India makes panic key a must for all mobiles from next year
India makes panic key a must for all mobiles from next year All mobile phones sold in India will have to have a panic button from the start of next year, an official said Tuesday, as the country grapples with large numbers of sex crimes against women. The button would allow users to call emergency services by pressing a single key on their phone, a telecommunications ministry official told AFP. "No cell phones can be sold without the provision for panic button from January 1, 2017," he said, requesting anonymity. The ministry said it was also making inbuilt GPS compulsory from January 1, 2018. "Technology is solely meant to make human life better and what better than using it for the security of women," telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad sai...