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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Submitting on behalf of the Government of India.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Rahul Gosain <rahul.gosain@meity.gov.in><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 21:53<br>
<b>To: </b>Patrick Dodson <patrick.dodson@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Sanjay Rakesh <sanjay.rakesh@gov.in><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Government of India's comments on Recommendations for Diversity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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