India cracks down on satirists for turning its prime minister into a punch line

India's satirists are turning Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a punch line — and the government is hitting back.

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India cracks down on satirists for turning its prime minister into a punch line

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) takes a group photo with AI company leaders, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (third from right), Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (second from right), Google CEO Sundar Pichai (third from left) and Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang (second from left), at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19.

India's satirists are turning Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a punch line — and the government is hitting back.

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