1,000 villages in UP mapped by Garuda Aerospace drones

Chennai (IANS) The Chennai-based Garuda Aerospace, a Drones-As-A-Service (DaaS) startup is putting up drone assembly units at Manesar in Haryana's Gurugram and Tamil Nadu's Hosur at an outlay of $3 million, said a top company official.

Telegram adds message reactions, in-app translation in latest update

New Delhi (IANS) Encrypted messaging app Telegram has started rolling out its latest update for its iPhone as well as iPad app with several new features, including message reactions, translation, hidden text and more.

Users can now double tap…

Indian researchers' new transistor that can be useful in wireless transmission

New Delhi (IANS) Indian researchers have developed a high-performance, industry-standard model transistor that can be used to make high-power radio frequency circuits, which include amplifiers and switches that are used in wireless transmission and…

Waymo partners with China's Geely to develop electric robotaxis

San Francisco (IANS) Google's self-driving unit Waymo has partnered with Chinese automaker Geely to create a fleet of all-electric, self-driving robotaxis.

The companies announced the partnership earlier this week calling the production…

Global firms to obtain user consent, share data map in China

New Delhi/Beijing (IANS) As China toughens its stand on Big Tech and international companies, the new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) law now requires global businesses that process information from China, to obtain user consent and establish…

WHO says new drugs may aid fight against Covid in 2022

Stockholm (IANS) New drugs against Covid-19 will significantly increase survival chances for coronavirus patients in severe condition in 2022, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said.

The European Medicines…

India online used car sales to reach 8.3mn units by 2026: Report

New Delhi (IANS) India saw three online used car platforms -- Droom, CarDekho and Spinny -- becoming unicorns (market cap of over $1 billion) in 2021 and riding the digital wave, the used car sales are expected to grow to 8.3 million units (at a healthy…

Apple may remove physical SIM slot from future iPhones

San Francisco (IANS) Apple introduced support for eSIM on its iPhone XR, XS, as well as XS Max and now a new sketchy rumour suggests that the iPhone 15 Pro slated to be launched in 2023 will be the first iPhone model to ship without a physical SIM…

Centre advises parents to be cautious about ed-tech companies

New Delhi (IANS) In the absence of a regulatory body, ed-tech startups have been mushrooming in India, particularly in the last two years of the pandemic.

As the pandemic disrupted the traditional brick-and-mortar education, the ed-tech startups…

Space industry hopes for exciting 2022 after a forgettable 2021

Chennai (IANS) The Indian space industry is eagerly looking forward to 2022 hoping that it could be an active year as compared to 2021 that is largely a forgettable one.

Speeding up the space sector reforms with final policies and activating…