Pakistan's State Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Sunday rebuffed claims of the government blocking or slowing the internet services and said that the slowdown is because of excessive Virtual Private Networks (VPN) usage by the people
Home and Hill Affairs Department of the Government of West Bengal had issued an order on March 3, 2022, wherein it stated that the internet services would be blocked in 7 districts.
On October 23 and 24, internet services in several districts of Rajasthan was suspended for Patwari exams. On October 27, internet was suspended again.
With the new OFC network, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands can now have high speed internet. It is one of the many development projects planned around the strategically important island chain.
The SG cited before the SC that the Pakistan based terror groups use the internet to instigate the masses of Jammu and Kashmir to indulge in anti-India activities.
Pakistani federal minister Fawad Chaudhry declared that he has asked "SPARCO" about the feasibility to provide the Internet services to the people of Jammu and Kashmir via satellite.