{"id":285150,"date":"2025-10-08T09:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-indias-government-supports-whatsapps-rival-app-arattai-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:06:19","slug":"why-indias-government-supports-whatsapps-rival-app-arattai-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-indias-government-supports-whatsapps-rival-app-arattai-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why India&#8217;s government supports WhatsApp&#8217;s rival app Arattai | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZiwDJRjFa3Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why India's government supports WhatsApp's rival app Arattai | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZiwDJRjFa3Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Indian messaging app Arattai is making waves after hitting 7.5 million downloads. 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