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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicIndia-Afghanistan trade

Topic: India-Afghanistan trade

Afghan envoy thanks India for relaxing import fumigation rules, says will ease trade

On 7 May, Union agriculture ministry notified the relaxation of fumigation regulations — under Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 — for several countries.

India’s wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Pakistan to begin in early February, report says

In 2021, Pakistan had allowed India to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan by using its land route after the humanitarian situation worsened following the Taliban offensive.

Absence from Afghan peace talks has hurt India. It’s time now to engage with Taliban

Just like the Ashraf Ghani regime, India has largely remained on the sidelines of theUS-Taliban peace negotiations. New Delhi can’t afford to anymore.

Pakistan to stop India-Afghanistan trade via Wagah border

Pakistan has downgraded its diplomatic ties with India, stopping bilateral trade and expelling Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria among other measures.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.