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Growing up, the Emergency Broadcast System was a kind of sonic boogeyman. Its signature harsh tone would cut through your favorite TV show or song on the radio, announcing that “THIS IS ONLY A TEST”.

The alerts were part of India’s new Cell Broadcast-based disaster warning network being rolled out by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).