INDIA and Pakistan’s tensions hit a worrying new low after a major feud developed over the supply of basmati rice to the EU, leaving already damaged relations at rock bottom.The two nations have a long history of bitter rows, most prominently over the border of Kashmir, which both countries claim to fully control. In reality, however, India and Pakistan only control parts of the region, in a feud which dates back before both countries reclaimed their independence from the UK in 1947. In recent times, the lengths each country went to as they bid to ensure the other was negatively viewed was exposed by EU DisinfoLab, a Brussels-based group that works on the sharing of misinformation and propagand
