Geotagging

Jammu and Kashmir's government began the process of geo-tagging in its bid to preserve heritage Chinar trees in Kashmir on Thursday.Dr Syed Tariq, Scientist at Forest Research Institute said, "Chinars are oxygen producers. Chinar has its own scope, it plays a major role. Keeping this in view, we thought of keeping a track on the stock of Chinar in the Valley. With the advancement of technologies, we provided 'Digital Aadhaar' to these trees. Now, every Chinar has its own 'Aadhar' number. We have linked it to Digital India. We have installed scanable QR codes. Every district has its own district code with the number of Chinars. So far, we have identified and geo-tagged 28,560 Chinar."He further said that forest areas have come to the rescue of Chinar."We have collected their readings, physical characteristics and locked them with QR scan. You can scan the QR code and know everything about them. We have also appealed for 'Save Chinar'. This is a very positive step because we will make a

This is also expected to ensure that services are delivered effectively and efficiently to the intended beneficiaries

Capital markets regulator Sebi is betting big on technology, as it plans to implement a Geotagging solution in the current financial year to strengthen the process of its enforcement activities. While focussing on technology, Sebi said it plans to undertake various projects to boost its information technology (IT) capacity and build a "fault-tolerant" architecture. The move is aimed at further enhancing its technological and cybersecurity capability, and to better serve its stakeholders. "In the coming year, Sebi plans to implement a Geotagging Solution to strengthen the process of its enforcement activities," the regulator said in its annual report for 2022-23. Geotagging is the process of adding geographical information usually in the form of latitude and longitude coordinates to various media such as photos, videos, etc. The project intends to implement geotagging technology-based mobile application solutions, which help the market regulator to take necessary photos or videos a

The move comes after it was found that fake office places were created for verification; geotagging functionality is currently available to taxpayers registered in Delhi and Haryana

Geo-tagging refers to capturing the geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of payment touch points deployed by merchants to receive payments from their customers

In January this year, RBI had allowed banks and NBFCs to complete full KYC remotely. A number of banks have rolled out this service since the RBI's nod

Technology helps recast one of the oldest modes of promotion, while a string of big events promises to deliver a big year for outdoor advertising