It took just 13 days for Aarogya Setu -- the contact tracing app developed by India to combat the COVID-19 pandemic -- to amass 50 million users. The app currently stands with more than 9 crore downloads. Designed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), the app was formally launched by PM Narendra Modi on April 2nd. It is available in 12 languages and can be downloaded by iOS and Android users. With 4.5 stars rating on Google play, the current version of the app is 1.1.1. According to reports, the app has alerted 1.4…
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