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Indian top diplomat to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics ceremonies

India's top diplomat will boycott the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics because of the event's "politicisation", the country's Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

"Our charge d'affaires of the Embassy of India in Beijing will not be attending the opening or the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a media briefing...

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