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Videogame addiction among teenagers these days has become a nightmare for many parents. Like it has for Philippines-based Lilybeth Marvel. Her son is hooked to a videogame to the effect that she has to feed him by her own hands, while he plays. 13-year-old Carlito Garcia becomes agitated if he has to take his eyes off the computer while playing 'Rules of Survival'.

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Alec Baldwin's addiction to the cell phone game "Words with Friends" got him booted from an American Airlines plane parked at a Los Angeles International Airport gate Tuesday afternoon, the actor's spokesman said.

In the last two days, Rajkot Police have arrested 10 people for playing the multi-player online game PUBG, said reports. The arrest came days after Police Commissioner Manoj Agrawal banned the super-addictive game on March 6. Agrawal claimed the offense was "bailable" and there was "nothing like arrests". Out of the 10 "accused", six are undergraduate students. Here's what went down.

Since its launch, popular online game, PUBG, has garnered a crazy and addictive user base. In the past year, we came across several reports which highlighted the negative effects of PUBG. And now another shocking incident has come to fore. Reportedly, a 16-year-old boy, Furqan Qureshi, died due to cardiac arrest after losing a PUBG game on May 26. Here's what went down.

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat said Sanjay Dutt has offered to lead an anti-drug campaign to be launched by 6 northern states affected by the drug menace. Sanjay had himself suffered much due to drug addiction early in his career and would like to contribute to the campaign, he said