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One million bank workers strike across India
May 30, 2018 12:29Around one million bank employees went on strike across India Wednesday, a union representative said, demanding better pay and a government crackdown on companies who willfully default on loan payments.
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Pakistan, India agree to fully implement 2003 truce deal in Kashmir
May 30, 2018 07:06The military chiefs of Pakistan and India have agreed to “fully implement” a ceasefire deal struck in 2003 and stop the recent cross-border exchanges of fire in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir.
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India should reconsider S-400 deal with Russia: US lawmaker
May 29, 2018 06:32India should reconsider buying S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, says a senior American congressman, warning that the move would hurt military ties with the US.
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India will not follow US sanctions on Iran: India's Swaraj
May 28, 2018 12:13India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj says New Delhi will keep trading with Iran and will only follow sanctions imposed by the United Nations and not those imposed by any other country, such as the United States, against the Islamic Republic.
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Four militants killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir
May 26, 2018 09:10At least four suspected militants have been killed in a gun battle with Indian government troops after crossing into the New Delhi-controlled part of Kashmir.
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Cross-border firing between India, Pakistan kills five civilians
May 23, 2018 14:56Cross-border firing and shelling between Indian and Pakistani forces along their Kashmir border have claimed the lives of five civilians on the sixth day of clashes.
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India to impose full retaliatory tariffs on US goods
May 21, 2018 14:03India has proposed retaliatory import duties of up to 100% to be levied from June onwards on a list of American goods in what appears to be a tit-for-tat policy against Washington’s increased tariffs on steel and aluminum.
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India says Iran sanctions threaten Afghan corridor
May 20, 2018 08:34Concerns are rising in New Delhi that US President Donald Trump’s efforts to re-instate sanctions against Iran would jeopardize an ambitious multinational connectivity project involving India, Iran and Afghanistan.
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Indian-held Kashmir shuts to protest Modi's visit
May 19, 2018 14:00Large parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir have been shut down ahead of a visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to inaugurate a hydroelectric power plant in the volatile region on Saturday.
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China, India outsource emissions risking climate goal: Study
May 14, 2018 11:49A rising tide of industries moving operations from China and India to less-developed Asian countries undermines global targets to reduce climate-changing emissions, researchers say.