Codify an Internet shutdown protocolThere is some progress on the ground with the number of incidents of internet restrictions declining last year. Yet, that cannot compensate...
02 Mar, 2023, 11.24 PM IST
Down in the Valley: MSMEs in Kashmir live with perpetual uncertaintyFrequent high-speed internet shutdowns, cuts in telephone communication, curfews and the safety of her employees are things that affect her...
22 Jul, 2022, 10.34 AM 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
Parliamentary panel suggests banning WhatsApp, Facebook rather than shutting InternetThe Standing Committee on Communications and IT headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tabled a report on the Temporary Suspension...
02 Dec, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
ETtech Weekend Briefing: 551 days without 4G, Budget & BezosInternet shutdowns are estimated to have cost India Rs 20,235 crore in 2020 alone. That’s 70% of what they cost the entire world that year.
06 Feb, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
Publish all orders on restrictions, including suspension of internet, Supreme Court asks J&K administrationThe court noted that though it was asked to go into the question of validity of orders, restricting movement and communication, passed in J...
10 Jan, 2020, 09.30 PM IST
India lost $1.3bn due to 4,196 hours of no internetIndia was the third worst-hit economy worldwide after crisis-hit Iraq and Sudan thanks to state-imposed shut downs across Jammu & Kashmir, ...
10 Jan, 2020, 12.57 PM IST
View: SC verdict on internet shutdown in Kashmir rightly demands the restoration of ‘reasonableness’The Supreme Court’s verdict that the Internet is a part of Article 19 – key to providing India’s citizenry with the ‘basic freedoms’ that i...
10 Jan, 2020, 12.09 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
Piyush Goyal assures Kashmir traders to review business losses: KCCIThe union minister has asked them to submit the report regarding business loses to J&K administration and send a copy of the report to cent...
16 Dec, 2019, 12.00 PM IST
Internet services across all platforms continued to remain suspended in KashmirInternet services continued to remain barred in the entire valley except for few government offices and business establishments, officials ...
30 Nov, 2019, 02.14 PM IST
Many lose jobs, migrate due to internet shutdown in KashmirThe Internet shutdown since August 5--when special status of the J&K was revoked and the state was downgraded into two Union Territories--p...
14 Nov, 2019, 06.39 PM 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
Restrictions continue for third day in parts Kashmir after separatist-sponsored strikesThe restriction on movement of people was put in place in the wake of agitations and a strike call by separatists after the encounters in J...
04 Apr, 2018, 01.13 PM IST
2 civilians dead amid firing; shutdown in Kashmir valleyThe state government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the killing of two youth, Javed Ahmad Bhat and Suhail Javed Lone of Shopian, wh...
29 Jan, 2018, 08.27 AM IST
Police directs suspension of social media sites in Kashmir from tonightThe order was issued by Inspector General of police, Kashmir, Munir Ahmad Khan to various lease line internet service providers in the vall...
06 Jul, 2017, 06.51 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