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An extremely dry winter has made for another challenging harvest of India’s famous Darjeeling tea, with the flavour the region is renowned for at risk as quality dips. As climate change makes the weather more erratic in the Himalayan foothills, estate owners are growing ever more worried about the future of their businesses. CBC | World News
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‘It’s like Groundhog Day’: Waiting decades for justice in India’s overburdened court system
India’s archaic judicial system and its backlog of millions of cases leave those seeking justice, along with many lawyers and judges, with a sense of hopelessness. CBC | World News
Read More »Fire at a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state kills 25
A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state’s chief minister said Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Ontario Sikh leader explains why he refused protection: ‘I’d rather take India’s bullet’
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Read More »‘So much pain’: India’s shrimp farmers reeling from U.S. tariffs
Shipments of frozen shrimp from India to the U.S. have ground to a halt after American tariffs rose to 50 per cent, leaving farmers deeply worried about their livelihoods and some seriously considering abandoning the industry altogether. CBC | World News
Read More »China’s Xi and India’s Modi vow to resolve border differences at summit
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged on Sunday to resolve their border differences and bolster co-operation, ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin. CBC | World News
Read More »Why India’s courts are drowning in 52 million cases
India’s courts are struggling under a massive backlog of cases that would take hundreds of years to clear. CBC’s South Asia correspondent Salimah Shivji explains how the problem got so bad and hears from people who have been waiting decades for justice. CBC | World News
Read More »Carney defends inviting India’s Modi to G7 summit as Liberal MP calls it ‘a bad idea’
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Read More »Life is ‘better after solar’: Harnessing sunlight gives India’s salt farmers freedom and profit
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Read More »India’s Modi arrives in Washington as deportation of illegal migrants issue simmers
Trade and immigration are expected to take centre stage as U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet Thursday against the backdrop of growing discontent in Punjab state over the treatment of deported Indian nationals. CBC | World News
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