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Misled By Google Maps, Car Falls Into River From Bridge, 3 Dead In UP
For most of those who travel by road, using GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to reach their destinations safely is an obvious choice. However, for three - including two brothers - in Uttar Pradesh, it led them to a tragic end.
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Honor Watch 5 With 1.85-Inch AMOLED Screen, eSIM Support Launched: Price, Specifications
Honor Watch 5 was launched in China on Wednesday alongside the Honor Magic 7 and Honor Magic 7 Pro. The smartwatch was unveiled globally during IFA Berlin 2024. It comes with a 1.85-inch rectangular AMOLED screen, a rotating crown, and eSIM support. The watch is claimed to offer a battery life of up to 15 days and has an IP68 rating for dust and...
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Inside Lebanon Politics: Hezbollah, Iran And A Larger Battle For Hegemony
Lebanon's political system is deeply entrenched in sectarian divisions. The country is a confessional democracy, meaning that key political and military positions are reserved for representatives of specific religious sects.
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Google Said to Be Planning to Legally Challenge India's Antitrust Crackdown on Android
Google is planning a legal challenge to block a ruling by India's antitrust watchdog to change its approach to its Android operating system, concerned that it will restrict how it promotes the platform, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters. The Alphabet unit has been fined $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,300 crore) in two Indian...
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NavIC Rollout: No Timeline Fixed For Implementing Indigenous GPS Alternative, MeitY Says
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Monday stated that there was no fixed timeline for the implementation of home-grown global positioning system NavIC on smartphones. The clarification was issued after media reports suggested India was looking to mandate its indigenous navigation system on new smartphone models within months...
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Qualcomm Led Global Smartphone Chipset Market With 44 Percent Share in Q1 2022, Baseband Revenues Grew 23 Percent: Report
The latest Counterpoint research report suggests that the 5G SoC and baseband revenues grew 36 percent compared to the same period a year ago.
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Massive Solar Flare Today May Impact Satellite Communications: Indian Space Scientists
The sun unleashed a massive solar flare today, which has the potential to impact satellite communications and global positioning systems, the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) said.
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Drone Shot Down 7 km Inside Indian Border, 5 kg Explosives Found: Cops
The Hexacopter shot down around six kilometers inside the Indian border in the Kanachak area of Jammu and Kashmir was equipped with a flight controller and Global Positioning System (GPS).
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Punjab Considers Online Tracking For Those Under Home Quarantine
The Punjab government is mulling procurement of Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers for keeping a check on those flouting COVID-19 home quarantine guidelines.
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Xiaomi, ISRO in Advanced Talks Over Support for NavIC in Phones
Indian Space Research Organisation and Xiaomi are in advanced stage of talks on provision of chipsets that can support NavIC, the Indian version of Global Positioning System (GPS), an official said in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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China to Complete Its Competitor to GPS With New Satellites Launches in 2020
China said Friday its Beidou Navigation Satellite System that emulates the U.S. Global Positioning System will be competed with the launch of its final two satellites in the first half of next year.
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Notice To Tamil Nadu Government Company Over Implementing GPS In Autos
The Madras High Court Monday issued notice to Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited on a plea seeking a direction to effectively implement the policy on fixing Global Position System integrated fare metres with printers in auto-rickshaws and contract carriages in the state.
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China's BeiDou Satellite System Now, Ready To Compete With Rival GPS
China has completed the deployment of its home grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) constellation with the successful launch of two more satellites and will start providing services to countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative by next month, the state media reported today.
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High Court Questions Centre's Policy Exempting Autos From Having Panic Buttons
The Delhi High Court today questioned the Centre's 2016 policy exempting auto rickshaws and e-rickshaws across India from having panic buttons or General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), saying how it can have such a scheme "in an atmosphere where people are getting raped".
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ISRO's PSLV Successfully Launches IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite From Sriharikota Days After Big Jolt: 10 Points
While most of India slept, ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV blasted off into space from Sriharikota off the coast of Andhra Pradesh at 4:04 am today, carrying IRNSS-1I, the eighth satellite for India's homegrown global positioning system. The successful launch came just 14 days after the much larger Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehi...
