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. 

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). 

India's Tower Companies Could Invest Rs 2 Trillion by 2025 for 5G Roll Out, Timeline of Tower Companies of India

There was a old post from 2017 - regarding the tower companies of India. However after Jio's entry with 4G in 2016 the scenario of Indian Telecom had changed a lot. As the mobile service providers saw ruthless merger and acquisition, the same came for tower space too. 

At present there are only handful of tower companies in India - top three companies are Summit Digitel, Indus Towers, American Tower Co. , just like the three pvt. telecom service providers - Jio, Airtel and Vi. Though in this space there are few smaller players survived - GTL, Aster.

As 5G is coming, the tower companies have found new zeal - by 2025 their investment could reach Rs 2 trillion to take care of 5G roll out. 

Barrackpore Christian Cemetery - Commonwealth War Graves

ব্যারাকপুরে বেশ কিছু ঐতিহাসিক 'Hidden Gem' আছে। তার মধ্যে বেশিরভাগই আর্মি বা পুলিশের জায়গাতে অবস্থিত বলে সাধারণের নাগালের বাইরে। আজকে যেটা নিয়ে কথা বলব সেটা কিন্তু সবার নাগালের মধ্যেই - কিন্তু Cantonment এরিয়ার ঠিক বাইরে আর রাস্তা থেকে একটু ভিতরে থেকে বলে বেশিরভাগ মানুষই এর ব্যাপারে জানেন না। ছোটবেলায় এই সব এরিয়াতে সাইকেল চালিয়ে অনেক ঘুরেছি, আমিও জানতাম না এর ব্যাপারে। এটি হল ব্যারাকপুরের খ্রিস্টান কবরস্থান বা Commonwealth War Graves। ২০১৯ সালে West Bengal Heritage Commission এই জায়গাটিকে 'হেরিটেজ সাইট' হিসেবে নথিভুক্ত করেন - গেটে লাগানো হয় ব্লু প্লেক (Blue Plaque)। 

ব্যারাকপুরের খ্রীষ্টান কবরস্থান -  Commonwealth War Graves

Chintamani Bird Sanctuary - a Hidden Gem (or Forest) in Kolkata City

Want to find green in the midst of Kolkata, then your destination could be Chintamani Bird Sanctuary (চিন্তামণি কর পাখীরালয়) in Narendrapur. Truly speaking it's a hidden gem of Kolkata and dream destination for bird lovers or watchers inside the metro, where birds dwell in the long trees or come here every winter. 

It is like a Wakanda, the hidden city of Marvel comics. 

Adani's Plan for Private 5G Focuses on Certain States Only

Just before the start of 5G auction of India, Gautam Adani owned Adani Group had cleared the fact that they will not enter into commercial mobile space and they did the exact in the Spectrum Auction 2022. Adani Data Networks Ltd (ADNL), an arm of Adani Enterprises picked up spectrum in the mmWave band i.e. 26 GHz band only, and that too only in key 6 circles - Andra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Mumbai, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu where industrialization is in massive scale and the scope of private 5G would be huge. They even did not spend money to win spectrum in Delhi-NCR circle. That's definitely not an aggressive bidding from Adani Data Networks. 

5G Auction of India: Adani Aiming New Vertex with Private 5G Solutions

26th July, 2022 can be a big day for Indian telecom. Well great golden days of Indian telecom is long gone. Presently only three private telcos and one govt. backed telco (BSNL & MTNL merger is unofficially done) are existing. But with the introduction of 5G, the telecom boom may reappear in the industry despite more debts will put on the carriers. 

The auction for 5G spectrum will start in few hours. Despite government brings huge platter of 72000 MHz of airwaves across 9 bands (600 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, 3.3 GHz, and 26 GHz), there are only four bidders - Jio, Airtel, Vi and Adani Data Networks.