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Electoral bonds: Kerala firm gave Rs 25 crore to BRS after moving factory to Telangana
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Workers from a Chinese-owned garment factory protest after sudden closure in Phnom Penh last week
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RMG factory closed a day after workers' demonstration for dues: The authorities of TRZ Garments Industry Limited have shut down its garment factory in Gazipur's ...
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RMG factory closed a day after workers' demonstration for dues
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Workers, staffers of Gazipur RMG factory demonstrating for dues, Eid bonuses: More than 200 workers and staffers of a garment factory are staging a demonstration ...
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Another Bangladeshi factory obtains Gold LEED certification: Gazipur-based APS Knit Composite Ltd scored 71 out of 110
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Another Bangladeshi factory obtains Gold LEED certification
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Martin Greenfield, a tailor to six US presidents and several A-list actors, dies at 95
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Martin Greenfield, a tailor to six US presidents and several A-list actors ...
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Devon fashion business goes bust: It made top gear for leading brands but failed to make money
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Devon fashion business goes bust
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Workers of RMG factory gather in front of DIFE in Gazipur protesting 'assault': Thousands of workers of a garment factory gathered in front of the Department of ...
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In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the lure of moving to the city grows even stronger amid climate shocks | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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Sreepur factory fire under control: A fire that broke out at a factory in Gazipur's Sreepur last night was brought under control after an hour.
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Sreepur factory fire under control
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North Korea assumes control of border industrial zone: Pyongyang is using factories and equipment in the Kaesong Industrial Complex without Seoul’s permission.
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North Korea assumes control of border industrial zone
Quick Glance: Japan, U.S., South Korea Agree on North Korea Cooperation
  • In Rio de Janeiro, the foreign ministers of Japan, the United States, and South Korea agreed on close cooperation to address North Korea's nuclear and military threats, along with its ties to Russia.

  • Emphasizing strategic coordination for global challenges, discussions also covered the Taiwan Strait, the Israel-Hamas conflict, hostage release, and humanitarian aid in Gaza.

  • The talks occurred during a G20 meeting and followed increased coordination efforts since a trilateral summit last year, showcasing Japan's willingness for dialogue with North Korea and concerns over its Russia ties.

