India asks Google to stop displaying online betting ads - Mint

FILE PHOTO A man walks past the sign of quotGoogle for Indiaquot the companys annual technology event in New Delhi India September 19 2019. REUTERSSankalp PhartiyalFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the sign of "Google for India", the company's annual technology event in New Delhi, India, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Sankalp Phartiyal/File Photo

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India has asked Google not to display surrogate ads of overseas betting companies, Mint newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing a person aware of the development in the ministry of information and broadcasting.

The letter sent last week to Alphabet Inc's Google India asked the company to immediately drop all advertising, direct or surrogate, from betting platforms like Fairplay, PariMatch, Betway in search results and YouTube, the report said.

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