Category: ICT
Blindsight | Brain Computer Interface
Neuralink plans to implant its FDA-designated ‘breakthrough device,’ the Blindsight chip, in a human for the first time by 2025.
Photonic Chips
India’s government is actively fostering research on photonic chips to drive advancements in next-generation computing technologies.
SwaYaan Initiative | NIDAR
MeitY and the Drone Federation of India have launched NIDAR, a National Innovation Challenge under the ‘SwaYaan’ initiative, aimed at fostering drone applications, research, and human resource development in unmanned aircraft systems.
Online Gaming Sector in India
The judiciary brought attention back on the need to deregulate the online gaming sector through a 2025 Supreme Court stay order on the Union government’s retrospective GST demand on the sector.
Web 3
India is poised to surpass the USA and emerge as the world’s largest Web3 developer community by 2028.
Pratibimb Module | Cybercrime Crackdown
6,046 cyber criminals arrested with help of ‘Pratibimb’ module: Govt
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
VPN companies are addressing the potential threats of quantum computing by incorporating Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) into their systems.
National Broadband Mission 2.0
National Broadband Mission (NBM) 2.0 unveiled by Ministry of Communications
UN Panel on Big Data
India joins UN committee on big data for official statistics.
GPS interference | GPS Spoofing
Instances of GPS interference, including spoofing, have surged considerably near India’s borders with Pakistan and Myanmar. These regions rank among the top five globally for such occurrences, according to OPSGROUP, a collective of 8,000 aviation personnel.
Willow Quantum Processor
Google’s Quantum Processor,‘Willow’, unveiled by Google, showcases significant advancements in quantum computing.
Quantum Satellite
India plans to launch a quantum satellite in “2-3 years for quantum communications