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Spotlight on Modi’s sanitation campaign at UN
United Nations: Wednesday could well have been called “Swachh Vishwa Abhiyan Din.” It was observed at the UN and around the world as World Toilet Day, an observance to further sanitation where leaders spoke of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan – Clean India Mission – campaign to provide toilets for all.
“Modi is really aiming to give a high priority to that issue” of sanitaion, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said at an event marking the day here. “That could b
e a type of concrete (way to) improve the life” of the people.
Calling Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India Mission “a new mass movement on sanitation,” India’s Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji described its scope and said it “envisages provision of toilets in every school in India within one year and focused effort for ending the practice of open defecation.”
The theme of this year’s World Toilet Day is “Open Defecation and the Challenges for Women and Girls,” drawing attention to the special problems they face. Singapore’s Ambassador Karen Tan, the prime mover behind initiative, said the lack of toilets which forces women to go outdoors negatively impacts gender equality. Women and girls are vulnerable to sexual violence when they have to defecate outside and girls’ education is disrupted when schools lack toilets for them, she said.
Speaking about Modi’s sanitation initiatives Tan, who was formerly Singapore’s High Commissioner in India, told, “I am very supportive and very glad he has taken this on board.”
Eliason said more than 2.5 billion people around the world have no access to proper sanitation and this takes a huge toll on life, health and the economy. “Ending open defecation, would lead to a 36 per cent reduction in deaths due to diarrhea for children under five.” he said. “Poor sanitation costs some countries as much as sevens percent of their GDP.”
Investing in toilets and sanitation contribute significantly to economies of nations because every $1 devoted to sanitation brings a $5.50 return by keeping people healthy and productive, he said.
According to a UN report released Wednesday, of the 1 billion people who resort to open defecation, 507 million live in India and comrpise 47 percent of the population.
Recalling that “Mahatma Gandhi’s devotion to the freedom of India was perhaps matched by only his passion for cleanliness,” Mukerji said the objective of Modi’s massive mission “is to deliver a Clean India by 2019, which happens to be the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This, we believe, would be a fitting tribute to the Mahatma.”
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.
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.
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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