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05 Sep

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 safely returns to Earth after 186 days

Priyanka Bhowmickinternational, Tech Byte, TechnologyInternational

Four astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft that splashed off the coast of Florida on Monday morning have successfully returned to Earth after completing their Crew-6 mission from the International Space Station. US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoberg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedayev landed safely aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, at 12:17 am EDT after 186 days in space, the space agency informed. According to NASA, crew students have contributed to hundreds of experiments and technology demonstrations,…

25 Aug

IAF plans to order around 100 more LCA Mark-1A fighter jets

Priyanka BhowmickIndia, Tech Byte, Technologyindia

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 for payment at vegetable shop in India

Priyanka BhowmickBusiness, India, Tech ByteBusiness, india

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…

13 Aug

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

Business CorrespondentScience & Tech, Tech Byte, Technology

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

Business CorrespondentBUSINESS, Tech Byte

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 has dropped in Kerala after AI cameras became operational

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, India, 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,…

10 Feb

PM Narendra Modi flags off 2 Vande Bharat trains from Mumbai

Business CorrespondentEconomy, Science & Tech, Tech Byte

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.

02 Jan

BHIM Celebrates Sixth Anniversary

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Indigenously developed payment application BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) celebrated its sixth day. BHIM App was launched on 30 Dec 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BHIM stands for Asian nation Interface for cash. It's a biometric payment systems app mistreatment the Aadhar platform and is predicated on a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) to facilitate e-payment directly through the bank.It are often used on all mobile devices whether or not it’s a smartphone or feature phone or a phone while not a web affiliation. The payments through the BHIM App are often created with simply a thumb impression once the…

31 Dec

Swasth Garbh app made by IIT Roorkee & AIIMS

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To create the SwasthGarbh app, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and also the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi worked along. Pregnant girls will access antepartum care and time period medical support through the smartphone app. The software system is also downloaded for gratis from the Google Play Store.SwasthGarbh app is also an important tool for ladies in rural areas and people who don't have easy accessibility to doctors, in line with a press release created by IIT Roorkee. The software system was created by Sahil Sharma, academic Deepak Sharma, academic Vatsla Dadhwal, and academic…

07 Dec

Airtel has announced that it has collaborated with Meta Platforms

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The medium major Airtel has declared that it's collaborated with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) to support the expansion of India’s digital system. The announcement comes on the rear of medium operators’ demand to share revenue with service suppliers to create networks.Airtel is presently conducting trials for 4G and 5G Open RAN solutions on choose sites within the state of Haryana and can commercially deploy the answer across many locations in Asian nation over ensuing few quarters. Airtel can share its learnings with wider system partners inside the TIP community, together with Meta, to assist accelerate the readying of Open RAN…