♦ Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), Indian Army and Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research (SAMEER), an autonomous R&D laboratory under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance collaboration in ‘Next Generation Wireless Technologies for Indian Army’. The initiative is aligned with the Indian Army’s declared vision for 2024 as the ‘Year of Technological Absorption’. The collaboration aims to enhance national security and technological infrastructure.