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  1. Map war: Bhavish Aggarwal prompts Indian developers to exit Google Maps, move to Ola Maps

    Map war: Bhavish Aggarwal prompts Indian developers to exit Google Maps, move to Ola Maps

    New Delhi: Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on Monday urged Indian developers to avoid Google Maps and wooed them with a year of free access to Ola Maps, as the prominent tech entrepreneur highlighted how his in-house navigation tool is "outperforming" its rivals in metric wrenches...
  2. After Microsoft Azure, it's time for Indian developers to exit Google
Maps: Ola CEO

    After Microsoft Azure, it's time for Indian developers to exit Google Maps: Ola CEO

    Last week, ride-hailing company Ola exited Google Maps and shifted to in-house Ola Maps for cab operations. The move has apparently saved the company around Rs 100 crore per year."We've been using Western apps to map India for a very long time and they don't get our unique challenges: street...
  3. Ola ousts Google Maps, moves to in-house Ola Maps

    Ola ousts Google Maps, moves to in-house Ola Maps

    Ola Group co-founder and chairman Bhavish Aggarwal said that this move will save the company about Rs 100 crore per year.Last month, Agarwal severed all ties with Microsoft Azure and shifted his company's entire workload to in-house artificial intelligence firm Krutrim.In a social media...
  4. Youth in Kerala drive across river relying on Google Maps; Rescued

    Youth in Kerala drive across river relying on Google Maps; Rescued

    Kasaragod (Kerala), two young men, who were on their way to the hospital using Google Maps to find their way, plunged their car into a swollen river, but they miraculously survived as Kerala's northernmost Kasaragod district The vehicle got stuck in a tree.Visuals of fire force personnel...
  5. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister told officials that there is a need to encourage the cultivation of fragrant rice.

    Chhattisgarh Chief Minister told officials that there is a need to encourage the cultivation of fragrant rice.

    Raipur, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai on Thursday stressed the need to encourage the cultivation of aromatic and fine rice besides promoting soybean, oil palm and flower cultivation in the state.Reviewing the functioning of the agriculture and horticulture departments, he said...
  6. IIT Mandi, Jammu study warns of cancer-causing toxic metals in groundwater of Himachal Pradesh

    IIT Mandi, Jammu study warns of cancer-causing toxic metals in groundwater of Himachal Pradesh

    According to researchers, industrialization has polluted the groundwater with toxic metals, exceeding permissible limits in the BB industrial area. In the paper published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, they report that reliance on untreated groundwater has led to a number of...
  7. Goa CM reviews status of auctioned mining blocks

    Goa CM reviews status of auctioned mining blocks

    Geological and mineralogical maps of Goa as well as district resource maps of North and South Goa were also unveiled at the meeting.It was discussed in the meeting that the profile of the existing dump would be studied by agencies empaneled by the Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG) using...
  8. Hyderabad-based tourists visit Kerala in stream using Google Maps

    Hyderabad-based tourists visit Kerala in stream using Google Maps

    Kottayam (Kerala), Using Google Maps to navigate resulted in a tourist group from Hyderabad walking into a water-logged stream near Kuruppanthara in the south Kerala district, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred late on Friday night when a four-member group, including the woman, was...
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