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07 Sep

NASA shares image of India`s Vikram lander on Moon

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, Tech ByteIndia, TECHNOLOGY

American space agency NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured a picture of the lander of Chandrayaan-3, India's third mission to the moon. It was the first spacecraft to successfully touch down near the lunar south pole, and this image was taken by LRO on August 27, just four days after the historic lunar landing.Sharing the image on social media platform X, the space agency wrote, "LRO spacecraft recently imaged the Chandrayaan-3 lander on the Moon's surface." According to NASA, the LRO camera achieved a diagonal view (42-degree slew angle) of the lander four days later. The plume of the…

30 Aug

Man arrested for posing as ISRO scientist who designed Chandrayaan-3 lander

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, Tech ByteIndia

The Surat Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested tutor Mitul Trivedi after he gave a media interview claiming that he was an ISRO scientist who designed Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander. Trivedi forged documents and a letter to further his claim. According to the police, Trivedi — who has been giving tuition classes to students of class 12 and onwards — admitted that he created the letter because he felt that if he showed such a letter to the parents of the students, he would be able to register more students for his class. In support of his claim, Trivedi produced a fake…

25 Aug

IAF set to procure over 100 more LCA Mark-1A fighter jets

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, Tech ByteIndia, TECHNOLOGY

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will place an order for around 100 additional Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A fighter jets from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), senior defense officials told India Today. The decision to buy 100 more Tejas Mark-1A fighters to replace the aging fleet of MiG-21 fighter aircraft is expected to boost the domestic aerospace industry. Officials also added that proposals for the projects have been submitted to the Ministry of Defense and clearance for orders is expected in the near future. 300 Tejas Mark-1A fighter jets are going to be inducted into the Indian Air Force in…

21 Aug

German minister uses UPI to make payment in India

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India, Tech ByteIndia

Germany's Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Volker Weising, was able to feel the simplicity of UPI (Unified Payment Interface) payments at firsthand and was very "impressed" by the experience. On Sunday, the German Embassy in India took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to praise India's digital infrastructure, hailing it as one of the country's success stories. https://twitter.com/GermanyinIndia/status/1693162556918210966?s=20 The German Embassy in India shared videos and photos of Mr Wissing buying groceries and using UPI for payment. The accompanying caption read, "One of India’s success story is digital infrastructure. UPI enables everybody to make transactions in seconds. Millions of…

18 Aug

Bengaluru gets India’s first 3D Concrete Printing Technology Post Office

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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who holds the Railways, Communications, Electronics and IT portfolios inaugurated India's first 3D printed post office built up in an area of 1,021 square feet at Cambridge layout. The work was completed in 45 days. After the inauguration, Vaishnaw said: "The spirit of development, the spirit of developing our own technology, the spirit of doing something which was considered impossible in the earlier times. That's the defining feature of these times." Welcoming the development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: "Every Indian would be proud to see India's first 3D printed Post Office at Cambridge Layout, Bengaluru.…

13 Aug

President Murmu To Launch Frigate ‘Vindhyagiri’ In Kolkata On August 17

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President Droupadi Murmu will introduce frigate 'Vindhyagiri', the sixth ship of the Project 17A programme at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited, Kolkata, on August 17(Thursday), the Indian Navy said on Sunday. "The newly christened Vindhyagiri stands as a symbol of India's determination to embrace its rich naval heritage while propelling itself towards a future of indigenous defence capabilities," the Navy said in a statement.

05 Aug

Google scanner to let Android phones read QR codes from across the room

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Google has come up with a decision to introduce a feature for Android users which will help them to automatically detect a QR code in a camera frame, zooms in and reads it. The Google code scanner API, doesn't require camera permission and automatically detect the bar code, while safeguarding user privacy. The feature will help eliminate manual zoom adjustments, and will give result faster and more accurate. "Starting with version 16.1.0, you can enable auto-zoom to allow the Google code scanner to automatically scan barcodes that are far away from the camera," Google added. "All image processing occurs on…

10 Jun

Road accident death rate fell in Kerala after AI cameras started working

Priyanka Bhowmick0 Commentsaccident, Business, India, Lifestyle, Tech ByteIndia

Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju has claimed that since the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) cameras, the death rate in road accidents has come down in the state. The AI cameras installed across the state became operational on June 5. "Kerala reports an average of 12 road accident deaths per day, but since the introduction of AI cameras, the number has come down to 5-8," Minister Raju said on Friday. In the first four days since installation, 3,52,730 traffic violations were detected by the cameras. The minister said that Keltron has uploaded 19,790 cases to the Integrated Transport Monitoring System,…

23 Apr

Centre launches over 250 network towers to provide 4G mobile connectivity in border areas of Arunachal Pradesh

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Government introduced more than 250 network towers to give access to 4G mobile network in border areas of Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. This initiative by the centre will help the people of those villages who were deprived of this facility since independence by connecting them digitally. Over 70 thousand subscribers are expected to be benefitted from the service.

10 Feb

PM Narendra Modi flags off 2 Vande Bharat trains from Mumbai

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On friday two Vande Bharat trains were officially inaugurated by PM Modi, one will operate between Mumbai and Solapur and the other between Mumbai and Shirdi. The event was held in Mumbai, with, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Union Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. “For the 1st time 2 Vande Bharat trains launched. They'll connect financial centres like Mumbai & Pune to centres of our devotion. It'll benefit college-going & office-going people, farmers & devotees”, the prime minister said.