Drones
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India's indigenous drones set to take flight but concerns remain: Experts
India | Jun 12, 2022, 04:43 PM ISTThe companies exhibited unmanned vehicles ready for fields such as defence, agriculture, survey mapping while also showcasing futuristic cutting edge projects that will entail the drones taking bigger roles such as carrying patients in emergencies to delivering goods and essentials at a mass level.
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Drone festival: India has potential of becoming global drone hub, says PM Modi
India | May 27, 2022, 02:18 PM ISTPM Swamitva Yojana is an example of how drone technology is becoming the basis of a big revolution, PM Modi said, adding under it, for the first time every property in villages is being digitally mapped and digital property cards are being given to the people.
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Beating Retreat ceremony today: 1,000 drones to light up sky to mark end of R-Day celebrations
India | Jan 29, 2022, 07:29 AM ISTAt a demonstration of the Drone presentation on Friday, Union Minister of State Science and Technology Jitendra Singh, interacted with the Botlab StartUp team members at his residence including Tanmay Bunkar, Sarita Ahlawat, Sujit Rana, Mohit Sharma, Harshit Batra, Kunal Meena and others.
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1,000 drones make different formations during rehearsal for Beating Retreat ceremony | SEE PICS
India | Jan 25, 2022, 09:24 PM ISTAbout 1,000 drones will light up the sky for 10 minutes at the 'Beating the Retreat Ceremony' next week, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday, underlining that India will be the fourth country to carry out such a show.
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Army receives Heron drones from Israel for deployment in Ladakh sector
India | Nov 30, 2021, 11:21 PM ISTThe armed forces have a few more projects in the final stages and if they get an extension, they may go ahead for purchase that equipment too for improving their combat capabilities.
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Centre notifies traffic management framework for drones. Details
India | Oct 26, 2021, 05:50 PM ISTAll drones (except Nano drones operating in the green zone) shall be required to mandatorily share their real-time location through the network to the Centre either directly or through third-party service providers, it mentioned.
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Medicine from the Sky: A first-of-its-kind project where drugs will be delivered through drones
India | Sep 11, 2021, 06:24 PM ISTThe ‘Medicine from the Sky’ is an initiative of Telangana in partnership with World Economic Forum, NITI Aayog, and HealthNet Global (Apollo Hospitals).
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Will neutralise drones, UAVs near installations: Indian Navy
India | Jul 26, 2021, 11:27 AM IST"An area of 3 km from perimeter of naval installations in Goa is designated as 'No Fly Zone'. All individuals, civil agencies are prohibited from flying any aerial drones within these zones for any reason," Indian Navy said on Monday.
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Delhi: Flying of drones, microlight aircraft, hot air balloons banned ahead of Independence Day
India | Jul 16, 2021, 10:04 AM ISTAccording to a circular issued by the Delhi Police Commissioner Balaji Srivastava, the order shall come into force with effect from July 16, 2021, and shall remain in force for a period of 32 days up to August 16, 2021.
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Aviation ministry issues draft ‘Drone Rules, 2021' on trust, self-certification. Details
India | Jul 15, 2021, 01:46 PM ISTThe last date for public to submit their comments on the draft rules is August 5.
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Drones banned in three more districts of J-K
India | Jul 06, 2021, 11:55 PM ISTAuthorities in Srinagar and border districts of Rajouri and Kathua have already imposed such a ban after the recent terror attack at an IAF station in Jammu with armed drones.
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Indian Air Force to procure 10 anti-drone systems for border deployment
India | Jul 06, 2021, 11:19 AM ISTOn June 27, a drone attack was carried on the Jammu Air Force Station where two unmanned aerial vehicles were used to drop bombs. The National Investigation Agency has taken up the probe into the matter.
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J&K authorities ban use, possession and transport of drones in Srinagar
India | Jul 04, 2021, 02:59 PM ISTAn order issued by Mohammad Aijaz, district magistrate Srinagar, said, "To secure aerial space near vital installations and highly populated areas it is imperative to discontinue the use of drones in all social and cultural gatherings to eliminate any risk of injury to life and damage to property".
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Indian Army signs USD 20 million contract with ideaForge to procure SWITCH drones
India | Jan 15, 2021, 08:47 AM ISTThe company said "undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of ideaForge's SWITCH UAV" will be delivered to the Indian Army over a period of one year.
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Watch: Drones being used as replacement of labourers to spray fertilisers in Kerala
News | Nov 21, 2020, 06:01 PM ISTThe farmers at various places in Kottayam are using drones for spraying fertilisers due to shortage of labourers in the wake of COVID-19.
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2 drones from direction of Pakistan cross IB in J&K's Samba
India | Nov 21, 2020, 08:46 AM ISTThe drones were spotted at nearly 6 pm, following which the BSF troops fired upon them, while the jawans kept a strict vigil.
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NSG capable to neutralize drones on western border: Director General SS Deswal
News | Oct 16, 2020, 07:21 PM ISTWhile talking on security threat posed by drones on India's western border, Director General of National Security Guard, SS Deswal said that they have the system to identify and neutralize them.
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Terror infrastructure intact in Pak; airdropping of weapons by drones new challenge: BSF
India | Sep 20, 2020, 04:06 PM ISTAsserting that the terror infrastructure in Pakistan is intact, a top Border Security Force (BSF) officer on Sunday said airdropping of weapons by drones in Jammu and Kashmir is a new challenge along with various anti-India elements coming together.
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Keep a watch at the skies, your next order with Amazon could be delivered through a drone
Business | Sep 04, 2020, 10:51 AM ISTAmazon will soon deliver your orders through drones. On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration granted Amazon the approval to deliver customers' order through drones.
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COVID-19: Madurai Police uses drones with speakers to create awareness among people
News | Jul 15, 2020, 11:17 AM ISTAmid COVID-19 increasing cases in the country, police is taking different steps to aware people.