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This is remedied with a simple VPN, correct?

only justification in that article:

" Arvind Gupta, the head of IT Cell, BJP Tweeted: 'The websites that have been blocked were based on an advisory by Anti Terrorism Squad, and were carrying Anti India content from ISIS. The sites that have removed objectionable content and/or cooperated with the on going investigations, are being unblocked.' "

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It is, but only if you have access to a machine outside the ban. So outsourced employees and established companies are going to be fine, but if you're a 15 year old just getting into hacking spending $5 a month on a VPN service or a private server out of the country is going to be a problem. I can't imagine becoming the programmer I am today without the huge resource that is Github.

Does Tor work in India?

How will you get Tor binaries if they block Tor project website in the next wave of bans?

Here's what the Tor project recommends: https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#GetTor but sadly it's a cat-and-mouse game

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