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IT Minister Pulls Up WhatsApp For Incorrect India Map Shown In The Tweeted Video; Asks Platform To Fix Error

A video tweeted by WhatsApp showed an incorrect map of India, according to IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. 

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IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday asked WhatsApp to fix an incorrect map of India shown in a video tweeted by the messaging platform. 
     
The Minister also made it clear that "all platforms that do business in India and/or want to continue to do business in India, must use correct maps". 
     
"Dear @WhatsApp - Request that you pls fix the India map error asap"," Chandrasekhar tweeted immediately after the Meta-owned messaging platform put out a New Year-related tweet showing a wrong map of India. 
     
The video posted by WhatsApp about a New Year's eve live stream depicted the globe that showed an incorrect map of India about Jammu and Kashmir.