Indians spend 7 hours a week on mobile games

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November 3, 2020

New Delhi, Nov 3: Indians are now spending around 7 hours in a week on playing games on their mobiles and the duration has increased among majority (53 per cent) since the lockdown began early this year and women are fast adopting mobile gaming in the country, a new report said on Tuesday.

Interestingly, 15 per cent of the gamers switched to paid mobile gaming apps during the lockdown while freemium gaming apps increased by 8 per cent.

According to the CyberMedia Research (CMR) report, mobile gaming has increased among three in every five serious gamers, with four hours being average duration of increase since the lockdown began in the country.

While men play mobile games mostly in the evening (33 per cent), women play mobile games mostly in the late nights (28 per cent).

Indian men mostly play action/adventure (71 per cent) and first-persons shooter (63 per cent) games on their smartphones. The 'Call of Duty Mobile' and the 'Garena Free Fire' are popular first-person shooter games.

Among women, the most popular type of the game is puzzles (65 per cent), followed by multiplayer gamers (56 per cent).

"Mobile gaming in India is driven by an array of gamer personas, ranging from the serious to the hyper-casual gamers. They differ from each other in terms of the time spent, the genres played, the places played at, and most importantly, their outlook to mobile gaming," said Prabhu Ram, Head-Industry Intelligence Group, CMR.

Six out of 10 serious gamers tend to purchase gaming apps, while others tend to use freemium apps. Among women, four in every nine users purchase gaming app.

"Across the board, three in every five gamers believe that mobile gaming enabled them in overcoming social isolation during the lockdown period".

Indians tend to play mobile games based on family and friend recommendations.

On an average, Indians have seven games installed on their smartphones. Of these, there are at least four games they play regularly.

"Among mobile gamers, the top three pain points include phone heating, fast battery discharge and slow network. Going forward, mobile gamers expect more from their smartphones: more RAM, better battery life, increased storage and powerful SoCs," said Amit Sharma, Analyst- Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CMR.

Qualcomm (65 per cent) and MediaTek (61 per cent) are the top two brands that Indian gamers are aware of.

"However, it is interesting to note that more serious gamers show preference for MediaTek (68 per cent) over Qualcomm (66 per cent)," said the report that covered 1,124 mobile gamers in the 16-35 age group.

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Hundreds of Palestinian kids kidnapped, imprisoned, tortured by Israel: UN expert expresses shock

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November 14,2024

The UN special rapporteur for Palestine has slammed Israel’s parliament for passing a law authorizing the detention of Palestinian children, who are “tormented often beyond the breaking point” in Israeli custody.

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in a Thursday post on X, characterized the experiences of Palestinian minors in Israeli detention as extreme and often inhumane.

The UN expert highlighted the grave impact of this policy, noting that up to 700 Palestinian minors are taken into custody each year, a practice she described as part of an unlawful occupation that views these children as potential threats.

Albanese said Palestinian minors in Israeli custody are “tormented often beyond the breaking point” and that “generations of Palestinians will carry the scars and trauma from the Israeli mass incarceration system.”

She further criticized the international community for its inaction, suggesting that ongoing diplomatic efforts, which often rely on the idea of resuming negotiations for peace, have contributed to normalizing such human rights violations against Palestinian children and the broader population.

The comments by Albanese came in response to Israel’s parliament (Knesset) passing a law on November 7 that authorizes the detention of Palestinian children under the age of 14 for “terrorism or terrorist activities.”

Under the legislation, a temporary five-year measure, once the individuals turn 14, they will be transferred to adult prison to continue serving their sentences.

Additionally, the law allows for a three-year clause that enables courts to incarcerate minors in adult prisons for up to 10 days if they are considered dangerous. Courts have the authority to extend this duration if necessary, according to the Knesset.

The legislation underscores a shift in the treatment of minors and raises alarms among human rights advocates regarding the legal and ethical ramifications of detaining children and the conditions under which they may be held.

Thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of children and women, are currently in Israeli jails—around one-third without charge or trial. Also, an unknown number are arbitrarily held following a wave of arrests in the wake of the regime's genocidal war on Gaza.

Since the onset of the Gaza war, the Israeli regime, under the supervision of extremist minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, has turned prisons and detention centers into “death chambers,” the ministry of detainees and ex-detainees’ affairs in Gaza says.

Violence, extreme hunger, humiliation, and other forms of abuse of Palestinian prisoners have been normalized across Israel’s jail system, reports indicate.

Over 270 Palestinian minors are being detained by Israeli authorities, in violation of UN resolutions and international treaties that forbid the incarceration of children, as reported by Palestinian rights organizations.

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