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Lack of judges stalling formation of rights panel: Tripura CM

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Agartala: The Tripura government is keen to constitute a human rights commission but paucity of suitable retired judges has become a stumbling block in forming the rights body, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Tuesday.

“We had initiated the process to constitute the state human rights commission many years back but lack of suitable retired judges to head the body has become an obstacle to form the constitutional body,” Sarkar said.

He said: “According to the rule, a retired high court chief justice or a retired Supreme Court judge must be the chairman of the state human rights commission. For many years we are looking for such a retired judge but failed.”

A few years back, we proposed to share the authority of the Assam human rights commission, but the Assam government did not respond positively, Sarkar said.

“In 2007, the state government had constituted the Police Accountability Commission with provisions to protect human rights of the people. Cases of human rights violations are extremely low in Tripura,” Sarkar added.

The Tripura Police Accountability Commission has been constituted under the Tripura Police Act, 2007 with the powers of a civil court to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses under the civil procedure code 1908.

The Supreme Court on Friday had said it was the statutory duty of the state governments to set up state human rights commissions.

A division bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice T.S.Thakur and Justice R. Banumathi in their judgment said it was a matter of regret that despite the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) strongly and repeatedly recommending setting up of state commissions, they have not been set up.

The court directed the Tripura, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Arunchal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland governments to set up human rights commissions.

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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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