India, Aug. 18 -- If you searched for Airtel down in Delhi-NCR, you weren't alone. On Monday afternoon, Airtel users across Delhi and the National Capital Region were left fuming as mobile and internet services went offline. The sudden Airtel outage affected both calls and data, leading to thousands of complaints on Downdetector. Within minutes, hashtags like #AirtelDown began trending on X (formerly Twitter), as frustrated customers took to social media to express their anger. Instead of a formal update, Airtel briefly acknowledged the disruption with a post on X, only to delete it soon after, which triggered even more chatter online.

But while many vented their frustration, others turned the outage into comic relief. Memes and GIFs pok...