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Sunday, September 14, 2025
TopicAarogya Setu

Topic: Aarogya Setu

Aarogya Setu scores 2 out of 5 points in MIT review for Covid tracing apps

The Aarogya Setu scored points for gathering useful data, but lost out on parametres of transparency and voluntary download.

Thank-you to nurses, hacktivist Elliot Anderson thanks govt & Priyanka Chopra’s day out

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Amazon or Aarogya Setu, RSS affiliate is just not happy with NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

Swadeshi Jagran Manch has hit out at Amitabh Kant earlier too, and is alleging this time he isn’t giving Indian firms a level-playing field.

WHO to launch coronavirus app targeting ‘under-resourced’ countries

The app will assess if a user has coronavirus symptoms, but WHO is undecided about contact-tracing due to privacy concerns.

Shashi Tharoor: Aarogya Setu fits right in with Modi govt’s push for greater state control

The Aarogya Setu app became the Modi government’s weapon of choice overnight to fight Covid-19. But it can very well outlive the crisis.

Aarogya Setu v/s hacktivist, Sanjay Jha’s ‘L’ connect & a well-mannered elephant

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Aarogya Setu is absolutely robust, safe and secure: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

The contact-tracing app launched by the Modi government has faced numerous allegations of privacy concerns from the Opposition.

I downloaded Aarogya Setu app — the twist in season finale of Black Mirror lockdown

Israel, Singapore, Italy and others have left the choice of using the contract tracing app for Covid upon users. But Modi govt is creating an Aadhaar-like moment.

Database on those stranded, download Aarogya Setu app: Delhi govt’s SOP on migrants

The detailed standard of procedure issued Sunday also states that those who wish to travel on their own can get transit passes from the district magistrate.

‘Eight-pack’ Baba Ramdev on India TV, Zee News questions Rahul’s questions on Aarogya

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.