Sources: India’s technology ministry asked Apple, Google, and other smartphone makers to provide Indians direct access to the state-backed GOV.in app store (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

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Sources: India’s technology ministry asked Apple, Google, and other smartphone makers to provide Indians direct access to the state-backed GOV.in app store  —  India is trying to pry open the doors of the world’s biggest app stores, setting up a likely clash with Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc …