Thiruvanathapuram: ISRO Chairman V Narayanan on Tuesday said he was pleased to see private companies stepping into the complex work of building navigation systems for spacecraft and defence, adding that their efforts would support PM Modi’s vision of making India a developed nation by 2047. He noted that navigation systems are highly complex and critical,…
New Delhi: US tech majors Apple, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, HP, and Intel Corporation have jointly opposed Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea’s demand to allocate spectrum in the 6 gigahertz (GHz) band for mobile services. The tech majors sought the entire 6GHz band to be allocated for wifi services instead. In a joint response to telecom…
Mumbai: Aerospace and defence manufacturing startup Jeh Aerospace on Thursday launched its second manufacturing unit in Telangana and announced plans to invest USD 50 million (around Rs 445 crore) in the facility over the next 6-12 months. The startup, backed by marquee investors such as General Catalyst, Elevation Capital, and IndiGo Ventures, also said that…
New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is India’s best-ranked institute, followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur, according to QS World University Sustainability rankings announced on Tuesday. Lund University in Sweden has taken the top spot for the first time since the ranking was established in 2023. The University of Toronto had been…
London: Google boss Sundar Pichai has cautioned users not to “blindly trust” everything artificial intelligence (AI) tells them, even as he struck a warning note for companies to watch out for an AI investment bubble burst that no one would be immune to. In an interview with the BBC, the Indian-American CEO of Alphabet –…
New Delhi: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said India is the fourth-largest nation in the world in terms of renewable energy capacity, at 257 GW, a three-fold jump from 81 GW in 2014. Addressing the 8th session of the International Solar Alliance Assembly, the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy said India’s solar…
Kohima: NITI Aayog is exploring the possibility of establishing an AI centre for skilling in Nagaland’s Dimapur, officials said. A team from the NITI Aayog visited Dimapur on Wednesday in this regard, they said. It is exploring options to establish the centre under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) and frontier technology skill training for…
New Delhi: Google will invest USD 15 billion over the next five years in setting up an AI hub in India, which will include the country’s largest data centre in partnership with Adani Group. The project is expected to create 5,000–6,000 direct jobs and 20,000–30,000 total jobs in Andhra Pradesh, a government statement said. The…
New Delhi: The Indian Army has introduced SAKSHAM, an in-house Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) “grid” that can detect, track, identify, and destroy hostile drones in real time, as a major step to strengthen its aerial defence. According to the Army, SAKSHAM offers features including 3D battlefield visualization, real-time threat detection, AI-enabled predictive analysis, and sensor…
New Delhi: In a landmark ruling reinforcing India’s digital sovereignty, the Supreme Court has clarified that citizens do not have a constitutional right to use WhatsApp. The verdict came while dismissing a petition seeking the restoration of a blocked account, with the Bench noting that access to any private platform is a matter of choice,…
