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IIT Madras-Incubated Firm Develops Indigenous BharOS Operating System

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IIT Madras-incubated firm develops indigenous mobile operating system 'BharOS'

IIT Madras-incubated firm develops indigenous mobile operating system ‘BharOS’

An IIT Madras-incubated firm has developed an indigenous mobile operating system called ‘BharOS‘, officials said on Thursday. The system can be installed on commercial off-the-shelf handsets. BharOS services are currently being provided to organisations that have stringent privacy and security requirements and whose users handle sensitive information that requires confidential communications on restricted apps on mobiles. Such users require access to private cloud services through private 5G networks.
The BharOS was developed by JandK Operations Private Limited (JandKops), which has been incubated at IIT Madras. “BharOS Service is a Mobile Operating System built on a foundation of trust, with a focus on providing users more freedom, control, and flexibility to choose and use only the apps that fit their needs,” said IIT Madras director V Kamakoti.

“This innovative system promises to revolutionise the way users think about security and privacy on their mobile devices,” he said. “We look forward to working closely with many more private industries, government agencies, strategic agencies and telecom service providers to increase the usage and adoption of BharOS in our country,” he added. BharOS comes with No Default Apps (NDA). This means that users are not forced to use apps that they may not be familiar with or that they may not trust. Additionally, this approach allows users to have more control over the permissions that apps have on their device, as they can choose to only allow apps that they trust to access certain features or data on their device.

According to Karthik Ayyar, director of JandK Operations Pvt Ltd, BharOS offers ‘Native Over The Air‘ (NOTA) updates that can help to keep the devices secure. “NOTA updates are automatically downloaded and installed on the device, without the need for the user to manually initiate the process. This ensures that the device is always running the latest version of the operating system, which includes the latest security patches and bug fixes. With NDA, PASS, and NOTA, BharOS ensures that Indian mobile phones are trustworthy,” he said. Ayyar explained that…

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New Army Chief underlines need for ‘indigenous weapons’ to fight conventional wars

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By Ajit K Dubey The Russia-Ukraine war has taught India to be prepared to fight conventional wars besides building capacity using indigenous weapon systems, said Army chief General Manoj Pande on Sunday soon after taking over his assignment.

In an exclusive with ANI after assuming the office of the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Pande said, “The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has taught the Indian Army that it should be prepared to fight conventional wars too and that capacity should be built using indigenous weapon systems. The ongoing conflict has brought out that the conventional wars are there to stay and we need to continue to focus on our capability development to fight a conventional war.” Citing the use of modern technology in the over two-month-long conflict between the two countries, the Army Chief stressed on the continuation of India’s focus on capability development to fight a conventional war.

“In over two months-long conflict going on between Russia and Ukraine, we have seen the use of artillery guns, tanks, air defence guns and anti-tank guided missiles drones and counter-drone systems. What we need to derive from it is that we need to continue to focus on capability development to fight a conventional war… We need to rely on our indigenous weapon systems and equipment & develop that capacity,” the Army Chief said. Talking about the dimensions of war in the modern era exposed by the Russia-Ukraine war, Gen Pande said that it has brought to the fore the “importance of non-kinetic means of warfare, such as information and cyber warfare”.

“To that extent, we are aligned with self-reliance and Make In India initiatives. We need to build our capabilities as we prepare ourselves for future conflict,” the Army Chief added. (ANI)

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Indian Army Launches Indigenous WhatsApp-Like Application To Curb Leak Of Sensitive Information

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As neighbors India and China continue to be embroiled in a heated military stand-off which enters its sixth month, the countdown has officially begun for this month’s showdown talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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However, regardless of the outcome, New Delhi has taken all measures in its power to equip its armed forces with advanced weapons, special clothing, and other equipment to stand the best chance of thwarting the Chinese army if it eventually comes down to a winter war.

Now, with the French Rafales already parading the skies and the T-90 Bhishma and the T-72 tanks providing an impenetrable defense in the Ladakh region, there lies a chance that Beijing could resort to hacking into the Indian Army’s communications systems in order to sabotage their mission plans.

Well, the Indian Army has undertaken an extra step to ensure that does not happen and has launched an indigenous WhatsApp-like messaging application for its personnel to maintain its secrecy operations.

The app, which is called ‘Secure Application for Internet (SAI)’, has been designed by the Army’s Corps of Signals, which is the arm of the Indian Army which is responsible for handling its military communications.

SAI has been built exclusively for military usage and will provide the personnel a closed-high security network to issue timely mission information without the threat of sensitive military communications getting leaked to enemy agencies, especially in areas like eastern Ladakh and around the Kashmir Line of Control (LoC) border.

The application is yet another promising product of Prime Minister Modi’s “Make in India” initiative which encourages the development of defense equipment and technologies within the nation in a bid to lessen reliance on foreign nations.

The Indian Ministry of Defence released a statement regarding the app on the official website of the Press Bureau of India, which said,

“In the quest for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, the Indian Army has developed a simple and secure messaging application named the “Secure Application for Internet (SAI)”.  The application supports end to end secure voice, text and video calling services…

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