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Imran’s ‘peace’ push turns into bloody push
From telephoning Kashmiri separatists directly to raising the issue of alleged human rights violations with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s so-called peace rush has quickly turned into a bloody push.
The coverage of the Pulwama terror attack in Pakistan media has gone viral in India with the headline of a prominent daily there terming the suicide bomber who killed 49 CRPF troopers as “freedom fighter” and describing the bloodbath as a fightback against the “occupied Kashmir” has sparked public outrage in India.
As India is said to be mulling military options claiming its right to respond, one can piece together a series of gestures by the Imran Khan government in the run up to the Pulwama attack.
A diplomatic spat was already on between the two sides as New Delhi took strong objections to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi calling up Kashmiri separatists. He also led a Kashmir solidarity event in London which was strongly opposed by India.
Qureshi had given away the design behind the goodwill gesture of opening up of the Kartarpur corridor, terming the move as a “googly”.
Imran Khan talked about India treating its minorities as second class citizens, inviting a strong rebuke from New Delhi.
Behind the scenes, officials said here, Islamabad is working on a carefully crafted strategy to bleed India. India’s assessment is that Imran Khan is driving the policy dictated by the country’s powerful military establishment that helped him to become the Prime Minister.
The Pakistani military has planned to raise the bar in Jammu and Kashmir by introducing suicide bombings, a tactic which is also being used in Iran.
As Indian security agencies found uncanny similarities between the suicide attack in Pulwama and Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari was quoted as saying that the Pakistan government supported the group behind the recent suicide bombing in Iran.
If Pakistan has raised the bar in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian agencies are preparing for escalation by exploring all the options including precision air strikes against terrorist launch pads inside Pakistani territory or another round of surgical operation.
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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