New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The subject of commercial satellite communication in India is at the centre of a heated debate after Elon Musk the CEO of Space X, which controls key player in the space Starlink, claimed that his company's licenses were being blocked in India by vested interest.

The Ministry of Communications denied those claims despite Musk playing to the galleries by painting an altruistic picture and claiming that Starlink would provide Internet connectivity to the least-served.

Now, a research paper by the Kutniti Foundation, a Delhi based Operational Think Tank, titled "An appraisal of technology for geopolitical control," seeks to caution of the rise of Starlink. The paper argues that the satellite network does not just serv...