Gaming app for Arunachal children to know rights, sniff danger

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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu launches ‘Choo-Man-Tar’ gaming app. Photo: X@PemaKhanduBJP

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‘Choo-Man-Tar’, a gaming app to fto children cognize astir their rights and sniff information from touch, was launched successful Arunachal Pradesh connected Saturday (November 1, 2025).

An inaugural of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Home Minister Mama Natung, and Director General of Police Anand Mohan, the app uses an interactive game, modelled aft Ludo and Snakes and Ladders, to thatch idiosyncratic safety.

The slogan of the app is, “Good touch, atrocious interaction ka antar batayega Choo-Man-Tar, wherever the hyphenated words mean ‘touch, mind, and transform’ done which a kid tin larn the quality betwixt the 2 kinds of touches.

Launched Choo-Man-Tar during a nationalist lawsuit astatine Singchung, West Kameng — an innovative inaugural by Arunachal Pradesh Police nether guidance from SP Bomdila Shri Sudhanshu Dhama IPS, to assistance children recognize the quality betwixt Good Touch and Bad Touch.

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Mr. Khandu said the app volition assistance children recognize the quality betwixt bully interaction and atrocious touch, and marque learning amusive portion promoting empathy, safety, and confidence.

While playing games connected the app, children volition larn that it is important for them to accidental nary to those who misbehave with them and study the substance to their parents, teachers oregon telephone the kid helpline fig 1098. The app besides educates children by sharing accusation astir laws connected kid rights, kid marriage, the information and information of children, including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

“Parents excessively tin play the games and larn however they tin guarantee information for their children,” the Chief Minister said during a relation astatine Singchung successful the West Kameng district.

He launched 2 different apps — Yakatopia and Yodha Bandhu — simultaneously. The archetypal is simply a integer level for easiness of tourism, and the 2nd provides tele-counselling and consciousness to younker affected by substance abuse.

He besides warned radical progressive successful the alleged misappropriation of authorities funds successful the onshore acquisition process on the Lada to Sarli agelong of the Frontier Highway on Arunachal Pradesh’s borderline with China.

He said that helium ordered the constitution of a high-level committee to analyse the allegations. “I person besides fixed directions that, based connected the preliminary report, each held liable for the fiasco beryllium suspended with contiguous effect for a escaped and just enquiry,” helium said.

Published - November 02, 2025 02:21 americium IST

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