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Prasad Sangameshwaran Babar Khan Javed
Mar 21, 2018

India and Pakistan at loggerheads over BBlunt plagiarism row

A BBlunt commercial that has been copied frame-to-frame by a Pakistani beauty brand is causing tension across the border.

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