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Maoists shut down ITC's tobacco factory in Nepal 

Indian tobacco giant ITC has had little cause to celebrate the 59th Indian Republic Day with trade unionists backed by the Maoists shutting down its tobacco factory in south Nepal, the second such disruption in three months.

Surya Nepal, ITC's majority-held joint venture that is also one of Nepal's largest revenue earners, has had its tobacco factory in Simra town in frontier district Bara closed since Wednesday with its Maoist-affiliated trade union raising a fresh 15-point demand.

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