BRICS Summit: Modi warns against weaponisation of tech, critical minerals; Xi announces open-source AIBRICS Summit 2026: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged BRICS nations to unite in the face of rising global tensions and emphasised the need ...
13 Sep, 2026, 09.53 PM IST
AI is going to help find the Moon’s most valuable resource: How NASA and IBM are using AI to search for water iceNew artificial intelligence models are helping scientists find vital lunar water. This technology analyzes vast lunar data for future explo...
11 Sep, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
IBM, NASA launch AI model to help map ice, craters on MoonThe NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model is a publicly available AI tool designed to study the Moon. It was trained on more than 30 layers of ...
10 Sep, 2026, 10.57 PM IST
PM Modi urges private space startups to build solutions for agriculture, climate and global challengesModi made the remarks during a meeting with 20 space technology startups at his office on Friday morning. He praised the founders for enter...
22 Aug, 2026, 08.11 AM IST
Geospatial startup NeoGeo raises $20 million in funding from SBI’s Neev II Fund, Aavishkaar CapitalFounded in 2019, NeoGeo provides geospatial intelligence solutions to government and corporate clients across natural resource management, ...
18 Aug, 2026, 01.25 PM IST
Earlier this year, the U.S. Army Corps tested Chicago's invasive-carp barrier at 3 electrical levels. Now, engineers know how the system behaves when voltage rises to 4.6 volts per inch, helping prepare for a future Great Lakes invasion threatEngineers tested Chicago's electric fish barrier at higher electrical levels this year. This testing aimed to understand potential response...
16 Aug, 2026, 12.19 AM IST
Location wars: How a newly liberalised sector in India is hotting upThe liberalised geospatial policy in India has spurred intense competition in the mapping industry, with local firms like Ola and MapMyIndi...
02 Aug, 2024, 03.27 PM IST
Geospatial policy will transform various sectors just like UPI did: Crayon Data Co-founder Srikant SastriSastri said that the geospatial policy has liberalised the sector and enabled access and usage of geospatial data across industries and ent...
04 Apr, 2024, 12.57 PM IST
National Geospatial Policy: The road to geo-mapping IndiaThe National Geospatial Policy, 2022, unveiled late December, has encouraged several companies to move into a seemingly insular sector that...
30 Jul, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
- Private sector gets a leg up in National Geospatial Policy
The policy was approved by the Union Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 16.
30 Dec, 2022, 06.18 PM IST
Govt declares computer systems linked to census management as "protected"The central government has declared some computer resources as "protected" for being critical information infrastructure of the Office of t...
08 Nov, 2022, 01.01 PM IST
MapmyIndia and other home grown geospatial players are taking on GoogleMapmyIndia, Genesys International and RMSI - to name a few - are taking on Google, aided in part by robust guidelines that give Indian comp...
10 Jul, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Terrestrial mobile mapping survey, street view survey only by Indian entities: Govt"Terrestrial mobile mapping survey, street view survey and surveying in Indian territorial waters shall be permitted only for Indian entiti...
06 Apr, 2022, 03.39 PM IST
View: The opportunities from India improving its geospatial data policies are endlessAccurate and widely accessible geospatial data can set off a wave of service delivery rationalisation and resource optimisation through the...
23 Apr, 2021, 11.37 PM IST
Geospatial industry leaders seek integrated geospatial policy under PMO-led agencyAt present, India has as many as 17 national-level geospatial policies and rules (four in draft stage) under six ministries/departments. Th...
03 Dec, 2019, 09.01 PM IST
CMFRI teams up with ISRO to collect wetland data in the countryThe mobile app is aimed at generating a centralised digital database of the smaller wetlands (2.2 ha) across the country.
30 Sep, 2019, 05.51 PM IST
Unfettered display of geospatial data pose national security implications: GovernmentMP YS Chowdary said that any unfettered freedom with regard to display of geospatail data could have serious national and public safety imp...
17 Dec, 2015, 08.34 PM IST