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Industry News: Information and Communications
Healthcare spending to grow at 16 per cent a year, touch Rs 19 trillion by 2020edit
Innovation Encouraging innovation in business models, processes and products can help improve quality and bring cost efficiencies. Internet of Things (IoT) facilitates realtime analytics and insights through nanotechnology, wearables and other devices Cognitive provides an environment that can grant individual physicians easy, usable access to global medical journals and research conclusions.
HealthcareIoTBusinesses not devoting enough resources to prevent cyber attacks: Reportedit
The report shows that the growth in both the volume and complexity of cyber attacks is presenting unprecedented challenges for organizations, which are struggling to devote the necessary resources to keeping pace with the threat landscape.
Cyber SecurityIoT5 Tech Trends That Will Change Banking Experience In Indiaedit
Cloud computing is the one technology that supports many other disruptive technologies such as Big Data, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, IoT. The more progressive banks around the world have already made significant headway with the adoption of cloud computing, and Indian banks are fast warming up to its many benefits.
BankingIoTIndustry News: Education
UGC, AICTE to be history soon; govt to bring new higher education regulatoredit
The University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) are soon going to be a thing of the past with the government planning to replace them with a single higher education regulator.
Higher EducationGovt abandons goal of training 500 million people in new skills by 2022edit
By Prashant K Nanda
The government has abandoned its goal of training 500 million people in new skills by 2022, in a clear shift in strategy. Skill development ministry officials, at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, also refused to spell out a new number that the Union government and its 22 departments and ministries will chase.
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India’s Major Drive Towards Clean Energy: Opinionedit
Ramping up its renewable and nuclear energy programmes tremendously over the past three years reflects the government’s commitment to prioritise the use of clean power in India’s energy mix. India has already made significant strides in the renewable energy sector especially on the solar power front, a move that has put it on the world’s energy map.
Renewable EnergyGST to have marginally negative impact on new solar projects: ICRAedit
The GST rate of five per cent on solar PV cells and modules is likely to have a marginally negative impact on new solar power projects, says ICRA. The GST rate of five per cent is finalised on solar PV cells and modules as per the notification dated June 3, 2017 which thus clears the ambiguity surrounding the applicable rate, the rating agency said in a statement issued here today.
Solar EnergyClean Power: The Technologies Shaping 2017edit
India has witnessed a tremendous growth of solar energy generation and wind power production in recent years. At the RE-Invest Summit in Feb 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an overall target of 175GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 which includes 60GW from wind power and 100GW from solar power.
Renewable Energy‘Circular economy’ fits into India’s renewable energy plans: Finland Ministeredit
By Rajat Arora
India has the potential to lead emerging economies when it comes to renewable energy and sustainable development, Finland’s environment minister Kimmo Tiilikainen told ET. The minister said the way India was moving towards the generation of solar and wind energy could be an example for the developing world and the concept of “circular economy” that promotes reusing and recycling resources was fit for India.
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