The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) initiates nationwide trials for a new mobile-based disaster alert system in ...

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Discover India's new Cell Broadcast System, designed for rapid emergency alerts during national disasters, tested by NDMA ...

Ministry of Communications, in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Government of India, is actively enhancing ...

The system is based on the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) as recommended by the UN body International Telecommunication Union ...

In a major step towards strengthening India's disaster preparedness and public safety infrastructure, the Department of ...

Trial emergency alerts were received on phones today. As people checked their phones, a message starting with the words ‘Extremely severe alert’ flashed.

As part of the pan-India rollout and the launch of the Cell Broadcast (CB) facility, nationwide testing and trials are ...

The system supports multiple languages and complements SACHET’s existing SMS alerts. A companion mobile app offers weather ...

Test message reaches millions instantly via sachet platform using geo targeted alerts without internet aiming to boost real ...

The alert text that buzzed multiple phones across the country was was ‘test message’ sent by the government of India testing instant disaster alerting service.