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.utility-bar{background:var(--red-dark)}
.masthead{height:158px}
.masthead .brand{gap:16px}
.masthead .brand img{height:118px;width:118px;object-fit:contain;filter:drop-shadow(0 4px 9px #66320016)}
.brand-name{letter-spacing:-.067em}
.brand-name>span{color:var(--red)}
.brand-name small{color:var(--river);letter-spacing:.22em;right:0}
.masthead-side .kicker{color:var(--red-dark)}
.masthead-action .round-link{color:var(--river);border-color:#b3d6e5}
.nav-wrap{border-top:2px solid var(--red);border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);background:#fff8ee}
.nav-links>a:first-child{color:var(--red)}
.nav-links>a:hover,.section-link:hover{color:var(--river)}
.news-flash{border-bottom-color:#dfd2c0}
.flash-label{background:var(--red)}
.home-intro .kicker.accent{color:var(--red-dark)}
.section-index,.overline{color:var(--red)}
.site-footer{background:#34230f;color:#fff7ee;border-top:5px solid var(--red)}
.footer-brand img{width:78px!important;height:78px!important;object-fit:contain}
.footer-brand .brand-name>span{color:#f5ad80}
.footer-links h3{color:#8fc4e1}
.footer-links a:hover{color:#b7d991}
.footer-bottom .footer-star{color:#8dc0df}
.newsletter-band{background:linear-gradient(105deg,#663200 0%,#7b3906 70%,#914208 100%)}
.newsletter-band:after{content:'';position:absolute;width:200px;height:200px;border:3px solid #8bb9d331;border-radius:100%;right:-130px;bottom:-90px;pointer-events:none}
.solid-button{background:var(--red)}
.solid-button:hover{background:var(--red-dark)}
@media(max-width:900px){.masthead{height:134px}.masthead .brand img{width:91px;height:91px}.masthead .brand-name{font-size:38px}}
@media(max-width:650px){.masthead{height:115px}.masthead .brand{gap:7px}.masthead .brand img{width:78px;height:78px}.masthead .brand-name{font-size:33px}.masthead .brand-name small{font-size:8px;bottom:-16px}.footer-brand img{width:64px!important;height:64px!important}.footer-brand .brand-name{font-size:31px}}

/* Hindi-first typography refinements for long Devanagari headlines */
:root{--serif:'Noto Serif Devanagari','Noto Sans Devanagari',serif;--sans:'Noto Sans Devanagari',Arial,sans-serif}
html[lang=hi] body{letter-spacing:normal}
html[lang=hi] .brand-name{letter-spacing:normal;font-size:clamp(28px,3.4vw,42px);line-height:1.23}
html[lang=hi] .brand-name small{letter-spacing:.03em;right:0;bottom:-17px}
html[lang=hi] .nav-links>a{letter-spacing:normal;font-size:12px}
html[lang=hi] .kicker,html[lang=hi] .section-index,html[lang=hi] .section-link,html[lang=hi] .flash-label,html[lang=hi] .side-section-heading{letter-spacing:.025em}
html[lang=hi] .lead-story h1,html[lang=hi] .article-headline h1{letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.35;overflow-wrap:anywhere}
html[lang=hi] .story-card h3,html[lang=hi] .spotlight-story h2{letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.42}
html[lang=hi] .prose{line-height:1.95;font-size:1.05rem}
html[lang=hi] .nav-links{gap:15px}
@media(max-width:650px){html[lang=hi] .masthead .brand-name{font-size:27px}html[lang=hi] .brand-name small{font-size:8px}html[lang=hi] .lead-story h1{line-height:1.4}}