Ironic that you mention this, since the fact that the Modi government’s name is on the list attests to their anti-privacy way of ruling.
The list for India is weird though. It has a lot of names which are in the pro current establishment camp and some of their own leaders as well.
Could it be some other state snooping on them or has it found usage by non state actors as well?
Ah, that's incorrect. The first article released yesterday released names of 40 Indian journalists. I see a few pro Modi names there. https://thewire.in/media/pegasus-project-spyware-indian-jour...
As far what's to come: "The numbers of those in the database include over 40 journalists, three major opposition figures, one constitutional authority, two serving ministers in the Narendra Modi government, current and former heads and officials of security organisations and scores of businesspersons."[1]
These will be released in further articles of the series "Project Pegasus"
[1] https://thewire.in/government/project-pegasus-journalists-mi...
It’s not that weird when you look at it. Most news agencies are privately owned. These journalists aren’t born stooges of the Government. Many of them were forced to become pro-Government when the Government threatened to pull advertising by Public corporations on their networks. That’s one lever. Having dirt on the journalists? Another lever.