Reddit Down? Here's why you may be getting a blank feedReddit Down: Reddit Reddit users faced widespread disruptions on Thursday. The platform's website and mobile app experienced issues, with u...
28 May, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
NHPC sharpens AI focus for real-time flood forecastingIndia's dam infrastructure faces challenges from extreme weather. NHPC is now using Artificial Intelligence for better flood forecasting an...
16 May, 2026, 12.29 AM IST
Chief secretaries of states told to follow top court's law on internet shutdowns: Centre to SCThe Centre informed the Supreme Court that it had instructed state chief secretaries to adhere to the Anuradha Bhasin case judgment regardi...
10 Dec, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Limit net shutdowns as they hit critical services: TelcosTelecom operators have requested the Indian government to dissuade states from ordering internet shutdowns. They argue that these disruptio...
07 Dec, 2024, 08.15 AM IST
Bengaluru auto rickshaws ply despite strike against bike taxis; behind internet shutdowns in IndiaAuto rickshaws offered services during peak hours in Bengaluru despite being on a strike against ‘illegal’ bike taxis. The fight between ci...
20 Mar, 2023, 07.17 PM IST
59 net shutdowns in 6 months, states snap link at increasing paceThe longest shutdown was observed in J&K after the abrogation of Article 370 from August 5, 2019, till February 5, 2021. The Rajasthan gove...
02 Jul, 2022, 11.04 PM IST
'Agnipath' protests leave Bihar in flames; internet suspended in 12 districtsThe East Central Railway zone, which is headquartered at Hajipur, said the number of railway coaches set afire by the mobs was "more than 6...
17 Jun, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
Farmers' protest: Indian telcos asked to suspend internet services in Delhi-NCR regionExecutives of telecom operators confirmed the directive and said that they are switching services to 2G in many parts of the region, while ...
26 Jan, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
Government orders internet shutdown in areas close to farmers protest sites in DelhiA government order sent to telecom service providers directed temporary suspension of internet services in areas of Singhu, Ghazipur, Tikri...
26 Jan, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
China cites India to justify Internet curbsThe “justification” was described as a dangerous precedent for internet freedom in India by activists, considering that China has been repe...
19 Dec, 2019, 11.10 AM IST
India witnessed highest number of Internet shutdowns in 2017-18: UNESCO reportInternet shutdown and deliberate slowdowns are increasing the world over and are now also a barometer on press freedom and freedom of expre...
13 May, 2018, 10.12 PM IST
Internet shutdown cost Indian economy $3 billion from 2012-17: StudyThe study observed impact of Internet shutdown across various devices and ecosystem linked to them.
25 Apr, 2018, 10.38 PM IST
20 instances of internet shutdowns in India in 2017: ReportSFLC has been tracking Internet shutdowns in India with their website internetshutdowns. in. It recorded 31 instances of internet shutdowns...
18 Jun, 2017, 01.05 PM IST
IAMAI condemns frequent Internet shutdownsAccording to the association, Internet clamp downs have become a regular feature of executive diktat and as per records, there have been 73...
28 Apr, 2017, 07.03 PM IST
The number of Internet shutdowns in India is startling: SFLCData shows 62 incidents of Internet shutdowns across various regions in 12 states in the country, with 30 being reported in 2016 itself
08 Feb, 2017, 03.47 PM IST
Internet freedom on the decline in India: ReportThe Supreme Court also upheld laws criminalising defamation which apply to both online and offline speech.
14 Nov, 2016, 10.29 PM IST
Internet freedom improved in India for the second consecutive year in 2015: ReportThe report consolidates all the significant internet-related developments in 65 countries for a year from June 2014.
30 Oct, 2015, 03.30 AM IST