Amid the huge controversy over the Pegasus spyware in India, NSO Group, the company that makes the software, has said that it will no longer respond to the media enquiries on this matter and it will not play along with the vicious and slanderous campaign. The NSO Group has also added that if it really gets any concrete evidence of the misuse of Pegasus, then it will be investigated and if the wrong use is found, the system will also be shut down. On the other hand, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has attacked the opposition on the uproar over the Pegasus espionage case. Claiming that Amnesty International is directly involved in Pegasus' international conspiracy to defame the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged the central government to ban its activities in India. Condemning the international organization, Sarma said that Amnesty International is helping various left-wing organizations across the world as part of their conspiracies.

Source: dna July 21, 2021 18:00 UTC