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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

its some bs, the deal has not been ended and why on earth its suddenly 80 years

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Yup, it’s on auto-renew every 5 years and neither country has stated that they intend to cancel.

Note to self: indiatoday.in is not a well researched source

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unless my Googling is failing me, as of the moment the contract is expired. They’re purportedly working on a new one, the results of which remain to be seen.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

i've posted about it 3 days ago, when sources were 3 crank sites. The contract doesn't have expiration date that i can find. 50 years has passed, that much is true, but now its allegedly ended (??). Where on earth they got idea the contract was for 50 years to a day, i have no idea.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Folks, a lot of people are saying.

Yeah I’m not finding a copy of said contract either on a little bit of digging, nor any direct quotes from officials.

[–] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The only previous thing I saw was a scammy financial, WSB youtuber who hit top views 3 days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yolCkHT1S_o

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