India has 1.4 billion people. Most of them carry a mobile phone. Recently, millions of those phones buzzed, screamed, and flashed an alert at the same time. That was not an accident. That siren had a ...

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The NDMA has characterised the current halt as a precautionary measure. While technical and procedural reviews are underway across multiple government agencies to fix the broadcasting parameters, the ...

Indias newly launched Cell Broadcast System aka CBS which was designed to provide real-time emergency alerts directly to mobile phones, has been temporarily suspended by the National Disaster ...

Did you receive an alert that suddenly buzzed on your phone? If yes, you were not alone. Across India millions of users got the same notification today — not due to a real emergency, but as part of a ...

India's newly implemented Cell Broadcast (CB) emergency alert system has been temporarily halted following an advisory from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).