Topic
Internet Shutdown
24 items.
19 Jan 2018
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Mobile net ban during peaceful protest leaves farmers confusedStrap: Administration says it was done to prevent rumours from spreading, protesters insist they needed internet to fight it.
19 Jan 2018
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‘Hurt sentiments’ cost Udaipur internet access for four daysStrap: Authorities suggest it was more than a Facebook post that led to shutdown.
20 Dec 2017
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Will Darjeeling Regain the Trust of Tourists?An agitation coupled with an internet ban that left tourists stranded, it looks like a tough time ahead for tourism in the Hills.
20 Dec 2017
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Taxes in the Time of Internet ShutdownStrap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
20 Dec 2017
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Silence on the Dera FrontStrap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
20 Dec 2017
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ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent ShutdownsStrap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
20 Dec 2017
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Every Town had its Jio DaraStrap: In the hills of Darjeeling, residents facing an indefinite internet shutdown were thrown an unexpected lifeline in the form of 'Jio dara', a feeble signal from Sikkim towers that nevertheless kept a small line of communication open …
20 Dec 2017
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Education and Employment Opportunities Tossed out of the WindowStrap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.
20 Dec 2017
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E-administration Efforts are Lame Ducks without InternetStrap: How Haryana engages with the Digital India dream when one act of vandalism can invite a net ban.
20 Dec 2017
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Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans InternetStrap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically
19 Dec 2017
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Was there an Unofficial Internet Shutdown in BHU & NTPC?Strap: In Varanasi and Raebareli, residents allege internet bans, while govt denies it all.
19 Dec 2017
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The Rising Stars in Music Loath Losing their Only PlatformStrap: The music from Kashmir wants to find a way out, but shutting internet down only adds to the bitterness.
19 Dec 2017
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Stock Brokers Don't Love an Internet ShutdownStrap: For a trade that rides on price volatility and fast reactions, an internet shutdown is a costly slowdown.
19 Dec 2017
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Sorry, Business Closed until Internet is Back OnStrap: Exporters say they lose face with international clients when internet shutdowns block deliveries.
19 Dec 2017
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Online or Offline, Protest Goes OnStrap: Kashmiris say internet blockades have no effect on uprisings
19 Dec 2017
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It Hurts Them TooStrap: Internet shutdown robs security forces' social media lifeline in J&K.
19 Dec 2017
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Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day SiegeStrap: Technology activists, lawyers, politicians and NGOs weigh in on the spate of internet shutdowns in India in 2017.
19 Dec 2017
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Internet and the Police: Tool to Some, Trash to OthersStrap: Disconnection with colleagues discomforts one part of the administration, but the other quips, what’s the big deal?
19 Dec 2017
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Internet and Banking: A Trust BrokenStrap: Some cut down their daily meals and some lost their jobs as the banking sector took a major hit during internet shutdowns.
19 Dec 2017
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How Media beat the Shutdown in DarjeelingStrap:Journalists did what the state was expected to do: fight rumours.
19 Dec 2017
19 Dec 2017
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Days to Derail Work of Two Generations?Strap: How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business.
19 Dec 2017
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Business Woes from Saharanpur's Internet BanStrap: Three businessmen reveal the price they paid
19 Dec 2017
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Amid Unrest in the Valley, Students See a Dark WallStrap: Frequent, prolonged restrictions on internet have kept many from using the learning resource.