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Collaboration key for national mapping agencies, private firms: Report

A leading think tank has made a strong pitch for collaboration between the national mapping agencies (NMAs) and the private sector to build space infrastructure and geospatial knowledge services, which find applications in various economic sectors. A report 'Evolving Role of National Mapping Agencies Transitioning to Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure', released recently by Geospatial World a think tank in space and geospatial technologies, cited examples of collaborations by national mapping agencies and the private sector in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Singapore and the US. "Given the critical importance of space and geospatial solutions to national mission programmes, delays in these areas mean lost opportunities. Therefore, globally a mission-mode approach is needed to build space infrastructure and geospatial knowledge services through public-private partnerships," said the report, which was released recently. It said that the Geospatial Knowledge ...

Sunita -piloted Starliner now targets Friday launch after initial delay

The mission, key to proving that Boeing can transport humans safely to space, aims to travel to the International Space Station and back

Cost of nuclear war in space: Putting a weapon into orbit a military threat

It's also a risk to the billions of dollars pouring into the space economy

Demand for industrial spaces in Delhi-NCR fell 42% last year: Colliers

The share of Delhi-NCR in the total demand across five cities came down to 20 per cent from 36 per cent in the 2022 calendar year

Looking at further easing FDI norms in space sector: DPIIT secretary

The government is looking at further easing foreign direct investment (FDI) norms in the space sector to attract overseas players, a top official said on Monday. Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Rajesh Kumar Singh said that huge scope is there for Saudi Arabian companies to invest in India in different sectors such as aviation, pharma, bulk drugs, renewable energy, food processing and agrti-tech. "There is tremendous scope for collaboration... such as in artificial intelligence, robotics, cyber security, automation and space, where we are looking to further liberalise our foreign direct investment norms to bring in private sector and foreign investment in our space sector," Singh said at the India-Saudi Arabia investment forum meet here. Presently FDI in space sector is allowed up to 100 per cent in the area of satellites establishment and operations through government route only. He added that several Saudi Arabian companies have ...

WhatsApp set to release group voice chats feature: Here's how it works

When a user starts a voice chat, the group icon in the chat list will change to a waveform icon and show a 'connect' button

Chandrayaan-3 launch another milestone in space exploration: Prez Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said India's successful launching of Chandrayaan-3 marks another significant milestone in space exploration besides demonstrating the nation's unwavering commitment to advancement in space science and technology. She also congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) team and everyone else who worked relentlessly to accomplish the feat. The ISRO launched its third lunar mission Chandrayaan 3 on board the heavy-lift LVM3-M4 rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. With the Chandrayaan-3 mission, scientists are aiming at mastering soft-landing on the lunar surface, a challenging technical aspect, which is planned for late August. A successful mission would make India only the nation to achieve the rare feat after the United States, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union. "India successfully launches Chandrayaan-3 marking another significant milestone in space exploration. Heartiest congratulations to the ISRO team and everyo

New space policy to boost pvt participation in space sector: Jitendra Singh

India has built end-to-end capability in the space sector and is poised for a greater participation in the global space economy, Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. Addressing the G20 Space Economy Leaders meeting in Shillong, Singh said the Union Cabinet has approved the Indian Space Policy 2023 to give further boost to private investments and encourage private participation in all areas of space activities. The reforms aim to make private industries co-travellers in India's space journey by allowing them to undertake independent end-to-end space activities. The increased private industry participation will eventually result in increased contribution of India in the global space economy, the minister said addressing the gathering in Shillong virtually. The G20 Space Economy Leaders meeting is being organised under India's G20 presidency by the Department of Space. Singh said over these years, space technology has penetrated all walks of life and as

Musk disables Twitter Spaces after suspending accounts of some journalists

Twitter's live audio service, Twitter Spaces, is down after a number of journalists that had just been suspended from the social network found they could still participate on it

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson flying own rocket to space

After a lifetime of yearning to fly in space, Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson was poised to blast off aboard his own rocket ship Sunday in his boldest, grandest adventure yet.

Twitter to take 20% cut of sales via Ticketed Spaces starting from US

After launching Spaces, Twitter is now out to make some money via 'Ticketed Spaces and the micro-blogging platform will take a 20% cut of your sales, beginning with the users in the US

Amsterdam-born creative office brand 'Spaces' launches in India

Spaces is a creative working environment with a unique entrepreneurial ethos