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Iran saffron exports down due to smuggling, government restrictions: Exporter
Aug 21, 2019 00:56Iranian exporters of saffron, a highly expensive spice with incredible healing powers, believe that smuggling and government restrictions have caused a decline in exports this year.
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The hypocrisy underpinning Britain’s contrasting approach to Kashmir and Hong Kong
Aug 20, 2019 04:57By turning a blind eye to India’s arbitrary constitutional changes (in respect of the revocation of Article 370) and to its wide-ranging security lockdown on the disputed region of Kashmir, the British government hopes to change India’s mind about a speedy post-Brexit trade deal.
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Trump talks to India, Pakistan PMs, urges de-escalation
Aug 20, 2019 04:02In separate phone calls, US President Donald Trump has urged the prime ministers of India and Pakistan to reduce tensions over the disputed Kashmir region.
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4,000 detained by India in Kashmir since autonomy stripped: Govt. source
Aug 18, 2019 11:17Thousands of people have been detained in Indian-controlled Kashmir over fears of outbreaks of unrest after the New Delhi government revoked the Muslim-majority Himalayan region’s autonomy.
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India, Pakistan exchange heavy cross-border fire in Kashmir
Aug 17, 2019 12:06India and Pakistan have exchanged "heavy" fire across the militarized de facto border in disputed Kashmir valley, days after New Delhi’s decision to scrap the autonomy of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.
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India envoy happy with positive trend of trade with Iran
Aug 17, 2019 11:10India’s ambassador to Iran says trade between the two countries is on a positive trajectory despite sanctions imposed by the United States which have hampered New Delhi’s energy imports from Tehran.
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India announces easing of brutal curfew over Kashmir
Aug 17, 2019 06:57Officials in the disputed Indian-controlled Kashmir region have started restoring landline phone lines since imposing a brutal curfew and news blackout on the majority-Muslim territory in early August.
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India hints at ending ‘No First Use’ nuclear policy
Aug 17, 2019 02:51India has hinted at the possibility of changing its “No First Use” policy on nuclear weapons, amid escalating tensions with fellow-atomic state Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir.
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Pakistan says UNSC meeting shows Kashmir not India’s domestic matter
Aug 17, 2019 01:14Pakistan says holding a meeting by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) “nullifies” that Jammu and Kashmir is a domestic matter for India, which scrapped the autonomy of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region earlier this month.
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Indian armoured vehicles bar Kashmiris from entering mosques for Friday prayers
Aug 16, 2019 09:52People in Kashmir say authorities barred them from entering mosques for Friday prayers as India continues its security clampdown over the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.