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Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh saw most Internet shutdowns after Jammu and Kashmir in the last 10 years
In this post, we look at the states and union territories in India that have seen the most int…
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India suffered longest internet shutdowns in 2020 globally for the second consecutive year
"The majority of these short blackouts were highly-targeted, affecting groups of villages or i…
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Myanmar enters its second year of internet blackout - the longest in the world
Myanmar's government has been battling the Arakan Army (AA), an armed group fighting for the ind…
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Internet access in Jammu and Kashmir isn’t about the ‘right to freedom’ — it’s about the ‘right to life’, according to lawyers
Access to 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir was shot down by the Supreme Court on Monday. Instead, t…
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Myanmar has had an internet blackout for a year. Some of its citizens still don't know there's a pandemic.
On 21 June 2019, Myanmar imposed an internet blackout on 9 cities and townships.
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Kashmir's 5-month internet blackout is the longest ever imposed in a democracy - and it's stifling local workers
"The Kashmiris have always felt that they have a distinctive identity, especially the Muslims in th…
Havovi Cooper
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How The US Government Signed Back Onto The Internet
And NASA also posted a photo to Instagram. It's from astronaut Mike Hopkins, who on Oct. 9 took a p…
Brett LoGiurato
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The new ‘normal’ in Kashmir has cost nearly half a million jobs — bundhs and internet blackout are breaking businesses
The Narendra Modi government in New Delhi has repeatedly insisted that the situation in Kashmir has…
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POLL: Almost twice as many Americans think Pelosi won the shutdown than Trump
SurveyMonkey Audience polls from a national sample balanced by census data of age and gender. Respo…
Bob Bryan,Walt Hickey
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Trump's strategy for the government shutdown is a mess and most Americans aren't on board
SurveyMonkey Audience polls from a national sample balanced by census data of age and gender. Respo…
Bob Bryan
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Government-imposed internet blackouts cost the global economy $8 billion in 2019, and 2020 could be even worse
Often governments cite public safety as a reason for shutting off the internet, or curbing the spre…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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India's top court has declared the record-breaking 159-day-long Kashmir internet blackout illegal
The court also ordered the Indian government to make public all orders on internet shutdowns, which…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Donald Trump has messages from Illinois and Indiana to Maryland and South Carolina— via Mike Pompeo, for India’s Narendra Modi
The letter invoked two very sensitive issues in India— Kashmir a…
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EXCLUSIVE: Many private schools in India are on the brink of bankruptcy and fear that a third wave of COVID-19 could be their end
The worst-hit have been those that focus on pre-primary to middle-level education, and cater t…
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The world's largest democracy is heading toward modern-day fascism
On December 11, India's parliament passed an amendment to its Citizenship Act of 1955, which sets o…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Job diary: I'm a 32-year-old porn star making five figures a month from home during the pandemic. My secret weapon is my gift of gab.
"I'm known as a diva in the industry," says Romi Rain, who works 9-to-5 days and films, edits, and …
Jenny Powers
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Truck drivers held a protest on Friday about some of the biggest issues in the industry
The group's goal is for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to take truckers' s…