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Data Protection Bill clears select committee after marathon session

Cross-party panel signs off with 14 amendments; floor debate expected within the fortnight.

Illustrative. Photograph: Puruṣārtha.

Cross-party panel signs off with 14 amendments; floor debate expected within the fortnight.

In New Delhi, the change was felt first by the people who track it for a living. Analysts were divided on how durable the shift will prove.

The story, as ever, is in the distribution: who gains, who waits, and how long the advantage lasts once the initial momentum fades. That is the question this week leaves open.

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