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US initiates retaliatory action against six countries over digital tax
Mar 29, 2021 07:54The United States has begun to take retaliatory action against six countries for imposing a levy or digital services tax on e-commerce companies that have impacted US enterprises.
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Protesters, police clash in Bangladesh during Indian PM visit
Mar 26, 2021 12:19Clashes erupted between hundreds of supporters of a Bangladesh Islamic group, who were protesting the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and police on Friday (March 26) in the country's capital, Dhaka.
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India halts AstraZeneca vaccine exports, EU considers own controls
Mar 26, 2021 01:52India puts a halt to exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and the European Union considers it own export bans as the cases of the deadly respiratory rise in their communities.
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India in talks with Iran to use reserves for sugar exports
Mar 24, 2021 09:54India’s Foreign Ministry has been involved in negotiations with Iran to persuade the country to use its hard currency reserves in Indian banks for purchases of sugar and other agricultural commodities from Indian exporters.
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COVID-19 pandemic exacerbate hunger crises in India
Mar 23, 2021 06:14India, the world’s second most populous nation and a diverse country is still struggling to feed millions as hunger continues to be a challenging task for successive governments.
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HRW urges India to provide refuge to Rohingya Muslims adrift at Indian Ocean
Mar 01, 2021 11:16Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Indian government to provide refuge to dozens of Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers who have been adrift in the Andaman Sea for more than two weeks.
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India-Pakistan statement important step toward peace in South Asia: Iran
Feb 28, 2021 09:53Iran’s Foreign Ministry has welcomed an agreement between Pakistan and India on a decision to strictly observe a ceasefire along the de facto border in disputed Kashmir.
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China, India vow to improve ties after deadly border clash
Feb 26, 2021 08:21Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar discuss border control and other bilateral issues during a lengthy phone call.
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Indian government policies systematically discriminatory against Muslims: HRW
Feb 23, 2021 13:52"Everyone together," "development for all," and "everyone’s trust," these were the slogans of Indian Prime Minister Modi in almost all election campaigns since 2014, when his party fought a historic and a fierce campaign with a landslide victory.
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Rohingya refugees facing new onslaught in India
Feb 20, 2021 05:06Fearful of possible arrest and expulsion, scores of refugees have gone into hiding across the Indian subcontinent while others have entered Bangladesh amid a mounting hate campaign against the community in India.