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India.com
2 days ago
- India.com
Govt Begins Testing New Mobile Alert System For Real-Time Disaster Warnings
New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday announced that, in partnership with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), it is currently testing a new mobile alert system that will help send emergency warnings to people across India in real time. This new system, known as the Cell Broadcast (CB) system, is designed to send alerts instantly to mobile phones in areas affected by natural disasters or emergencies like tsunamis, earthquakes, lightning, gas leaks, or chemical hazards. Unlike regular SMS alerts, which are sent individually, Cell Broadcast messages are sent to all mobile phones in a particular area at once, making them faster and more effective in critical situations. The CB system is being developed and implemented by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), a leading R&D organisation under the Department of Telecom. The system is currently undergoing nationwide testing, which will last for about two to four weeks. During this time, people may receive test messages on their mobile phones in English and Hindi. These messages will clearly state that they are part of a test and do not require any action from the public. Only mobile phones with Cell Broadcast test channels enabled will receive these test messages. Also, some people might get the same message more than once, as the system is being tested across the entire mobile network, including all base stations and towers. The NDMA already runs an SMS-based alert system called 'SACHET,' which has been operational in all 36 states and Union Territories. Built using the Common Alerting Protocol recommended by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), this system has already sent over 6,899 crore SMS alerts in more than 19 Indian languages during past disasters and extreme weather events. Once the testing of the Cell Broadcast system is complete, it will be used alongside SMS alerts to deliver warnings in real time and in multiple Indian languages to all mobile users -- even if their phones do not have the test channels activated. The government has asked the public to cooperate during the testing phase and to ignore any test messages received. These messages are only meant to check the system's performance and do not indicate any actual emergency.
Fox News
08-06-2025
- General
- Fox News
God's 'not done with American culture yet,' Gen Z influencer says
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GMA Network
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
A QC bakeshop pays tribute to Nora Aunor with a pastry named after her
Kamuning Bakery Cafe, an 86-year-old bakeshop located in Quezon City, is offering a "Pan de Nora" pastry to pay tribute to the late Nora Aunor on her birthday on May 21. The bakeshop's owner, Wilson Flores Lee, announced their special offering on Facebook on Tuesday. "This May 21, honor the late Nora Aunor with a slice of history!" Wilson wrote. Nora, a National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, passed away due to acute respiratory failure in April. She was laid to rest at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on April 22. Celebrities and international media outlets paid tribute to Nora by sharing her memories and honoring her legacy in Philippine cinema. The Superstar is best known for the films "Himala," "T-Bird at Ako," "Bulaklak sa City Jail," "The Flor Contemplacion Story," and many more. —Hermes Joy Tunac/CDC, GMA Integrated News
CTV News
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Anchor Dana Roberts celebrates National Cartoon Day in a zany fashion
Anchor Dana Roberts celebrates National Cartoon Day in a zany fashion Anchor Dana Roberts celebrates National Cartoon Day as a cartoon during the CTV News/Barrie broadcast.
The Guardian
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
BBC Two's Chess Masters: The Endgame divides opinions as winner is crowned
BBC Two's Monday evening show Chess Masters: The Endgame reached its final this week amid a continuing debate between experts, who found it patronising, and social players, novices and children who enjoyed its light touch and focus on personalities. The series was placed in a testing environment, the 8pm slot, sandwiched between the intellectual heavyweights Mastermind and University Challenge. Viewer numbers, as supplied by Broadcast, peaked in the first week at 890,000, then gradually dipped to a low of 535,000 on Easter Monday before rebounding to 655,000, a 5.5% share of the viewing audience, for the final week. However, Charlie Bunce, director of programmes for the series production company Curve Media, said in an email to that the first episode had attracted just under 1.2m viewers, describing that as 'a great success', and that in the rest of the series the programme had 'held its share'. has a full pictorial report on the series. The grandmaster presenter, David Howell, created innovative challenges for contestants, including pawn races, memory tests set by his friend Magnus Carlsen, puzzles involving checkmates in one, two, three, four and five moves, and mini-simultaneous exhibitions, all part of the elimination process to produce a single winner. English Chess Federation sources believe that the decision whether to commission a second series is in the balance. BBC policy is often to allow a new show a couple of series to find its target audience. The Richie v Thalia final was decided when the older player, a piece up, chose 1 Qf2? in the diagram, got into time trouble, and was beaten. There is now an entire 32-page thread on the English Chess Forum about Chess Masters, with its detractors complaining about excessive hype by Anthony Moturin and the difficulty of following the puzzle solutions, while its advocates praise the soft approach needed to bring new players to the game. What do Guardian readers think? Tell us in the comments section. Following Freestyle successes for Carlsen, the world No 1, and setbacks for the Indians led by the 18-year-old world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, the next major tests in classical chess are approaching. On Wednesday the Superbet Chess Classic Romania starts in Bucharest, with world top 11 players Gukesh, Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Alireza Firouzja and Wesley So all in action. Bucharest will be followed by Norway Chess at Stavanger, starting on 26 May, where the six competitors in a double-round all-play-all are Carlsen (Norway), Hikaru Nakamura and Caruana (US), Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi (India) and Wei Yi (China). Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion Each will have an individual motivation. Carlsen will want to show continued classical supremacy, a strong Nakamura result will provide impetus for him to qualify for the 2026 Candidates, Gukesh will need to prove that he really deserves his world crown, Caruana will aim to restore his previous No 2 status, while Erigaisi and Yi will try to confirm their places among the super-elite. Meanwhile, April has been a good month for England's best players. Nikita Vitiugov, the former Russian who is now England No 1, scored 2.5/3 in the competitive German Bundesliga. Shreyas Royal, 16, England's youngest grandmaster, achieved solid 2500+ performances at Reykjavik, Iceland, and Menorca, Spain, while Supratit Banerjee, 11, surpassed a 2300 rating and so qualified for the Fide Master title. At home, GM Peter Wells won the English Senior 50+ championship while WIM Natasha Regan captured the women's crown. Paul Townsend and WGM Sheila Jackson took the 65+ titles. 3970: 1 Qa6 Na5 (to stop 2 Qb7 mate) 2 Qb7+! Nxb7 3 Na6+ and if Ka8 4 Ndxc7 mate or Kc8 4 Ne7 mate. Richie v Thalia: 1 Qg6! (threat 2 Rf8+! Kxf8 3 Qf7 mate) Qd8 2 Rf7 Bf6 3 Nd7! with no reasonable defence for Black.
