India, June 29 -- New Delhi The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an emergency alert to Android and iOS mobile phone users across India on Saturday. The pop-up alert, received by smartphone users first in English around 1pm, followed by a Hindi version around 1:30pm, contained a test message informing the users about the government's initiative.

"This is a TEST Cell Broadcast message sent by Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. Please ignore this message. No action is required from your end. 28/06/2025 #002. To STOP TEST messages, Android users can go to 'Settings' - 'Safety and emergency' - 'Wireless emergency alerts' and turn off 'Test alerts'. iOS users can go to 'Settings' 'Notifications' and then scroll...