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India in January privately proposed preloading of Aadhaar app on smartphones. Apple, Samsung, others resisted the proposal. In January, smartphone industry body MAIT emails show, UIDAI requested that Apple, Samsung and Google preload national ID Aadhaar's app on smartphones; UIDAI believed pre-installation would allow citizens to "readily access essential Aadhaar functionalities". Apple, Google, Samsung-backed MAIT were of the view that pre-installation "would not drive greater public good", and that such mandates require companies to maintain separate production lines for India and exports Govt has made six such requests in two years, but industry has consistently opposed them, one MAIT letter says. Tussle over apps preloading has become a recurring flashpoint between Modi's government and tech firms tinyurl.com/mv6n3b8e With @MunsifV
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President Trump urged Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to do more as he pressed allies for support over the war with Iran and rising oil prices, while defending the secrecy of the campaign by invoking Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor reut.rs/3NhEAQN
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