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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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Topic: GPS

Soon, ISRO’s rubidium atomic clock will determine time on your smartphone & laptop. What it is

Computers in India will be synced with domestically developed atomic clock. Launched last yr in a 2G navigation satellite, it'll be used with Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System.

J&K Police to push for made-in-India GPS anklets as bail condition for select narco & terror accused

The police dept, first in India to use such a tracking bracelet on UAPA accused Ghulam Mohd Bhat as he was released on bail, is in process of acquiring more of this technology.

GPS, watch out. Here comes China with a better satellite navigation system

China has launched the final leg of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite system, or BDS, completing the build-out of a network that competes with US’ GPS and Europe’s Galileo.

How we discovered slow earthquakes that happen over weeks or even months

Slow slip events occur faster than average plate motion, but are too slow to generate measurable seismic waves. So studied them with GPS networks.

Modi says India can stun the world in the next industrial revolution. He has a point

India is not a frontrunner in the emerging digital-physical world, but Indians are beginning to make their contribution.

Women’s safety takes a backseat as Delhi auto drivers grapple with faulty GPS devices

Caught between faulty network and Government challans, auto drivers want to do away with the mandatory GPS system.

Who among us can read a sextant? We have GPS now

In the not-so-far future, people won’t know things we now think are essential to being “educated”: How to write in cursive, how to multiply and divide on paper, or how to spell most English words. And the forgetting of skills is only going to continue as technology advances.

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Festive seasons align with the rollout of GST 2.0. Citizens to get more money in hand

The new norm marks a decisive shift from the earlier complex system that created friction for households and small businesses alike.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

30 civilians killed as Pakistan Air Force strikes Khyber Pakhtunkhwa village with China-made bombs

While Pakistani authorities have not clarified what intended target was, the incident adds to a troubling pattern of PAF strikes killing civilians, including women and children.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.