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Members from the All India Youth Federation (AIYF) and All India Students Federation (AISF) shout anti-government slogans and pull a rope tied to a car during a protest against petrol price hikes in New Delhi on May 25, 2012. Indian state-run oil firms announced the sharpest hike in petrol prices in nearly a decade to offset growing losses caused by subsidised rates, rises in the international oil price and a plunging rupee.

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