Sri Lanka blasts toll rises to 290: Police spokesman

Authorities lifted a curfew in the Sri Lanka on Monday, a day after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded by a string of bombings that tore through churches and luxury... Read more »

Indian purchasing agency OKs tank buy, but negotiations with Russia stand in the way

NEW DELHI — India’s highest defense procurement body, the Cabinet Committee on Security, has approved purchase of 464 Russian T-90MS main battle tanks for $1.92 billion, but it’s unlikely the Ministry of... Read more »

One of the world’s largest providers of industrial drone solutions is opening its hub in India

In a bid to speed up the development of drones in India, Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, Terra Drone India and the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, on Thursday announced that they have signed a pact to... Read more »

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to install CCTV camera at Monorail station

MUMBAI: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has told Bombay high court it will install a CCTV camera below a Monorail station to get immediate alerts in case of a fire at... Read more »

German police select JENETRIC fingerprint tech for biometric border security

JENETRIC announced that its LIVETOUCH QUATTRO tenprint scanner has been selected by the German Federal Police to equip the borders as part of the European Entry and Exit System. The multi-year contract for... Read more »

Suprema launches compact facial recognition terminal for access control, time attendance

Suprema has launched FaceLite, a compact facial recognition terminal designed for enterprise access control systems and time and attendance applications. According to the announcement, FaceLite comes loaded with a powerful 1.2GHz CPU and... Read more »

Singapore trials iris recognition at border checkpoints

SINGAPORE, – Singapore will scan travellers’ eyes at some of its border checkpoints, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification. It is the latest in a... Read more »

Panasonic India to launch facial recognition tech for Indian market by 2020

Panasonic India is looking at launching facial recognition technology for the Indian market, even as the firm eyes 50 per cent share of revenue from its business to business segment. “Panasonic Japan has already developed certain software... Read more »

NASA Comes to India’s Aid in Detecting Forest Fires

India’s battle against forest fires is likely to get a shot in the arm, thanks to two new NASA-monitored satellites deployed over the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Uttar Pradesh. The satellites... Read more »

Body scanners to replace metal detectors at Indian airports

Starting in April 2020, air travellers will be examined by body scanners at Indian airports,according to the aviation security regulator, which has directed airport operators to replace metal detectors with superior technology.... Read more »