July 5, 2017

News for the IET

No specific news for the PEIs todayedit

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No specific news for the IET todayedit

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Artificial Intelligence – A Shift From Traditional to Intelligent Experiencesedit

Data Quest

Amazon will never share their buying behavior data and Google will never share their search data. Therefore, it suggests that data triumphs the algorithms. For us to have an impact on AI, one of the biggest opportunities is Internet of Things since IoT is going to provide us a lot of real world data about who we are and what we do.

Artificial Intelligence
5G set to drive tomorrow’s mobile worldedit

The Statesman

Asia has taken the lead on the development of 5G, which will help smartphone users embrace the new tech era of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), big data, the Internet of Things (IOT) and robotics.

IoTTelecom
What we need is not just security but a better cyber security: Huawei CSOedit

Data Quest

By Onkar Sharma

With the rapid digitalization of functions and processes of organizations, the need for adopting secure cyber practices is becoming extremely important. Establishing a cyber security program and business continuity program for drafting various security policies is a vital role of CSOs and CISOs.

Cyber SecurityIoT
Digitilisation is bringing about advances in manufacturing technologiesedit

Business Standard

By Rakesh Rao

The future of the global economy is digital. In the light of the rise of Industry 4.0 and the proliferation of the Internet of things (IoT) within the industrial space, digitilisation is bringing about advances in contemporary automation, data exchange and manufacturing technologies.

IoTManufacturing

Industry News: Education

Government framing policy to push online educationedit

Mint

By Prashant K Nanda

Digital India initiative in mind, the HRD ministry is aiming to give online education a big push, in an attempt to widen the reach of higher education.

Higher Education
How GST Could Affect Students And Higher Educationedit

NDTV

Under GST, education in pre-schools and schools continues to remain tax free. However, services offered by colleges and universities will now be taxed at 18 per cent compared to the earlier 15 per cent. This tax could make campus food, medicine, transport, and other on-campus products or services more expensive.

Higher Education
Education In India Has Become A Commercial Commodity, Says Former ISRO Chairmanedit

NDTV

Eminent scientist and former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair recently said that education in India has become a commercial commodity. He also criticized the tendency of political parties to make college campuses a training ground for budding politicians.

Education

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India preparing database of R&D accomplishments in renewable energyedit

Mint

By Mayank Aggarwal

Ministry of new and renewable energy has written to ‘institutions and organizations’ involved in renewable energy research to provide inputs on their achievements

Renewable Energy
Solar tariff in TN hits low of Rs 3.47 per unitedit

The Financial Express

Tariffs For Solar power in Tamil Nadu touched as low as Rs 3.47/unit in reverse-auctions held over the weekend. The biddings were done for 1,500 MW solar plants. The tariff is much lower than Rs 4.40/unit, which was the lowest bid in February’s solar tariff auction conducted by the state. Nevertheless, it is still much higher than Rs 2.44/unit, discovered in May at the reverse auctions for solar plants at Rajasthan’s Bhadla.

Solar Energy
Railways taps solar power to cut electricity billedit

The Hindu

A row of 40 roof top solar panels with a total 10KWp capacity has been established atop the Running Room here with the system having been commissioned. It works under the specification laid down by the Ministry of Non Renewable Energy. A senior railway official told The Hindu that the average generation would be 35 units per day; 1050 units per month and 12,600 units in a year.

Solar Energy
Plan to make Varanasi clean city with renewable energyedit

The Times of India

By Dipak K Dash

Officials said the renewable energy ministry will hold the first round of meeting on the issue on Thursday. “The focus will be on assessing the electricity demand of the city and how much clean electricity can be made available there. We will prepare a blue-print after consulting all the stakeholders,” a government official said.

 

Renewable Energy
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