Hikvision wins Best Surveillance Camera Award at NCN Awards
Hikvision has recently won the NCN Award at 11th NCN Innovation Award Night at New Delhi. Hikvision was voted for the most Innovative products of the year 2017 in the Best Video Surveillance Camera...
Smiths Detection to develop enhanced chemical explosives detection capabilities for US Defense Department
Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI) is involved in an additional study with the Department of Defense to further refine the performance of the Chemical Explosives Detector (CED) Adapter for use with the M4A1 Joint Chemical...
60 private security agencies face risk of closure
In April, RBI had issued a circular saying that security agencies transporting cash for banks must have a minimum net worth of ₹100 crore—a requirement that could force about 60 companies to shut shop....
Hikvision Awarded Best Technology Company by DMCC
Hikvision was awarded ‘Best Technology Company’ at the 2nd DMCC Members Awards 2018. Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), the world’s most interconnected Free Zone and the leading trade and enterprise hub for commodities, awarded...
China wants to track citizens’ cars with mandatory RFID chips
The Chinese government is readying a program that will make it possible to track citizens’ cars using RFID chips, according to The Wall Street Journal. The program, which will be voluntary at first but...
Developers admit that fire safety norms not maintained in Mumbai skyscrapers
The developers of the high-rise buildings in the city have claimed that once the buildings are handed over to the society, the internal fire-fighting system is poorly maintained by the society administration. While the...
Retractable security bollards to be installed in Brisbane CBD
More than $2 million will be spent to install underground security bollards in Brisbane's central business district. In the 2018-19 Brisbane City Council budget $2.8 million was listed under the project title “City Hall...
Paperless boarding using biometrics coming to domestic flights
Indian passengers on domestic flights may soon be able to board without travel documents using a “DigiYatra” (DY) based on biometrics, after a technical team made up of representatives from the Airports Authority of...
Australian crime agency scraps biometrics project due to overspending, delays
A project to introduce fingerprint and facial recognition technology across Australia has been abandoned due to substantial cost increases and delays. In 2016, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) signed a 34-million-U.S. dollar deal...
420 CCTV cameras at Mumbai Mantralaya soon to prevent suicide attempts
After a spate of suicide attempts at Maharashtra’s administration headquarters in Mumbai, Mantralaya, over the past few months, the government has decided to install a CCTV network of 420 cameras, and a state-of-the art...


















