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Friday, September 30, 2022

Which Processors Support NavIC, India's Answer to GPS?

If you don't know about NavIC, it is actually India's home grown satellite navigation system. Yes, it's like GPS. GPS is American made, and NavIC is made by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). NavIC is the short form of Navigation with Indian Constellation. It is also known as Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). 

As NavIC is available for civilian use over L5 band (and S band for military use), it is now offering regional coverage covering India and a region extending 1,500km around it. While American GPS, Russian GLONASS, European Union's Galileo, China's BeiDou have global coverage, i.e. all these 4 satnav services are Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). NavIC presently using only 7 satellites to cover a region centering India. As 4 out of 7 satellites are  geosynchronous and remaining 3 are geostationary - as a result the satellites are always in line with Indian territories - that makes geolocation highly precise. 

History of NavIC began in 1999, when US denied specific GPS data to India during Kargil war. The project of Indian GPS or IRNSS was approved in 2006, and planned to go operational by 2011. But it got delayed, eventually NavIC was launched in 2018. 

Thursday, September 15, 2022

List of e-Pharmacies in India and More Discussion

Retail pharmacy industry of India is now heavily depending on online pharmacies. A December-2021 analysis by KPMG notes that there is immense possibilities in India's retail pharmacy industry as present traditional pharma retail business is mostly unorganized, and in tier II and tier III cities the growth opportunity is yet to be tapped properly, while value and convenience will go third reason behind growth of e-pharmacies. It also notes that different governmental projects are also promoting e-pharmacies, like Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), Digital India, Ayushman Bharat, Startup India and National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).