110 years ago, a Polish scientist accidentally dipped his pen into molten tin - what he discovered still helps run your smartphoneA lab accident in 1916 led to a breakthrough in crystal growth. Jan Czochralski's method for creating pure silicon crystals is fundamental ...
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Guns, drones & algos: War gets smarter, faster & uncomfortably less humanArtificial intelligence is revolutionizing global warfare. Nations are significantly increasing AI spending for defense. This technology en...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
Kamikaze drone: Indian Army gets hundreds of suicide UAVs from Gujarat firm that can survive at -35 degreesA Gujarat-based firm, InsideFPV, has supplied hundreds of kamikaze drones to the Indian Army under a ₹10 crore emergency procurement contra...
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Inside Iran’s Shahed drones: Cheap weapons with deadly tech edgeCheap and deadly Shahed drones are causing significant damage in the Middle East. These Iranian-designed weapons possess advanced features ...
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DGCA asks pilots, air traffic controllers to report GPS spoofing within 10 min of occurrencesIn recent days, incidents of GPS spoofing and interference has been reported in and around the national capital's Indira Gandhi Internation...
11 Nov, 2025, 09.05 PM IST
EU's Von der Leyen’s flight hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming in BulgariaUrsula von der Leyen's aircraft experienced GPS jamming while approaching Plovdiv airport in Bulgaria, leading to a manual landing using pa...
01 Sep, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
Apple iPhone 15 models to have India's GPS alternative NavicApple has incorporated India's navigation system, NavIC, in its newly launched iPhone 15 Pro models. NavIC, developed by ISRO, operates thr...
14 Sep, 2023, 09.46 PM IST
India cautions developing nations against Information Technology Agreement“Overall, developing countries who have stayed away from the ITA/ITA-2 should not get swayed by the supposed benefits of participating in t...
04 Jan, 2021, 09.30 AM IST
Pakistan military to use Chinese navigation system BeiDou to improve interoperabilityIt is part of Pakistan and China's defence and strategic cooperation. Sources said that China wants to end the US-based GPS hegemony and pu...
21 Aug, 2020, 05.32 PM IST
Planes imported from Jan 2019 should be equipped with GAGAN: DGCAThe national civil aviation policy requires all aircraft being registered in India from January 1, 2019 to mandatorily be GAGAN enabled.
25 Aug, 2017, 10.08 PM IST
- China seeks 'independence' from GPS with own service
A Chinese satellite navigation system began providing services yesterday as the nation seeks to end its "dependence" on the US's Global Pos...
29 Dec, 2011, 01.59 AM IST
- Russia and India sign satellite navigation deal
Indian and Russian companies signed a deal that will see Indian buses guided by a Russian satellite navigation system, the news agency Inte...
05 Sep, 2010, 03.37 AM IST
- India, Russia for joint venture to produce GPS receivers
India and Russia are negotiating a joint venture for the production of dual band GPS / GLONASS global positioning receivers for civilian an...
10 Mar, 2010, 03.33 AM IST
- Weather, dense forest shackle hi-tech chopper
The Bell 430, manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron, US, lost contact with the air traffic control (ATC) at 79 nautical miles from Begump...
03 Sep, 2009, 09.21 AM IST
- Nod for 100% FDI in GPS units soon
The government is all set to allow 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in global positioning system (GPS)-enabled devices.
31 Oct, 2008, 12.50 AM IST
- Half of Nokia phones to have GPS in 2 years
Nokia plans to add navigation to half of the phones it sells within a few years to find new revenue streams amid decreasing handset prices,...
15 May, 2008, 01.26 AM IST
- Nokia plans larger market share in India
Leading mobile phone manufacturer Nokia today said it targets a bigger share in the domestic market by offering integrated navigation servi...
08 Feb, 2008, 03.52 PM IST