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World’s Biggest Trade Pact Shapes Up Without India

Although India pulled out at the last minute, China and 14 other countries agreed in Bangkok this week on plans…

4 years ago
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Germany’s Merkel Renews Push For FTA With India, Pledges Green Funds

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday there was a need for a fresh attempt to restart talks on finalising…

4 years ago
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Kashmiris’ Situation Is Unsustainable, Angela Merkel Says

The conditions in which the people of Kashmir are living are unsustainable and must be improved, German Chancellor Angela Merkel…

4 years ago
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India Asks WhatsApp To Explain Privacy Breach

India, WhatsApp’s biggest market with 400 million users, has asked the Facebook-owned company to explain the nature of a privacy…

4 years ago
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India, China Clash Over Kashmir As It Loses Special Status And Is Divided

India engaged in a diplomatic war of words with China over Kashmir on Thursday as it formally revoked the disputed…

4 years ago
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India Allows EU Lawmakers Into Kashmir In First Foreign Visit Since Clampdown

A group of European Union lawmakers will visit Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, the first foreign delegation since the special status…

5 years ago
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Suspected Militants Kill Two In Indian Kashmir, Set Apple Trucks Ablaze

Suspected militants shot and killed two drivers and set fire to their apple trucks in Indian Kashmir on Thursday, a…

5 years ago
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India, Pakistan Sign Pact On Cross-Border Temple Visits

India and Pakistan signed an agreement on Thursday allowing Indian pilgrims to cross the border to a Sikh shrine in…

5 years ago
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India Raises Wheat Buying Price, Makes Exports Unviable

India has lifted the price at which it buys locally produced new-season wheat by 85 rupees or 4.6% to support…

5 years ago
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India, Pakistan Set To Sign Pilgrim Corridor Pact Amid Kashmir Tension

India and Pakistan are set to sign an agreement on Indian pilgrims visiting a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, rare cooperation…

5 years ago
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Pakistan Making ‘Business Out Of Faith’, Says Harsimrat On Kartarpur Service Charge

Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has slammed Pakistan for its insistence of charging $20 as service fee from Indian devotees…

5 years ago
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Trading Tires: How The West Fuels A Waste Crisis In Asia

When night falls in the Indian village of Nabipur, the backyard furnaces come to life, burning waste tires from the…

5 years ago
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‘Vituperative Mudslingling’: Shashi Tharoor Attacks Pakistan For Raising Kashmir Issue At IPU

An Indian delegation on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue at the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU)…

5 years ago
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India Cannot Sacrifice Economic Strength To Comply With U.S. Sanctions – Finance Minister

India wants to comply with global sanctions, including U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Russia, but also needs to maintain its…

5 years ago
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Malaysia Offers To Buy More Imports From India After Threat Of Palm Oil Curbs

Malaysia said on Tuesday it would look to increase imports of crude sugar and buffalo meat from India, after reports…

5 years ago
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Hours After Mobiles Restored, SMS Services Blocked In Kashmir

SMS services were withdrawn as a "precautionary measure" hours after the government restored post-paid mobile connections in Kashmir, officials said…

5 years ago
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India’s Tax Unions Irked By PM Modi’s Switch To Faceless Assessment: Letter

Indian tax officials are pushing back against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new faceless tax assessment program, complaining about a lack…

5 years ago
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India Partially Restores Mobile Phone Lines In Kashmir

India restored some mobile phone services in contested Kashmir on Monday, two months after imposing a communications clampdown on the…

5 years ago
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India’s Industrial Output Shrinks At Fastest Rate In More Than Six Years

India’s industrial output shrank at its fastest rate in more than six years in August, reflecting the impact of an…

5 years ago
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Modi And Xi Eye New Border Security Steps In Summit Talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to agree new security measures along their unsettled…

5 years ago
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Why Strong Monsoon Rains Are Not Necessarily Good News For Indian Farmers

India, one of the world’s biggest agricultural producers, experienced its heaviest monsoon rains in 25 years this year. While rain…

5 years ago
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Kashmiri Journalists Stage Protest Against ‘Media Gag’

Journalists in Kashmir on Thursday staged a small silent protest against what they say has been a “media gag” by…

5 years ago
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India Protectionist, But U.S. Negotiating Limited Trade Deal: Wilbur Ross

The United States does not believe that India is eligible for the grant of a special trade privilege but is…

5 years ago
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Monsoon To Withdraw From October 10, Marking Most Delayed Retreat

India’s June-September monsoon rains are likely to start withdrawing from the northwest region from Oct. 10, marking the most delayed…

5 years ago
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No Vaping Ban U-turn, Says Indian Official, As Protests Fizzle Out

India’s government has no plan to roll back a ban on electronic cigarettes, an official told Reuters on Saturday, as…

5 years ago

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