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Malaysia PM defends criticising India as Modi govt blocks palm oil import India, the world’s biggest buyer of edible oils, last week changed rules that traders say effectively ban imports of refined palm oil from Malaysia Current Affairs :Malaysia is worried about India’s new controls on imports of palm oil after a conciliatory column, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday, however showed he would keep on taking a stand in opposition to “wrong things” regardless of whether it costs his nation monetarily. India, the world’s greatest purchaser of eatable oils, a week ago changed guidelines that brokers state viably boycott imports of refined palm oil from Malaysia, the world’s second-greatest maker and exporter of palm oil after Indonesia. The move came after New Delhi questioned Mahathir’s analysis of India’s new religion-based citizenship law. The 94-year-old chief, whose candid nature has soured ties with the two India and Saudi Arabia as of late, prior blamed...