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India concerned over fresh use of chemical weapons
The Hague, July 11 (IANS) India has expressed concern over fresh allegations of use of chemical weapons in different parts of the world, according to a statement issued by the Indian Embassy in The Hague on Wednesday.
According to the statement, addressing the 88th Session of the Executive Council of the Organisation for Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) here on Tuesday, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to OPCW Venu Rajamony while expressing concern over these reports, also expressed sympathies to the victims of such attacks.
“India shares the wide-spread concern over fresh allegations on the use of chemical weapons coming from different parts of the world,” Rajamony said.
“We are saddened to learn about the tragic loss of life of a UK citizen in Amesbury following the exposure to a toxic chemical,” he said in reference to the death of a a 45-year-old woman in Britain last week after being exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok, the same substance that was used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in an attack that occurred just miles away earlier this year.
“We express our deepest sympathies to all victims of chemical weapon attacks and their families.”
Rajamony said it has been India’s consistent position that the use of chemical weapons anywhere, at any time, by anybody, under any circumstances, cannot be justified and the perpetrators of such abhorrent acts must be held accountable.
“The use of chemical weapons is in complete disregard of humanity and is reprehensible and contrary to the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention as well as accepted international legal norms,” he said, adding that India is deeply worried about reports of the Islamic State terrorist outfit acquiring chemical weapons and their delivery systems.
Rajamony said that, as one of the original signatories of the Convention and an active member of the OPCW, India has always emphasised the importance of consensus and the need for all decisions to be taken by the states parties in consultation with each other.
“It is the responsibility of all state parties to preserve and protect the integrity and credibility of the Convention,” he said.
–IANS
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Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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