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India has implemented a new policy permitting its private sector to manufacture advanced weaponry, a move aimed at advancing the nation's objective of military self-sufficiency.
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An Indian jewellery advertisement featuring actor Kriti Sanon celebrating the Hindu festival of Rakhi has been pulled following backlash over her outfit, though the actor has defended the commercial.
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India is importing 1 million tonnes of sugar after domestic prices jumped by nearly 40%, threatening the country's peak season for sweets.
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A decade after launching the Green India Mission to expand forest cover, official government auditors have found a 97.57% shortfall from the program's initial 2014 pledge, describing the overall progress as negligible despite official assertions of growth.