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Kashmir: What India’s Supreme Court ruling means

Jammu and Kashmir were given special status when they joined India

On Monday, India’s Supreme Court upheld the government’s 2019 decision to revoke Article 370. That’s a law that previously gave the region of Jammu and Kashmir special status within India to make its own laws.

Umang Poddar, a reporter in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Delhi Bureau, explains why Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the law and what it means.

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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart with Umang Poddar
Producers: William Lee Adams, Baldeep Chahal, Luis Felipe Molina
Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks

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