In its first-ever trial run, the Centre sent a notification with a siren alert to almost all citizens around 11:42 to test the system. India Saturday launched its Cell Broadcast messaging system using indigenous technology, that would act as an instant disaster alert service for citizens. In its first-ever trial run, the Centre sent a notification with a siren alert to almost all citizens around 11:42 to test the system. The system has been developed based on a Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) to be used in times of crises or emergency situations, such as natural disasters, wars, among others. What is SACHET? SACHET (which means ‘alert’), is an Integrated Alert System that aims to deliver disaster and emergency related alerts via SMS to mobile users within the geo-targeted areas, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Communications.…