News SVAMITVA scheme: Only 60% of villages in India digitally mapped since 2020 The “SVAMITVA” scheme aims to provide the ‘Record of Rights’ to villagers owning houses in inhabited areas of the villages, said the Indian government Vallari SanzgiriFebruary 8, 2023
News The curious case of Indian police’s attitude towards drones While residents in Chennai and Lucknow remain under constant surveillance, Odisha police has arrested a Youtuber for a drone-shot video of the Jagannath temple Vallari SanzgiriJanuary 23, 2023
News Explainer: Learn about Chennai’s Mega City Policing a.k.a. ‘Surveillance’ Project In a bid to maintain law and order, Chennai police's surveillance network may threaten people's privacy rights Vallari SanzgiriJanuary 6, 2023
News Drone Rules “adequately” cover privacy concerns, claims Indian Govt: Is this true? Despite this claim, lawyers have said that the Rules allow the government access to data on the Digital Sky platform, among other concerns Vallari SanzgiriDecember 22, 2022
News New guidelines for PLI scheme on drones but MCA yet to regularise drone usage India's civil aviation ministry seems to be encouraging domestic manufacturing of drones without accompanying plans for regularisation Vallari SanzgiriDecember 5, 2022
News Three arrested for flying drone during PM Modi’s visit to Bavla, Gujarat Three photographers were held for flying a drone over the PM's election meeting which was designated as a 'no fly zone' Vallari SanzgiriNovember 28, 2022
News Two drones attempt to cross Indo-Pak border from Punjab: Report The drones were spotted at Kassowal area of Gurdaspur district, and Channa patan area of Amritsar district in Punjab, were fired upon by BSF Vallari SanzgiriNovember 21, 2022
News Mumbai Police bans drones from Nov 13 to Dec 13, but not for itself Police order reasons that "terrorist and anti-national elements" may utilize drones, paragliders, and micro-aircraft for public or targeted attacks Vallari SanzgiriNovember 11, 2022
News BSF says it shot down 7 out of 191 drones for illegally crossing Indo-Pak border Security officials say that these drones from across the India-Pakistan border are used to transport weapons, narcotics Vallari SanzgiriOctober 15, 2022
News Delhi police deploys drones to monitor anti-CAA protest centre Shaheen Bagh Yet again, the Delhi police turns to drones to monitor dissenters – this time in Shaheen Bagh. According to Awaz the Voice, there was... Vallari SanzgiriOctober 1, 2022