Drones In India

A Pakistani drone entering into India from along the International Border in Punjab has been shot down by the Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Friday, a senior officer said. The unmanned aerial vehicle was downed around 2:30 am near border post Rear Kakkar in the Amritsar sector of the state. The drone has been recovered this morning between the border fence and zero line. A packet containing suspected contraband has also been recovered with it, a BSF spokesperson said. Further search for possible drone droppings is underway in the area, he said.

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Indian cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni has launched the made-in-India camera drone named 'Droni' with advanced features manufactured by Garuda Aerospace

State governments, as well as e-commerce players, are taking initiatives to launch healthcare services through drones into remote areas

But a comparison with global data suggests that India still lags the industry's international peers in terms of funding

The government is utilising services of drone providers for vaccine delivery, inspection of oil pipelines and power transmission lines, agricultural spraying, etc, private players can now also do so

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To have MS Dhoni as a part of the Garuda Aerospace family is honestly a dream come true, says Garuda Aerospace CEO, Agnishwar Jayaprakash

The product aims to bring healthcare to the hinterlands, meet needs of maritime and defence sectors, and strengthen conventional logistics supply chain

The discussions on the sale of 30 Predator armed drones by the US to India, the first to a non-NATO ally, at an estimated cost of $3 bn are at an advanced stage, multiple sources have confirmed.

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The Prime minister flagged off 100 Kisan drones in different cities and towns of India to spray pesticides in farms across India

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra account for nearly 80 per cent of the 108,444 villages where drone surveys have been conducted

This round also saw co-investments from Kavin Shah, and other individual high networth individual (HNIs), according to a statement released on Thursday

Average funding of top 10 start-ups has increased 10 per cent to $5.6 million

The decision will block cheaper Chinese products, encourage participation from large corporations

However, the government continued imports of components for making drones

Along with the liberalised drone rules, airspace map, the PLI scheme and the single window DigitalSky Platform, this will help drone manufacturing industry in India, says govt

Industry players say that investors tend to shy away when the govt is the largest customer for a small company. But that is just the tip of the iceberg

The government on Friday released an interactive digital airspace map for drone operations that demarcates areas into zones, including yellow and red, across the country for flying drones