When India launched its coronavirus tracing app Aarogya Setu in April, it came with a mandatory download order for public sector workers. That order soon spread to private sector workers and then to ...

The Indian government has said that its contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu “by design” fetches the location data of its 90 million users and allows them to view the concentration of people who have ...

In terms of absolute numbers for users of contact tracing apps, India’s Aarogya Setu ranks No 1 with 127.6 Mn downloads till date India ranks No 4 in terms of highest adoption rate with 12.5% of its ...

As most countries across the globe scramble to build an app to trace the spread of coronavirus, India’s solution is growing at an unprecedented scale — despite being dogged by privacy concerns. New ...

The world has never seen anything quite like Aarogya Setu. Two months ago, India’s app for coronavirus contact tracing didn’t exist; now it has nearly 100 million users. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Even as Indian government’s contact trace app Aarogya Setu recorded more than 90 Mn (9 Cr) downloads, ICT apex body Manufacturers’ Association Of Information Technology (MAIT) has raised the red flag ...

SFLC.IN warns that the app collects personal information, some of which is sensitive personal data such as a person’s gender and travel history. The app claims to protect users but makes no guarantee ...

The Setu app, developed by IIT Kharagpur to enhance campus experience and take care of students' well-being, went live on Friday, World Mental Health Day. Besides having students' details and official ...