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New Delhi: Barely hours after US secretary of state Marco Rubio landed in Delhi on Saturday, the capital’s IGI Airport again became the target of GPS spoofing.About 10 to 12 aircraft nearing the airport on Saturday evening and night reported the menace, seen on this scale after a few months. Govt agencies are probing the…
NEW DELHI: When a sudden airfare hike of Rs 10,000 per pilgrim was announced in late April, it set off a wider debate over what India’s Haj pilgrims were actually paying for-and one line item that came under immediate scrutiny was a Rs 7,000 deduction for a GPS-enabled smartwatch that each of the 1.2 lakh…
NEW DELHI: Indian seafarers navigating Strait of Hormuz are grappling with GPS disruptions, warnings of underwater mines and the absence of a clear navigation authority.Ships in the region are reporting repeated radio broadcasts over maritime channels warning vessels against transit. “Attention all ships… This is the Sepah Navy… navigation through Strait of Hormuz is forbidden……
Strait of Hormuz (AP photo) NEW DELHI: Indian seafarers navigating the Strait of Hormuz are grappling with GPS disruptions, warnings of underwater mines and the absence of a clear navigation authority even as Iran, in a big relief to New Delhi, announced the safe passage for containers belonging to “friendly nations”.Ships in the region are…
JAMMU: J&K Police have fitted GPS anklets on three alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad overground workers (OGWs) out on interim bail after court orders.Mool Raj, Layaket Ali and Maqbool had been in jail over a 2024 attack on an army convoy in Jammu’s Kathua that left five soldiers dead. The release and the anklets followed orders of the…
Satellite navigation is everywhere today. You might not even notice it, but your phone, car navigation, and even delivery tracking rely on GPS and GNSS systems. Surveyors use these signals to map land accurately. Construction crews guide heavy machinery with them. Telecom networks depend on precise GNSS timing to stay synchronised. The power grid also…
BENGALURU: Lightning does more than light up the sky and shake the ground. A new India-wide study shows that powerful lightning strikes can briefly disturb the ionosphere, the electrically charged layer of the atmosphere crucial for satellite navigation and radio communication.The research, published in Remote Sensing Letters, combines data from Isro’s Lightning Detection Sensor Network…
KARWAR: A GPS-tagged migratory seagull on Karwar beach on Wednesday sparked curiosity and suspicion in equal measure among locals, before forest officials clarified that the device was part of a scientific study tracking migration pattern of birds. The exhausted bird fitted with the tracking device was rescued by forest department officials after locals noticed the…
NEW DELHI: A routine drive turned into a near-fatal ordeal for Rajan Sahni, a resident of Old Rajendra Nagar, after his navigation app led him into a swamp on Wednesday. Sahni, who was travelling with his brother, said he was on his way to visit his friend, Govind, near Pihani Chungi in New Civil Lines…
Antonio Brown is placed on house arrest. Antonio Brown’s name once stood for athletic brilliance. Now, it’s linked to one of the most serious criminal cases involving a former NFL player in years. The 37-year-old wide receiver, who hasn’t suited up to take the field since 2021, has been placed under house arrest while awaiting…