  • Japan expressed readiness for diplomatic relations with North Korea while addressing the issue of abductions, highlighting the importance of strategic coordination in the region.
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North Korea assumes control of border industrial zone: Pyongyang is using factories and equipment in the Kaesong Industrial Complex without Seoul’s permission.
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North Korea assumes control of border industrial zone
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Labour crisis in labour-intensive industry leaves entrepreneurs worried: Labour Crisis in Bangladesh Economic Zone: Entrepreneurs Worried about Worker ...
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Labour crisis in labour-intensive industry leaves entrepreneurs worried
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Shah Fatehullah Textile Mills Ltd now Bangladesh's 207th green garment factory: It received LEED Platinum certification from USGBC
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Workers being forced to turn to sex work as big clothing brands pull out of Myanmar, advocates say
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The Man Behind the $100,000 Sport Coat: Geoffrey B. Small has spent more than two decades in Italy obsessively designing “extreme handmade” clothing that pushes ...
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The Man Behind the $100,000 Sport Coat
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Acute gas crisis hampers production in industries : Acute gas crisis hampers production in Narayanganj and surrounding industrial areas, affecting 450 factories ...
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Acute gas crisis hampers production in industries
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How a HK Research Institute Plans to Be the 'Davos' of Sustainability: The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel is debuting the Open Lab ...
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How a HK Research Institute Plans to Be the 'Davos' of Sustainability
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Homes evacuated after huge blaze in old factory: The building will have to be demolished
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Homes evacuated after huge blaze in old factory
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Made It Here factory workers say they were blindsided by closure: Workers at a Hawke's Bay clothing factory say they were blindsided by a decision to close its ...
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Made It Here factory workers say they were blindsided by closure
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Japan clothier Aoyama to screen Indonesian plant for abuse risk: TOKYO -- Japanese business clothing retailer Aoyama Trading will perform a due diligence check ...
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Japan clothier Aoyama to screen Indonesian plant for abuse risk
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'Repair is a radical act': London factory to reduce waste by renewing 30,000 garments a year
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'Repair is a radical act': London factory to reduce waste by ...
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Pakistan's AGI Denim Details Sustainability Goals in New Report: AGI Denim outlines the actions being put in place to meet targets across its spinning ...
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Pakistan's AGI Denim Details Sustainability Goals in New Report
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Adidas, lululemon offcuts being burnt to fuel factories, workers getting sick: A report found pre-consumer garment waste was being burnt at seven factories to ...
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Adidas, lululemon offcuts being burnt to fuel factories, workers getting ...
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Bangladesh garment workers fighting for pay face brutal violence and threats: Workers describe hands and arms being targeted in ‘merciless’ beatings as protests ...
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Bangladesh garment workers fighting for pay face brutal violence and ...
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Fake news, hate-filled sites are big business in Japan: You needn’t feel hate to spew it. “Chinese clothing factory swarms with noxious insects!” “China’s ...
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Fake news, hate-filled sites are big business in Japan
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Tk 12,500 fixed as minimum RMG wage: The government has announced Tk 12,500 as minimum salary for the garment workers.
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Tk 12,500 fixed as minimum RMG wage
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No fresh recruitment, factories can be shut until unrest dissipates: BGMEA: BGMEA warns of factory closures amidst labor unrest: No fresh recruitment until ...
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No fresh recruitment, factories can be shut until unrest dissipates: BGMEA
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150 Bangladesh garment factories shut, 11,000 workers charged: DHAKA (AFP): Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday (Nov 11) shuttered 150 factories ...
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150 Bangladesh garment factories shut, 11,000 workers charged
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Questions raised about Boohoo's 'commitment to Leicester': Boohoo has allegedly failed to stick to promises.
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Questions raised about Boohoo's 'commitment to Leicester'
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Boohoo is in the spotlight again after allegedly driving down suppliers' prices and not making orders at its new Leicester factory ... Show more
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#RaceToPower | After days of violence in Bangladesh over minimum wage for garment factory workers, the Sheikh Hasina govt has raised the minimum wage by 56.25% ... Show more
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Bangladesh Wage Unrest Pits Garment Workers Vs Police in Dhaka Streets: Industry insiders dissect what's really going on in the streets of Dhaka right now ...
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Bangladesh Wage Unrest Pits Garment Workers Vs Police in Dhaka Streets
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South Korea migrant workers face uncertain labor conditions: As South Korea's migrant program ramps up recruitment, it faces scrutiny for what critics say is a ...
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South Korea migrant workers face uncertain labor conditions
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As Chinese money flows in, Myanmar garment factory conditions worsen: Chinese investors are filling the gap left by Western brands’ withdrawal from the country.
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As Chinese money flows in, Myanmar garment factory conditions worsen
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Memorial honors Triangle Shirtwaist fire deaths that galvanized labor movement: The victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being ...
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Memorial honors Triangle Shirtwaist fire deaths that galvanized labor ...
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‘We Can’t Eat, We Can’t Feed Ourselves’: Leicester’s Garment Workers Have Had Enough
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‘We Can’t Eat, We Can’t Feed Ourselves’: Leicester’s Garment Workers Have ...
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Amid record heat, even indoor factory workers enter dangerous terrain: Record-setting temperatures, coupled with humidity, are pushing communities to the brink ...
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Amid record heat, even indoor factory workers enter dangerous terrain
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At least 16 people were killed in fire at a clothing factory in the Philippines. The fire started before sunrise at a two-storey building which was used as a ... Show more
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Fifteen dead in fire at house turned clothes factory: MANILA (dpa): Fifteen people were killed in a fire that gutted a two-storey house turned into a clothes ...
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Fifteen dead in fire at house turned clothes factory
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Exclusive: H&M says it will "phase out" sourcing from Myanmar: The world's second-biggest fashion retailer H&M (HMb.ST) has decided to gradually stop sourcing ...
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Exclusive: H&M says it will
Quick Glance: H&M to Gradually Stop Sourcing from Myanmar
  • H&M has decided to gradually phase out sourcing from Myanmar.

  • Reports of labor abuses in the country's garment factories are increasing.

