Suspicious late-night radio signals detected near Indo-Bangladesh border

Amateur Ham Radio operators have picked up suspicious late-night radio signals in coded Bengali, Urdu and Arabic along the Indo-Bangladesh border in South Bengal over the last two months, raising......

Vaishno Devi pilgrimage resumes after 3-week halt

Amid chants of 'Jai Mata Di', the pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills resumed in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Wednesday, after a suspension of 22 days due to a......

Scientist finds problems in US passports

An Israeli scientist has revealed security holes in America's passports and "smart cards". Since 2007, every new US passport comprises a computer chip. Embedded in the back cover of the passport,......

Preparations For Amarnath Yatra

The 43-day Amarnath Yatra 2022 begins on Thursday, June 30, and concludes on Thursday, August 11. COVID-19 compelled the suspension of the Amarnath Yatra in 2020 and 2021. Glimpses of the......

Roads: New electronic toll collection system soon

The government said on Friday that a new electronic toll collection system that will do away with the need for human tax collectors, and help plug revenue leakages will be put in place by May 2012.......

India morphs into global R&D hub

Srini Koppolu was delighted when Wal-Mart urged its top 100 suppliers to start using a Radio Frequency Identification microchip that is becoming increasingly important for product security and......

Why smart cars can be a threat to you!

Last year, researchers at the University of California and the University of Washington demonstrated a proof-of-concept software, dubbed the 'CarShark'. Developed using homemade software and a......

Zicom plans overseas acquisition

As part of its initiative to grow inorganically, security systems provider Zicom Electronic Security Systems is planning both overseas and domestic acquisitions. Zicom is in discussions to acquire......