| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
The Indian government's decision to block the WhatsApp username feature is in the national and consumer interest, and the decision is correct.
rollout block endorsement
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
This is not the first time the Modi government has held tech giants accountable — it has previously acted against X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Telegram, and TikTok without yielding to international pressure.
tech giant accountability
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
The government has reportedly asked Meta how fake accounts will be prevented, how criminals will be identified, and how agencies will investigate when needed.
Meta accountability questions
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was himself a student of IIT Kanpur, and therefore would have had an accurate sense of the seriousness of this matter.
Vaishnaw IIT credentials
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Only India could do this because for the past 12 years the country's motto has been solely 'Nation First' and external pressure does not work here.
nation first policy
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
India, under the Modi government and minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, is the only country among the 180 where WhatsApp operates to have taken this step of blocking the feature.
India-only feature block
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
The government's argument is that removing the phone number requirement will increase crime, make user identification difficult, and increase fraud and fake-account cases.
anonymity crime risk
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
On July 1, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a notice to Meta asking it to halt the rollout of the username feature.
MeitY notice to Meta
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
The government has stated that WhatsApp's new feature will not be rolled out in India until the government is satisfied.
feature rollout halt
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
The Modi government has issued a formal notice to Meta over a WhatsApp update, demanding a response due to perceived risks.
WhatsApp username notice
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| Aman Chopra |
2026-07-03 |
India became the world's fastest-growing economy, growing at 7.7% in 2025-26, with strong performance from the services and manufacturing sectors.
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-03 |
India's trade with Europe over four years equals the size of Pakistan's entire economy.
trade vs Pakistan economy
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-03 |
India has signed a free trade deal with the European Union, called the 'mother of all deals', and India-EU trade last year was worth 1,15,000 crore.
India-EU trade deal
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-03 |
India is doing a free trade deal with Britain, with whom India's trade is worth ₹1,46,000 crore.
India-UK trade deal
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Arvind Kejriwal himself publicly said that Bhagwant Mann promised him he would not drink alcohol, and Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa said on the floor of the Punjab assembly that all MLAs including the CM should undergo an alcohol test.
Mann alcohol allegations
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
In the cash-for-votes episode, bags full of currency notes were brought into Parliament in the Advani era, a so-called journalist stopped the sting operation, Amar Singh went to jail for it, and Amar Singh told the anchor in an interview that he did everything to save the Congress government and was rewarded with jail.
cash-for-votes scandal
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Rahul Gandhi is currently not in India, and according to information received, Tejashwi Yadav has gone to Europe.
opposition leaders abroad
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
The opposition tries to build narratives without fact-checking, which is why those narratives fail.
opposition fact-checking
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Under Congress rule the Constitution was amended a total of 62 times — 17 times under Nehru, 28 times under Indira Gandhi, 10 times under Rajiv Gandhi, and about 7 times under the Manmohan Singh–Sonia Gandhi government — and Congress has changed the Constitution the most.
constitutional amendments history
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Every opposition narrative — that the Modi government would end reservation, that a major economic crisis was coming, that EVMs and the electoral process are rigged, that SIR was fraudulent, that foreign policy has failed — has failed and been demolished.
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Yesterday SP workers depicted Akhilesh Yadav in the guise of Lord Krishna, and even then he held copies of the Constitution in both hands.
Akhilesh Krishna imagery
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
During the 2024 campaign Rahul Gandhi carried a so-called copy of the Constitution to every rally, yet despite this narrative the Congress and the opposition alliance failed to gain power.
Rahul constitution symbolism
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
The opposition brought the same 'Constitution in danger' narrative in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and during the CAA debate, but neither did anyone lose their citizenship nor was the Constitution changed.
constitution danger narrative
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Sanjay Raut of the Uddhav faction said that the BJP has become addicted to splitting opposition parties and cannot sleep if it hasn't broken a party in a day.
party-splitting allegation
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| Amish Devgan |
2026-07-03 |
Akhilesh Yadav has said that the BJP is breaking away MPs in order to increase its numerical strength and change the Constitution, and that MPs are being frightened and threatened to accomplish what the BJP could not achieve through votes.
MP poaching allegation
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