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Misled By Google Maps, Car Falls Into River From Bridge, 3 Dead In UP
For most of those who travel by road, using GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to reach their destinations safely is an obvious choice. However, for three - including two brothers - in Uttar Pradesh, it led them to a tragic end.
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Honor Watch 5 With 1.85-Inch AMOLED Screen, eSIM Support Launched: Price, Specifications
Honor Watch 5 was launched in China on Wednesday alongside the Honor Magic 7 and Honor Magic 7 Pro. The smartwatch was unveiled globally during IFA Berlin 2024. It comes with a 1.85-inch rectangular AMOLED screen, a rotating crown, and eSIM support. The watch is claimed to offer a battery life of up to 15 days and has an IP68 rating for dust and...
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Inside Lebanon Politics: Hezbollah, Iran And A Larger Battle For Hegemony
Lebanon's political system is deeply entrenched in sectarian divisions. The country is a confessional democracy, meaning that key political and military positions are reserved for representatives of specific religious sects.
-
Google Said to Be Planning to Legally Challenge India's Antitrust Crackdown on Android
Google is planning a legal challenge to block a ruling by India's antitrust watchdog to change its approach to its Android operating system, concerned that it will restrict how it promotes the platform, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters. The Alphabet unit has been fined $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,300 crore) in two Indian...
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NavIC Rollout: No Timeline Fixed For Implementing Indigenous GPS Alternative, MeitY Says
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Monday stated that there was no fixed timeline for the implementation of home-grown global positioning system NavIC on smartphones. The clarification was issued after media reports suggested India was looking to mandate its indigenous navigation system on new smartphone models within months...
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Qualcomm Led Global Smartphone Chipset Market With 44 Percent Share in Q1 2022, Baseband Revenues Grew 23 Percent: Report
The latest Counterpoint research report suggests that the 5G SoC and baseband revenues grew 36 percent compared to the same period a year ago.
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Massive Solar Flare Today May Impact Satellite Communications: Indian Space Scientists
The sun unleashed a massive solar flare today, which has the potential to impact satellite communications and global positioning systems, the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) said.
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Drone Shot Down 7 km Inside Indian Border, 5 kg Explosives Found: Cops
The Hexacopter shot down around six kilometers inside the Indian border in the Kanachak area of Jammu and Kashmir was equipped with a flight controller and Global Positioning System (GPS).
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Punjab Considers Online Tracking For Those Under Home Quarantine
The Punjab government is mulling procurement of Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers for keeping a check on those flouting COVID-19 home quarantine guidelines.
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Xiaomi, ISRO in Advanced Talks Over Support for NavIC in Phones
Indian Space Research Organisation and Xiaomi are in advanced stage of talks on provision of chipsets that can support NavIC, the Indian version of Global Positioning System (GPS), an official said in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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China to Complete Its Competitor to GPS With New Satellites Launches in 2020
China said Friday its Beidou Navigation Satellite System that emulates the U.S. Global Positioning System will be competed with the launch of its final two satellites in the first half of next year.
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Notice To Tamil Nadu Government Company Over Implementing GPS In Autos
The Madras High Court Monday issued notice to Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited on a plea seeking a direction to effectively implement the policy on fixing Global Position System integrated fare metres with printers in auto-rickshaws and contract carriages in the state.
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China's BeiDou Satellite System Now, Ready To Compete With Rival GPS
China has completed the deployment of its home grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) constellation with the successful launch of two more satellites and will start providing services to countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative by next month, the state media reported today.
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High Court Questions Centre's Policy Exempting Autos From Having Panic Buttons
The Delhi High Court today questioned the Centre's 2016 policy exempting auto rickshaws and e-rickshaws across India from having panic buttons or General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), saying how it can have such a scheme "in an atmosphere where people are getting raped".
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ISRO's PSLV Successfully Launches IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite From Sriharikota Days After Big Jolt: 10 Points
While most of India slept, ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV blasted off into space from Sriharikota off the coast of Andhra Pradesh at 4:04 am today, carrying IRNSS-1I, the eighth satellite for India's homegrown global positioning system. The successful launch came just 14 days after the much larger Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehi...
