Page 24 - Drones

Drone start-up TechEagle to part ways with Zomato, venture into health care

The firm, which it is already working on projects like 'Medicine from The Sky Project' with the Telangana Government and World Economic Forum

Drone, contact tracing apps became more acceptable in pandemic: India at UN

The app was launched by the Indian government on April 2 to help people assess their risk of getting infected with coronavirus and alert authorities if they have come in close contact with an infected

Industry lauds as India's draft rules for drones enter official gazette

Drone firms say the step may encourage an entire supply chain based on these machines, urges faster implementation of the process

SpiceJet receives permission for drone trials to deliver medicines

Earlier this month, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted exemptions to 13 groups to operate drones on an experimental basis

Dumping old ways in lockdown: Mysuru city uses drones for announcement

For this, the city administration has tied up with Droneman.in, an unmanned aerial vehicle database company based out of Bengaluru

War on Covid-19: Garuda Aerospace to use drones for disinfecting 26 cities

Firm seeks to ramp up manufacturing capacity as it also receives interest from Spain, Brazil and US for 1,500 drones

Covid-19 lockdown: UP uses drones for vigilance, postal vans for supplies

Fire brigade vehicles being used for disinfecting places, e-commerce majors allowed to do home deliveries

IIT Madras team develops AI-powered drone to counter rogue drones

The drone can track down rogue drones visually and hack into their GPS navigation system

Discoms using drones for effective maintenance of power infra in Delh

The technology is also used for accurate assessment of rooftop solar potential and dealing with vegetation encroachment around power infrastructure

Letter to BS: Reckless caution could affect nascent drone tech in India

We should not be oblivious to the significance of exercising caution to ensure that the so-called stringent regulatory oversight does not morph itself into an arbitrary one

Govt starts disclosure scheme for people flying non-compliant drones

The Aviation ministry said,'The presence of such drones as well as drone operators has come to the notice of the government which do not comply with the CAR'

Centre raises unauthorised drones issue, launches platform for registration

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Puri said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) keeps track of the registered civil RPAS

India can save billions of dollars as US to retire Global Hawk drones

To save money for buying cutting-edge warfighting weapons, the USAF has reportedly proposed to the Pentagon to scrap two-thirds of its fleet of about 35 Global Hawk drones

India to invest Rs 1 trillion in setting up 100 new airports by 2024

The government has committed investments of Rs 1 trillion to build airports in the next 5 years.

Aviation security regulator to soon issue norms on countering rogue drones

Director General of the BCAS Rakesh Asthaana said the Ministry of Civil Aviation had constituted a committee for finding out best available counter-drone solutions

The 21st century's 'equaliser'

As recent attacks have shown, even dirt-cheap drones can cause a lot of damage

Saudi drone attack: Where are we a week on and what happens next?

The attack could affect flows of both crude oil and refined products, as Saudi Arabia cuts deliveries to its own processing plants

An eye in the mine: Hindustan Zinc using drones underground to dig deep

HZL is currently using line-of-sight drones while it waits to try fully autonomous drones by next year

Maharashtra govt plans to deliver emergency medicines through drones

Zipline drones will make on-demand and emergency deliveries of blood products, vaccines and life-saving medications

US will shoot down Iranian drones that fly too close to its ships: Official

Iran dismissed US President Donald Trump's assertion that the US Navy destroyed one of its drones