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Malaysia will not take retaliatory trade action against India over its boycott of palm oil purchases amid a political row between the two countries, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. India, the world's largest edible oil buyer, this month effectively halted imports from its largest supplier and the world's second-biggest producer in response to comments from Mahathir attacking India's domestic policies. "We are too small to take retaliatory action," Mahathir told reporters in Langkawi, a resort island off the western coast of Malaysia. "We have to find ways and means to overcome that," he added. The 94-year-old premier of Muslim-majority Malaysia has criticised New Delhi's new religion-based citizenship law and also accused India of invading Kashmir. Mahathir again criticised India's citizenship law on Monday, saying he believed it was "grossly unfair". India has been Malaysia's largest palm oil market f...

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday re-registered a case to probe the February 14 Pulwama terror strike in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, officials said. The NIA has already taken samples of the explosives and evidence from the area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, where a suicide bomber of the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed detonated his explosives laden vehicle next to the bus carrying the CRPF personnel. An NIA spokesperson said the agency has "re-registered the case and a probe team has been formed to investigate the case". The agency is tasked with probing terror incidents in the country. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

Pakistan has condemned the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district and said it is a matter of grave concern even as it rejected India pointing out Islamabad's link to the incident without investigations. At least 37 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on Thursday in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district. Pakistan's Foreign Office, after keeping quiet for hours, issued a statement after midnight. The attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir "is a matter of grave concern," it said. "We have always condemned heightened acts of violence in the Valley," the FO said. Pakistan also rejected that it was in any way involved in the attack. "We strongly reject any insinuation by elements in the Indian government and media circles that seek to link the attack to the State of Pakistan with...

In the report released today, the UN talked about alleged human rights violations in both "Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir" Current Affairs News : India   today rejected a UN report alleging   human rights violations in   Kashmir   as "fallacious, tendentious and motivated". In a strong reaction, the   Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the report is "overtly prejudiced" and seeks to build a "false narrative". It violated the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, it said. In the report released today, the UN talked about alleged   human rights   violations in both "Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir" and sought an international inquiry into these abuses. Also read: UN report accuses India, Pakistan of Kashmir rights violations, seeks probe "India   rejects the report. It is fallacious, tendentious and motivated. We question the intent ...