Mumbai: On Sunday, India blocked the airing of a BBC documentary that questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Directions to block the clips from being shared were issued using emergency powers available to the govt under the country’s information technology rules, said Kanchan Gupta, an adviser to the government.

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