to Bengalis, she snarls YouTube, Snapchat Press Trust of India The eBook shorts will also Kolkata will be remembered for her WASHINGTON London feature notes, manuscript Eminent Bengali musician, on­screen performance. Congested Google servers in British author J.K. Rowling pages and sketches as pre­ singer, dancer and actor Ru­ Ms. Guha Thakurta’s act­ the eastern U.S. caused has revealed she is expand­ viously seen in Harry Potter: ma Guha Thakurta passed ing career predates her ca­ problems for users of ing her wizarding world of A History of Magic. away on Monday in her reer in music; she per­ Snapchat and YouTube on Harry Potter with four new south Kolkata residence. She formed in her first film in Sunday, with complaints on eBook shorts. First pair on June 27 was 87. 1944, guided by the legen­ social media that the popular The author said the digital The four titles read — Harry In her career spanning dary actress, Devika Rani. apps weren’t accessible. short stories would be more than six decades, Ms. She started her film career Google acknowledged the Potter: A Journey Through issue affecting multiple themed around the curricu­ Charms and Defence Against Guha Thakurta worked with Ruma Guha Thakurta from Prithvi Theatre in services in Google Cloud, G lum Harry Potter, Hermione the Dark Arts; Harry Potter: many eminent filmmakers, Mumbai in the early 1940s as Suite and YouTube. “Users Granger and Ron Weasley A Journey Through Potions from Satyajit Ray to Tapan biggest achievement was set­ a child artist —much before may see slow performance or follow at the Hogwarts and Herbology; Harry Pot- Sinha and Mira Nair. She was ting up of the Calcutta Youth she stepped into her teens— intermittent errors,” it said. School of Witchcraft and ter: A Journey Through Divi- 87. Choir, known for Ganasan- and went on to act in more Wizardry. Set for charms: The series will be accompanied by line nation and Astronomy; and geet or Bengal’s version of than 100 films. Ms. Guha “Prepare to delve deeper drawings from artist Rohan Daniel Eason. * WWW.POTTERMORE.COM Harry Potter: A Journey Tagore’s influence protest songs and songs of Thakurta dominated the into the rich history of magic Through Care of Magical Named by Rabindranath Ta­ social awareness. Bengali theatre and screen with this new series of eBook bitesize reads, each themed Potter stories, accompanied Creatures.” gore, Ms. Guha Thakurta Founded in consultation for six decades. shorts, inspired by the Brit­ by Hogwarts lessons, and by some new, gorgeous line The first two books will be was one of the icons of Ben­ with Ray and music maestro Married once to singer ish Library exhibition and its will take you back in time drawings from London­ published on June 27. The gal’s glorious cultural past. Salil Chowdhury, she re­ Kishore Kumar, Ms. Guha companion books, Harry once again to learn about the based artist Rohan Daniel books will be published in Groomed in an atmosphere mained the central figure of Thakurta mostly spent her Potter: A History of Magic. traditional folklore and mag­ Eason,” the announcement English, French, Italian, and deeply influenced by Ta­ the choir, which had per­ last days with her son Amit “The series features four ic at the heart of the Harry on website Pottermore read. German languages initially. gore, Ms. Guha Thakurta’s formed nationally. Kumar in Mumbai. 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HIV average age was about 57, provide user data on demand paper, published on Monday has co­opted that protein to there were fewer people to authorities, including FSB in Nature Medicine. use as a doorway to infect with the mutation in both security agency. Russia Mr. Nielsen acknow­ those cells. The mutation copies of the gene than one has adopted a flurry of ledged that his result cannot prevents that protein from would expect. That’s anoth­ legislation in recent years to be applied directly to the appearing, and so reduces er sign of a higher death Day’s catch: A painted stork with its catch in Oussudu Lake near Puducherry. * S.S. KUMAR control online activity. AP two girls in China. For one the risk of HIV infection. rate. 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