After Apple refusal, Indian government completes U-turn on mandatory iPhone app<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>The saga of a mandatory government <a href="
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<p>The Indian government had already backed down on preventing iPhone owners from deleting the “<a href="
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After Apple refusal, Indian government completes U-turn on mandatory iPhone app
