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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: Malaysia

$1.4 billion of palm oil is caught in CAA, Kashmir crossfire between India and Malaysia

If India’s imports from Malaysia drop, about 2 million tons of Malaysian processed palm oil products worth $1.4 billion may need new buyers.

Malaysian Tamils angry after education ministry says Pongal is a religious festival

The letter issued by Malaysia's education ministry on 13 January was said to have been based on guidelines from the Islamic Development Department or Jakim.

Palm oil ban aimed at Malaysia, import from Indonesia and Nepal will be ‘fast-tracked’

Commerce ministry issues notification restricting import of refined palm oil. Move is apparently directed at Malaysia due to its souring relationship with India.

Modi govt puts fresh curbs on palm oil import, weeks after Malaysian PM slams CAA

Govt brings import of palm oil & palmolein under 'restricted category'. Move will be big setback for Malaysia from where India imports bulk of the product.

New citizenship law is an internal matter: India objects to Malaysian PM’s remark on CAA

On the sidelines of the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019, Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad questioned the necessity of the Citizenship Act when Indians have 'lived together for 70 years'.

Amazon forest fires melting glaciers 1,000 miles away

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

HAL eyes first foreign sale of Tejas as Malaysian air force shortlists contenders

Tejas is among the contenders as Malaysia looks to issue request for proposal for its new 36-jet contract next year. But diplomatic ties could hurt the deal.

Palm oil prices likely to rise as demand for its use in biofuel increases

Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s support for B30, a program that requires biofuels to be made using 30% palm oil from 2020, has been a 'game changer'.

‘We speak our minds, don’t retract & change’: Malaysian PM stands by remark on Kashmir

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had raised the Kashmir issue at the UNGA last month and saying India had invaded and occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Modi govt plans to cut imports from Turkey, Malaysia as retaliation for Kashmir position

Modi govt is exploring stringent quality tests and a safeguard tax in addition to existing levies to limit imports from Turkey and Malaysia.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.