Preparations begin for indigenous navigation app  

Preparations begin for indigenous navigation app  

New Delhi: – An Indian Navigation App is being developed to take on the internationally renowned navigations facilities like Google maps and Google Earth. ISRO has signed an agreement with MapmyIndia, providing services in navigation technology. MapmyIndia published the information regarding this. ISRO will be providing satellite images and observations related data. Whereas MapmyIndia will make digital services available. Therefore, […]

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Huge response to the proposal for private investments in Indian Space Sector, 26 proposals including four foreign companies received by IN-SPACe

Huge response to the proposal for private investments in Indian Space Sector, 26 proposals including four foreign companies received by IN-SPACe

Bengaluru: – Following the Indian government’s decision to open the space sector to the private sector, there is a massive response to the proposal to invest in the industry. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre, the controlling institution for space, has received varied proposals starting from building a ground station to making launch […]

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Indian NavIC gets approval from UN’s IMO, fourth country having globally recognised navigation system

Indian NavIC gets approval from UN’s IMO, fourth country having globally recognised navigation system

New Delhi: The Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has got international recognition. India has prepared NavIC, its own navigation system, launching a group of IRNSS satellites in space on the lines of GPS and GLONASS. International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a special organisation of the United Nations, has […]

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Govt to provide satellite internet to 5,000 villages in border & Naxal-affected areas

Govt to provide satellite internet to 5,000 villages in border & Naxal-affected areas

New Delhi: – Internet services will be provided directly from the ISRO’s satellites to the villages at the border, Naxal-affected regions and the villages in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Gram Panchayats of five thousand villages from 15 states will be provided with this facility. The project will be activated under the ‘Bharat Net’ program, […]

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Chinese cyberattacks on Indian satellite systems, informs US-based think tank

Chinese cyberattacks on Indian satellite systems, informs US-based think tank

Washington: – It is being revealed that China, who was scheming on the Ladakh and Arunachal borders and posing challenges in the Indian Ocean, had opened another front in space, against India. Between 2007 and 2018, China launched cyberattacks on Indian satellite communication. This has been exposed by a thinktank monitoring the Chinese activities in […]

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RPF busts international gang involved in e-ticket racket, 100 arrested

RPF busts international gang involved in e-ticket racket, 100 arrested

Bengaluru – An international gang involved in E-ticket fraud, using a Pakistani software, has been busted by the Railway Protection Force (RPF). Investigation revealed that this gang is a part of the international black market comprising of 25,000 hackers and brokers. South Western Railway has issued a statement in this respect and more than 100 […]

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Foreign investment limit set to 74% for the defence sector: Ordnance factories to be corporatised

Foreign investment limit set to 74% for the defence sector: Ordnance factories to be corporatised

New Delhi: The Union government has taken a major decision of increasing the cap on foreign investment, in the defence equipment manufacturing sector, from 49% to 74%. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced an economic package of ₹20 trillion to provide an impetus to the country’s economy. While revealing the details of the package, Finance […]

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117. Israel: India’s friend

117. Israel: India’s friend

About 75 years ago, India and Israel achieved independence in the years 1947 and 1948, respectively. However, informal relations between the countries are centuries-old. Some two thousand years back, the first batch of the Jews is believed to have arrived in India. Following them, over the next hundreds of years, many groups of the Jews […]

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