Legislation introduced to strengthen cockpit security

Three Representatives have introduced legislation that would require the installation of secondary cockpit barriers on most commercial aircraft to prevent terrorist attacks similar to...

CCTV helps nab 6.33L traffic violators in Pune in 2018

The Pune traffic police collected Rs 7 crore more in 2018 as compared to the previous year after implementing the CCTV-drive e-challan system. In...

Delhi Transport department floats tenders for CCTV, AVTS in public buses

The Delhi Transport department has floated tenders for equipping buses run by DTC and DIMTS with automatic vehicle tracking system (AVTS) and CCTV cameras...

Miami Airport Launches New Biometric Boarding Process

Miami International Airport (MIA) has launched biometric exit technology, so passengers can now board using facial recognition rather than a boarding pass and passport. Through...

13,000 people killed in Maharashtra road accidents in 2018, highest in...

Road accidents in Maharashtra have resulted in over 13,000 deaths in 2018, the highest in the last three years, and around 80 per cent...

Record number of guns discovered at US airport security checkpoints

New TSA data shows a record number of firearms were discovered at airport checkpoints last year. More than 4,200 guns were found at 249...

US to sell defence system, making Air India One at par...

The US has agreed to sell two state-of-the-art missile defence systems to Air India One for an estimated cost of USD 190 million, a...

“Stop hiring undertrained private security”, expert tells SA universities

South African universities need to re-evaluate their security plans and stop hiring security companies that lack the knowledge or resources to anticipate and deal...

Airport security may be outsourced to cut costs

The Union Civil Aviation ministry has commissioned a survey to find out what kind of security jobs at airports can be outsourced to private...

Nigeria Private security companies recruit 823,502 people in six years —NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics says that private security guards companies employed no fewer than 828,502 people in Nigeria from 2013 to 2018. The...

Using Aadhaar biometrics for forensics technically & legally not feasible: UIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has told the Delhi High Court that it was not legally and technologically feasible to use Aadhaar...

Fire safety failures found in more than half of London’s care...

More than half of the capital’s care homes have failed London Fire Brigade safety checks. During inspections of 177 care homes, the Brigade found one...

Pakistan police gets a CCTV watchdog

The Punjab police in Pakistan have completed installation of CCTV cameras in 716 police stations in 36 districts of the province. This was...

Army commences induction of new sniper rifles along LoC

The Indian Army has started the induction of new sniper rifles along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, a top army officer...

All Delhi-NCR vehicles must carry fuel stickers by October, says EPCA

The Supreme Court-appointed body Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has directed the Delhi government and other states whose territories fall within the National...

FLIR acquires Canadian drone-maker Aeryon Labs for $200M

FLIR Systems has acquired Aeryon Labs, a leading developer of high-performance unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the global military, public safety and critical infrastructure...

Thousands of Aadhar numbers leaked due to negligence

As per the report by TechCrunch, the web system which was used for marking the attendance of government employees in Jharkhand was shockingly left...

Screeners shortage puts US airport security in jeopardy

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has called up national deployment officers to operate checkpoints as a shortage of screeners has put airport security...

Who moved my wallet? Inside the evolution of digital payments

The digital payment industry has grown rapidly in the past five years, solving countless consumer inconveniences, including how to shop without hard cash in...

Indian Navy to upgrade perimeter security at its air bases

The Indian Navy has announced an extensive upgrade in the perimeter security of its major air stations around the country to protect valuable assets,...