Science, Discovery, Tech and Environment · 21 January 2026

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) bags SKOCH Award 2025 for indigenous Cell Broadcast Solution powering India’s disaster early-warning infrastructure

Exam-focused facts from the 21 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • C-DOT’s Cell Broadcast Solution is a fully integrated national platform that connects disaster-alert originators, approval authorities, and telecom operators on a single automated system.
  • The platform enables near real-time, geo-targeted delivery of life-saving alerts to millions of mobile users simultaneously without network congestion or dependence on internet connectivity.
  • CBS supports multi-hazard alerting across weather, floods, tsunamis, landslides and forest fires with geo-fenced targeting and multi-lingual messaging in 21 Indian languages.
  • The solution aligns with the United Nations’ “Early Warnings for All (EW4All)” initiative, the ITU Call to Action, and multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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C-DOT wins IEEE SA Corporate Award 2025

C-DOT has become the first organisation from India to receive the IEEE SA Corporate Award. It is only the fifth organisation globally to be honoured by the 140-year-old IEEE.