By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - All mobile phones sold in India from January 2017 must have a panic button enabling the user to call for help, the government has said, amid concern for women's safety after a series of violent crimes in recent years. From January 2018, mobile phones must also have a built-in global positioning system (GPS), the ministry of communications and technology said in a statement. Keeping a finger pressed on number 5 or 9 on the new mobile phones should trigger an emergency call, the ministry said.

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