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 ...

India is repurposing its COVID-19 contact-tracing app and vaccination website to address other health concerns in the South Asian country. A senior official said Sunday that the Indian government is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Delhi — India's government is trying to address privacy concerns raised by hackers, activists and political opposition parties over its coronavirus contact tracing app. The app, called Aarogya ...

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 ...

BANGKOK/NEW DELHI, April 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian authorities plan to make a contact-tracing mobile app mandatory for everything from taking public transit to going to work, raising ...