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Dr. K. Balaveera Reddy, Former Chairman of the Board of Governors, NITK Surathkal, Former Vice-Chancellor of VTU, Karnataka, and Former Director of Technical Education, Karnataka, has submitted a representation to the Government of Karnataka regarding the Draft Engineering Seat Matrix for the academic year 2026-27, issued vide Government Notification No. ED 101 TEC 2026 dated 30.05.2026

NTT DATA has inaugurated its Bengaluru 4 facility, expanding its digital infrastructure footprint in India with what it describes as the largest data center campus in Bengaluru. The new campus is expected to support rising demand for cloud services, artificial intelligence workloads, and enterprise digital transformation initiatives across the region.

Viasat and WiSig Networks have announced a collaboration to test a Made-in-India 3GPP Release 17 NB-IoT Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) chipset and module for satellite IoT applications. Developed by WiSig Networks using technology originating from IIT Hyderabad, the solution is currently undergoing testing at Viasat’s UK laboratories and is aimed at use cases including maritime safety, fisherman tracking, disaster response and government connectivity.

The drone market in India has moved from a novelty to a necessity market. It has a value of about 57 billion INR based on applications in agriculture, logistics, defense, media, and infrastructure inspection. As drones move to become essential resources, the challenge is not how drones can change India’s economic landscape but whether risk infrastructure such as insurance, can evolve to match the pace. Globally, there is rapid growth in the market for drones as insurers continue to cover their use in commerce, increasing regulation, and their use in the defence and security sectors.