India cuts internet for 27M people amid search for fugitive

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/19/india-punjab-intermet-ban-amritpal-singh/

by thunderbong • 3 years ago

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ChoGGi• 3 years ago

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nine_zeros• 3 years ago

And the country uses internet for banking. I am imagining a bank run due to cutting off the internet.

anaganisk2• 3 years ago

Not sure what to make of that statement, but the majority of people and shops prefer cash. Yes we have instant payment apps, but shops hate them. Also banking is not exclusively online, But, cutting off access is still bad.

samarthr12• 3 years ago

Not sure which shops, in what okay of the country you are talking about.

I am a resident of a small metro called. Bengaluru, where almost every shop run by a person who is under the age of 50 accepts UPI.

If I don't have exact change, my local bodega owner tells me to just UPI Maadi. (Ofcourse, it is anecdotal, and on occasion I have had to rustle up cash to pay the rare shopkeeper who doesn't have UPI yet).

rk06• 3 years ago

How far are we allowed to go in search for cure?

Until the cure becomes worse than the disease.

In this case, the cure is much worse than thr disease

wkat4242• 3 years ago

India is also one of the few notable states that prohibit most satellite services so you couldn't get around this by using those either. Even bringing a sat phone as a tourist can get you in serious trouble. Only Inmarsat is allowed as far as I remember.

iafiaf• 3 years ago

The fugitive is the leader of the Khalistan-independance movement, eventho the majority lies in Pakistan. Yet, they want to secede from India. There are numerous reports he's terrorist being financed by Pakistan. I hope India adopts doesn't go easy on these terrorists.

India cuts internet for 27M people amid search for fugitive

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