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As Bangladeshis count their losses from the cyclone that lashed low-lying coastal areas on Sunday, calls are growing for the government to bolster storm defences and aid mechanisms as extreme weather becomes more common.
Backward classes within the Hindu community are being excluded from the constitutional protections they are entitled to, while representations of the Muslim community under reservation quota are on the rise in West Bengal as they make up around 28 per cent of the state's population