NEW DELHI: India has got a step closer to having satcom, with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recommending the introduction of new authorisation – “satellite communication network (SCN)” under the Telecom Act, 2023, and assignment of spectrum to SCN authorised entities, which will supply capacity to telcos and not directly serve consumers.Proposed to be…
Office-bearers from 12 states skipped eventNEW DELHI: Indian Youth Congress has suspended over 300 office-bearers from the organisation for not showing up for the ‘Chalo Delhi’ rally of INDIA bloc Sunday – a significant step to drive home the message that the outfit is serious about mass mobilisation in future.IYC sources said organisational office-bearers from…
You are walking through a shopping mall when you notice someone you know approaching from the opposite direction. You recognise them immediately. But instead of smiling or saying hello, you look at your phone, turn towards a shop window or suddenly become very interested in something on the other side of the corridor.You are not…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar speaks during a press conference, in Srinagar Valley recruitment stopped this year: Police chiefSRINAGAR: Kashmir has just one active local terrorist and recruitment in the valley completely stopped this year, while security forces were tracking a handful of foreign terrorists believed to be assisting him, J&K…
Two leaders of an Essex charity set up to support disabled and terminally ill children have been jailed after stealing £315,000 in donations intended for vulnerable families. Ruksana Khan, 68, and James Donovan, 58, diverted money from Kidz Come First to fund online gambling and pay household bills, according to Essex Police. Khan, who founded…
Several factors are working to drive the current rally, the most important one being expectations of relief on long term capital gains (LTCG) tax for investors. Indian equity markets recorded their sharpest single-day rise in seven months on Thursday, supported by a decline in oil prices following the Democrats’ sweeping victory in the US midterm…
TOI correspondent from Washington: From the first Black woman governor and the first Muslim senator to a Native American woman taking the governor’s mansion and an openly gay man entering the Senate, the 2026 midterms have produced a remarkable roll call of political trailblazers.At first glance, Donald Trump’s midterm humiliation was hardly unexpected. American presidents…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday said there is no change in the supervisory authority to which its director general of information technology Seema Khanna reports.The clarification came a day after the panel issued a fresh work allocation placing Khanna under the charge of deputy election commissioner Prakash Raj Purohit instead of senior deputy…
Turkey is giving its Bayraktar TB2 combat drone a new role, turning it into an airborne carrier for smaller kamikaze drones. In a recent test, the Turkish unmanned aircraft carried 16 attack drones and released two of them to strike designated targets, demonstrating how a single drone could deploy multiple smaller weapons in the battlefield.According…
An Indian Air Force Su-30 MKI releases the Gaurav long-range glide bomb. (Image credit: MoD) In an era of prolonged, contactless kinetic conflicts, air forces are looking for cheaper ways to hit targets from a distance. Missiles do the job well, but prolonged conflicts in Ukraine and west Asia have shown how quickly the cost…
