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Indian govt just sent another emergency alert making millions of phones sound alarm
- India government is sending yet again an emergency alert to millions of phones. But don’t panic. Just listen to your phone blaring alarm and keep calm because it is routine
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- On Tuesday millions of phones in India received emergency alerts.
- The alerts are part of a system government is testing.
- The alerts were sent to both the iPhone and the Android phones.
On Tuesday morning, many mobile users in India received an emergency alert from the government. The alert was sent around 11:35 with a flash message and an emergency tone across Android and iPhone devices. However, there is no need to be alarmed. The alert was part of a test of the country’s new emergency alert system, which is being deployed by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The emergency alerts were sent to a random sample of smartphones across India, and it caused users’ phones to emit a loud beep and display a flash message that read “emergency alert: severe.” The message was sent twice, once in English and once in Hindi, a few minutes apart.
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