Is India becoming a Big Brother state?

FT News by Financial Times

Mar 2, 202013:52Business

Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist policies have sparked protests and intercommunity violence across India. Against this backdrop, a proposed data protection bill that will allow his government free rein to spy on its cit...

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