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India’s palm oil ban: Dr M’s tirade is causing economic woes to the nation
Looking to flex its trade muscles, India yesterday had imposed what amounted to an effective ban on refined palm oil from Malaysia following an ongoing diplomatic row between the two countries. India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notification
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India grants diplomats access to restive Kashmir for the first time in months
Foreign diplomats visited India-ruled Kashmir today for the first time since New Delhi stripped the region of special status in August, although some European nations and others declined the invite after being refused permission to travel independently. India’s portion of
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India ‘restricts’ M’sian palm oil; Najib ‘congratulates’ govt for its diplomatic gaffe
PUCHONG: The Indian government has announced that it would restrict the imports of Malaysia’s refined palm oil into its country. According to The Edge, the government issued a notice on the matter, adding that refined bleached deodorised palm oil and
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Indonesia’s president visits island in waters disputed by China
President Joko Widodo visited an island in waters disputed by China today to assert Indonesia’s sovereignty amid a standoff between Indonesian and Chinese vessels. The confrontation began in mid-December when a Chinese coast guard vessel, accompanying Chinese fishing boats, entered
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Japan halts trial of man accused of killing 19 disabled people
The trial of a man accused of stabbing to death 19 disabled people at a care home in 2016 was interrupted today after the man seemed to put something in his mouth, started struggling with court officials and lay on
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India issues travel warning on Iraq after Iran attacks
India today issued a travel warning asking its citizens to avoid “non-essential” travel to Iraq, hours after Iran launched missile attacks on US-led forces in Iraq. Iran’s attack came in retaliation for a US drone strike on an Iranian commander
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What happened to India?
It’s a question I hear increasingly these days. International news media report on repression in Kashmir, mounting Hindu chauvinism, widespread protests against new laws, assaults on women, and more. The India the world once celebrated ― the world’s fastest-growing free-market
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Taiwan to vote in shadow of China pressure, Hong Kong protests
TAIPEI: Taiwan votes on Saturday in an election overshadowed by renewed Chinese efforts to get the island to accept their rule, and as Taiwan nervously watches Hong Kong protests, worried they may be next if China ever succeeds in bringing
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India court fixes Jan 22 to execute convicts of 2012 horrific rape
NEW DELHI: Four men sentenced to death for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shockwaves across the world will be hanged on Jan 22, an Indian court ruled
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No immediate reports of damage, injuries in Indonesia’s earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck today southwest of Indonesia’s province of Aceh on the island of Sumatra, at a depth of 20.3 km (12.6 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. On Twitter, the Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency
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