Before the 18th of November license requirement and dual-use classification move, China had, in 2024, started delaying customs clearances for shipments of tunnel boring machines to India.
On 19th October, The Indian Express article headlined, "How saffron groups are ‘pushing out’ non-Hindus of Navratri events", cherry-picks a few incidents of confrontations and announcements at Navratri Garba events in Gujarat to weave a narrative that there is a systematic "saffron" campaign of exclusion against Muslims that contradicts the UNESCO's recognition of Garba as inclusive.
Rukhsana Sayed aka Advocate Ms Alvi said that her heart bleeds seeing a reel of a Hindu family going to a 'Haram' Garba event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the 'sacred land' where the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born and the Quran, Muslims believe, was revealed.