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India Locks Down Entire Population Of 1.3 Billion For 21 Days
The government of India will ban all 1.3 billion people in the country from leaving their homes for 21 days, according to a new declaration made Tuesday night by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The total lockdown is an effort to slow the spread of covid-19, an illness that has already sickened at least 519 in…
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Trump Claims No One Heard Of Ebola Before 2014 In Rambling Press Conference
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the novel coronavirus was very much under control in the United States at a news conference from India where he was asked about the spread of COVID-19 around the world. Trump acknowledged that the massive drop in the U.S. stock market Monday was unfortunate, but said the U.S. was in…
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Indian Authorities Order Internet Shutdowns Amid Mass Protests, Outrage Over Citizenship Law
Indian authorities have shut down internet access across much of the nation amid widespread protests against prime minister and far-right supremacist Narendra Modi and his government’s new law designed to bar Muslims from gaining citizenship.
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Indian Government Asserts Widespread Digital Surveillance Powers After WhatsApp Hack
The Indian government has asserted sweeping powers to “intercept, monitor, or decrypt” any information that is “generated, transmitted, received, or stored” on any computer network in the country, per TechCrunch, and for purposes as vague as national security or safeguarding “public order.”