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Andhra, Telangana pilgrims stranded in flood-hit Uttarakhand

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Hyderabad: Over 100 Telugu pilgrims are stranded in flood-hit Uttarakhand, and the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are making efforts to bring them back safely.

K. Rammohan Rao, Andhra Pradesh’s representative in New Delhi, said 135 pilgrims from the state will be brought to the national capital by Saturday evening. Officials were making arrangements to send them back to their native places.

Earlier, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed the state’s resident commissioner in New Delhi to ensure that the pilgrims reach home safe.

With heavy rains cutting off road connectivity, the pilgrims have been stranded for four days while they were on their way to Badrinath.

Learning about their condition, the chief minister immediately spoke to the resident commissioner and directed him to ensure that they are brought home safe. The chief minister is monitoring the situation, an official statement said.

A senior official of the Andhra Pradesh Bhavan has rushed to Haridwar to oversee rescue and relief operations.

Meanwhile, the Telangana government sounded an alert following reports that a large number of pilgrims were stuck in Uttarakhand.

Officials in the chief minister’s office are in constant touch with the authorities in Uttarakhand to gather information about pilgrims from the state.

Telangana Bhavan resident commissioner Shashank Goyal has contacted collectors of the worst-hit districts Rudraprayag and Chamoli, seeking information about people from Telangana stranded there.

The Telangana government has also set up helplines in Delhi to provide information and help. The numbers are 011-23380558 (resident commissioner) and 09871999052 (assistant commissioner).

The government has asked pilgrims who have gone for the Chardham and Sarovar yatra to provide information to the local district officials if members of their groups were missing.

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Casino Days Reveal Internal Data on Most Popular Smartphones

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International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.

Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.

The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.

Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile

The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.

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The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.

“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.

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.

 

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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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