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Qualcomm adopts Isro’s NaviC technology for mobile chipsets
23 Jan 2020
Qualcomm has developed new chipsets that are compatible with Isro’s GPS-alternative NaviC, helping Android phones to enhance geolocation capabilities within the coverage region of NaviC
Qualcomm adopts Isro’s NaviC technology for mobile chipsets
23 Jan 2020
Qualcomm has developed new chipsets that are compatible with Isro’s GPS-alternative NaviC, helping Android phones to enhance geolocation capabilities within the coverage region of NaviC
Qualcomm adopts Isro’s NaviC technology for mobile chipsets
23 Jan 2020
Qualcomm has developed new chipsets that are compatible with Isro’s GPS-alternative NaviC, helping Android phones to enhance geolocation capabilities within the coverage region of NaviC
Samsung unveils realistic digital humanoid at CES 2010
08 Jan 2020
In the near future, one will be able to license or subscribe to a Neon as a service representative, a financial advisor, a healthcare provider, or a concierge and, over time, Neons will work as TV anchors, spokespeople, or movie actors or simply as companions and friends, says Samsung
PM Modi calls for a technology revolution for charting new growth
03 Jan 2020
The prime minister said the bourgeoning young scientists in the country should follow the course of "Innovate, Patent, Produce and Prosper,” which, he said, will lead the country towards faster development
Sethuraman Panchanathan to head USA’s National Science Foundation
20 Dec 2019
Panchanathan would assume the position of NSF director, a senate-confirmed position, after France Córdova ends her six-year term as NSF director in 2020
DPIIT launches website and mobile app for IPR
15 Oct 2019
Two Americans, one Japanese share 2019 Chemistry Nobel
10 Oct 2019
Lithium-ion batteries that gained currency with the 1970 oil crisis are used globally to power portable electronics that we use to communicate, work, study, listen to music and search for knowledge, have also enabled the development of long-range electric cars and the storage of energy from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power
CSIR launches eco-friendly crackers
07 Oct 2019
Fintech panel proposes cash flow based lending to MSMEs
03 Sep 2019
The committee has also suggested a special drive for modernisation and standardisation of land records by setting up a dedicated National Digital Land Records Mission besides use of modern tools by all lending agencies
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