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Drones, AI and troops in New Delhi: How India tests its security apparatus on protests

**The recent wave of youth-led protests in New Delhi, sparked by the controversial revision of electoral rolls and deep-seated frustration over graduate unemployment, has become a live testing…

Drones, AI and troops in New Delhi: How India tests its security apparatus on protests
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**The recent wave of youth-led protests in New Delhi, sparked by the controversial revision of electoral rolls and deep-seated frustration over graduate unemployment, has become a live testing ground for India’s modernized internal security apparatus. Beyond the political dispute, the crackdown reveals how the world’s largest democracy is merging traditional military force with AI-driven surveillance to neutralize domestic unrest before it reaches critical mass.**

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