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18 Aug

India’s first 3D printed post office is now open for business in Bengaluru

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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 Navy’s stealth frigate 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…

12 Jun

Center bans over 150 ‘anti-India’ sites, YouTube channels

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India, Tech ByteINDIA

YouTube News channels, which were reduced, had over 12,123,500 subscribers and a total of 1,320,426,964 views.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (INB) has taken down more than 150 websites and YouTube-based news channels since May 2021 for producing "anti-India" content, officials aware of the details said. Websites and channels have been removed for violation of Section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, which empowers any government agency or mediator to issue orders to block content in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India. To prevent incitement to the commission of any cognizable offense relating…

10 Jun

Rate of road accident deaths drops in Kerala since AI cameras came up

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsAccidental, 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 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.

02 Jan

Indigenous Payment Application 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

SwasthGarbh app made by IIT Roorkee, AIIMS Delhi for pregnant women

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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 and Meta collaborate to accelerate India’s digital ecosystem

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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…

03 Dec

DigiYatra facilities starts at the Delhi, Varanasi and Bangalore airport

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The Central government on December one launched its identification system DigiYatra at city, city and Varanasi airports, that is ready to allow domestic passengers to seamlessly travel whereas not associate identification card. The Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the service at Delhi’s politician International flying field. The service will amendment passengers to travel paperless through biometric identification technology (FRT).To use this facility, one-time registration on the DigiYatra app is required victimization Aadhar-based validation and a self-image capture. At the flying field, passengers will got to scan their bar coded boarding pass, that they can transfer on their phone and…