Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.
Third company to get authorisation by IN-SPACe, Starlink will deliver combined data capacity of 600 gigabytes/second, helping amp up internet access particularly in rural areas.
People in 28 countries suffered 167 major self-imposed internet outages, affecting 650 million people. Shutdowns in Asia saw a 12% increase in 2024 as compared to 2023.
In light of the chakka jam organised by protesting farmers, internet services will remain suspended in the adjoining areas of the borders, too, till Saturday night.
Rohit Kansal, spokesperson for J&K administration, posted the announcement on Twitter. Mobile internet services were restored in 2 districts last August after it was suspended in 2019.
Suspension of internet services in Kashmir on Republic Day and Independence Day has been part of the security drill since 2005 when militants used a mobile phone to trigger a blast.
Beijing may be successful in stymieing China’s current Big Tech cohort. But companies are quick to adapt, with every chance that new behemoths will appear.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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