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Indian government mulling panic button in cell phones for women's safety

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Indian government mulling panic button in cell phones for women's safety

The administration is of the view that emergency response apps can take too long to access in a rush and configuring one of the existing buttons on a phone for the task would be much simpler and quicker, he said, noting that pressing the panic button will send an SMS to a set of numbers that will also provide location information.

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