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Monday, September 15, 2025
TopicInternet shutdown

Topic: Internet shutdown

Internet shutdowns, pandemic have cost Kashmir Rs 40,000 cr, 5 lakh jobs, says industry head

Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad said the 2G internet currently available in the region is not enough for many businesses.

SC quoted jurist Ronald Dworkin in passing. Kashmir 4G order shows it must read him in full

Given the broad consensus in India on national security, currently raised to the level of a frenzy, it is understandable that judges do not wish to be alienated.

J&K Police issues ad asking people to flag ‘inflammatory’ social media messages

In an advertisement published in local newspapers Saturday, Jammu and Kashmir Police urged people to become 'peace-makers', and also announced rewards.

Social media ban lifted in J&K after 7 months but internet speed to remain at 2G

The J&K administration, however, reiterates that existing restrictions on mobile data services will remain.

VK Saraswat, India’s top scientist who thinks Kashmiris use internet only for ‘dirty films’

Ex-DRDO chief V.K. Saraswat, a member of the NITI Aayog, was quoted as saying the internet shutdown in J&K did not have a significant economic impact.

Kashmir apex trade body condemns Saraswat’s ‘dirty films’ remark, demands his immediate removal

Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Sheikh Ashiq said VK Saraswat's comments maligned Kashmiris and he had no right to do so.

Only ‘dirty films’ were being watched in Kashmir, NITI Aayog member justifies internet ban

NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat said that the suspension of internet in Kashmir Valley has not had any effect on business.

After SC, how Tripura High Court added muscle to freedom of speech & expression

In two judgments on 9 and 10 January, Tripura High Court upheld freedom of speech and expression — specifically in relation to social media — under Article 19.

India lost at least $1.3 billion to internet shutdowns in 2019

India suffered the third-highest loss after Iraq and Sudan after Internet access remained shut for over 4,000 hours last year.

Envoys found J&K ‘normal’ but US scuttles party with statement on restrictions

Not all of the 15 envoys who visited the Valley last week had their misgivings addressed. Sources said they found the Valley looking ‘normal’ and without any significant danger of massive protests.

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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.