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Silence on the Dera Front
- December 20, 2017
Strap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
Read more →ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent Shutdowns
- December 20, 2017
Strap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
Read more →Taxes in the Time of Internet Shutdown
- December 20, 2017
Strap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
Read more →Every Town had its Jio Dara
- December 20, 2017
Strap: 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 between the besieged towns in the region and the rest of the world.
Read more →Education and Employment Opportunities Tossed out of the Window
- December 20, 2017
Strap: Schools, students and teachers remember how they survived 100 days of internet shutdown.
Read more →Darjeeling’s e-commerce Crumbles after 100 days sans Internet
- December 20, 2017
Strap: The shutdown on ground and that of the internet have together hurt the economy critically
Read more →Days to Derail Work of Two Generations?
- December 19, 2017
Strap: How an internet shutdown hurt a family woodwork business.
Read more →Internet Shutdowns: A Modern-day Siege
- December 19, 2017
Strap: Technology activists, lawyers, politicians and NGOs weigh in on the spate of internet shutdowns in India in 2017.
Read more →Sorry, Business Closed until Internet is Back On
- December 19, 2017
Strap: Exporters say they lose face with international clients when internet shutdowns block deliveries.
Read more →Stock Brokers Don't Love an Internet Shutdown
- December 19, 2017
Strap: For a trade that rides on price volatility and fast reactions, an internet shutdown is a costly slowdown.
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