  • After careful consideration, we have now taken the decision to gradually phase out our operations in Myanmar.
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US and Mexico to remediate denial of labor rights at garment facility: A dispute over labor rights at an Aguascalientes garment factory has been resolved using ...
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US and Mexico to remediate denial of labor rights at garment facility
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Young workers in Asia shun factory jobs: "Once they can see the Kardashians, they don't want to do [factory] work anymore," a CEO tells the WSJ.
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Young workers in Asia shun factory jobs
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The Era of Ultracheap Stuff Is Under Threat: The Era of Ultracheap Stuff Is Under Threat -Factories across Asia are struggling to attract young workers ...
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The Era of Ultracheap Stuff Is Under Threat
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N'ganj fire truck accident: Death toll rises to 3: The death toll from the accident, that took place when a unit of Fire Service and Civil Defense was on its way ...
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N'ganj fire truck accident: Death toll rises to 3
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China Warns Domestic Recovery Is Not Solid as GDP Misses Estimates
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China Warns Domestic Recovery Is Not Solid as GDP Misses Estimates
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About 90 Uyghur teenage girls are locked up in a Chinese-run garment factory in Xinjiang, where they are forced to toil 14 hours a day, seven days a week ... Show more
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Facing abuse, teenage Uyghur girls are forced to work in a Xinjiang garment factory
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Facing abuse, teenage Uyghur girls are forced to work in a Xinjiang ...
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Cambodia Approves Over $50 Million in Manufacturing Investments: The Cambodian Investment Board approved five companies' plans to set up mostly ...
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Cambodia Approves Over $50 Million in Manufacturing Investments
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Oldest working tailor in UK Elwyn, 99, honoured in York: Fulford resident Elwyn Hughes, 99, thought to be the oldest working tailor in the UK ...
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Oldest working tailor in UK Elwyn, 99, honoured in York
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SCORECARD: How Ayade met, left Cross River after eight years as governor: After eight years, Mr Ayade left office with most of the grandiose projects he proposed ...
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SCORECARD: How Ayade met, left Cross River after eight years as governor
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Myanmar military arrests 10 workers for garment factory strikes: The detained include 2 members of a banned union.
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Myanmar military arrests 10 workers for garment factory strikes
Quick Glance: Myanmar Military Arrests 10 Workers for Garment Factory Strikes
  • Myanmar's junta authorities have arrested 10 workers from the Yangon region for incitement to riot, according to state-controlled newspapers.

  • Reports indicate that two members of the banned Action Labor Rights group were arrested along with workers from two garment factories between June 14 and 17.

  • The workers were from the Hosheng Myanmar garment factory in Shwepyitha township and Sun Apparel Myanmar in Hlaingtharya township.

  • The factory workers were fired and arrested for demanding a 17% pay raise to $2.70 per day.
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Bangladeshi labour leader beaten to death while trying to resolve dispute: Shahidul Islam died in an assault on Sunday in Dhaka after meeting garment factory ...
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Bangladeshi labour leader beaten to death while trying to resolve dispute
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Their parents made China the world's factory. Can the kids save the family business?
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Mend your supply chain to prevent a brand disaster: Would you know if your suppliers were using unauthorised subcontractors? Ten years on from the Raza Plana ...
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Mend your supply chain to prevent a brand disaster
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The trouble with labelling fashion brands ‘good’ or ‘bad’: It’s not black and white
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'The Rulers Are Exploiting Us': Rana Plaza Survivors Still Struggle 10 Years After Collapse
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16 burnt in Gazipur garment explosion : At least 16 workers were burnt and six injured as an explosion rocked the compressor room of a garment factory at ...
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16 burnt in Gazipur garment explosion
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Bangladesh's Rana Plaza survivors suffer joblessness 10 years on: DHAKA -- Ten years ago, Shila Begum was working as a senior operator at a factory on the fifth ...
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Bangladesh's Rana Plaza survivors suffer joblessness 10 years on
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#InsideSouthAsia | It's 10 years this week since the #RanaPlaza building collapse tragedy in Bangladesh. Over 1,100 garment factory workers were killed ... Show more

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Opinion | Your $12 Shirt Was Made in Functional Slavery: Ten years after the Rana Plaza factory disaster, which killed over 1,100 workers ...
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Opinion | Your $12 Shirt Was Made in Functional Slavery
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Sweat shops: textile industry's dark side: The deadly consequences of fast fashion were spotlighted a decade ago after 1,138 people were killed when the ...
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Sweat shops: textile industry's dark side
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Textile industry’s dark side: Paris: The deadly consequences of fast fashion were spotlighted a decade ago after 1,138 people were killed when the nine-storey ...
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Textile industry’s dark side
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Brands such as Zara and H&M abusing cheap labour a decade after factory collapse, say workers
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Fast fashion under spotlight on Rana Plaza disaster anniversary: The disaster at Rana Plaza outside Dhaka was one of the world's worst industrial tragedies
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Fast fashion under spotlight on Rana Plaza disaster anniversary
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Most fashion brands to take 75 years to pay garment workers fair wages: Ten years after 1132 people died in a factory collapse in Bangladesh ...
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Most fashion brands to take 75 years to pay garment workers fair wages
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A Decade After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Garment Workers Are Still Exploited: Building safety has improved, but the economics of the clothing industry ...
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A Decade After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Garment Workers Are Still ...
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India’s Wholesale Prices Plumbs 29-Month Low on Lower Fuel Costs: India’s factory-gate prices slowed to a 29-month low in March, primarily driven by lower fuel ...
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India’s Wholesale Prices Plumbs 29-Month Low on Lower Fuel Costs