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Topic: Google Maps

What SC said while ruling that ‘dropping Google Maps PIN’ can’t be a bail condition

Supreme Court asserted that the object of the bail condition cannot be to keep a constant vigil on the movements of the accused granted bail.

Fortuner fiasco shows navigation apps can go rogue. Keep your wits about you

Navigation software can open up whole new scenic routes. But sometimes they can guide you into wild goose chases—or a set of stairs.

How the CCI anti-trust battle involving Google played out for map app wars in India

Google lost its Supreme Court appeal against an antitrust order last month. It came as good news for companies like MapmyIndia, which started the maps game in India.

Google Maps gave new direction to driving. This app can make navigation even smoother

The ‘What3Words’ app should feature on upcoming Mahindra. Tata Motors is also integrating the system into their navigation application.

How Google maps are helping fight wildfires

Wildfires can move at up to 22 kilometres per hour and are unpredictable. Staying one step ahead of a wildfire can mean the difference between life & death.

Google to release data on how movement in cities has changed due to Covid-19

Google said the mobility reports don’t impinge on privacy as only data from people who have agreed to share their location with the company is used.

14 years since launch, Google Maps will no more be free for certain advertisers

Google is increasing the ways advertisers reach Maps users while raising prices for businesses that use the underlying technology.

Use Google maps to solve road jams & help improve air quality: NGT tells traffic police

The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) directive is aimed at cutting down traffic jams to decrease Delhi's severe air pollution.

GLOBAL PULSE: More U.S. troops to Afghanistan is not “America First”, Asia’s ageing population & Google Maps on Durand Line

WILL TRUMP SEND MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN? The war in Afghanistan did not come up much during the U.S. presidential campaign, but it now threatens...

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Denied RBI licence to operate, Fadnavis govt scraps Maharashtra’s asset reconstruction firm

Maha ARC was set up to restructure distressed institutions linked to state government, but officials said the company would have been most useful for reconstructing and selling off sick cooperatives.

‘Can’t really win you wars’: What IAF chief said on drones, manned aircraft & Ops Sindoor

At defence conclave, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh says conflict needs all kinds of weapons, not just the long-range ones, as a paracetamol cannot cure all ailments.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.