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India's most punishing El Niño in three-quarters of a century tests a partnership with Australia built on cricket, curry and critical minerals
Indian weather forecasters warn the brewing El Niño could rival the 1950–51 event. Canberra is watching the same maps — and recalibrating a partnership that now extends well beyond cricket and Commonwealth nostalgia.

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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o%E2%80%93Southern_Oscillation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Southwest_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_season
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