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IEI to hold two-day seminaredit
To explore the innovative technologies and trends in modern manufacturing sector, the Institution of Engineers (IEI), Telangana State centre will organise a two day all India seminar on ‘Digital and Automation Entry into the Future Factories’ on July 14 and 15 on its premises in Khairatabad.
Institution of Engineers (IEI)Industry News: Information and Communications
Global IT spending to grow 2.4 percent in 2017: Gartneredit
These next-generation offerings are fueled by business and technology platforms that will be the driver for new categories of spending. “Industry-specific disruptive technologies include the Internet of Things (IoT) in manufacturing, blockchain in financial services (and other industries), and smart machines in retail. The focus is on how technology is disrupting and enabling business,” said Lovelock.
IoTITArtificial intelligence may kill 90 per cent jobsedit
Automation and artificial intelligence have already started affecting India with the pace of job creation failing to match the economic growth rate.
Artificial IntelligenceAutomation takes away certain roles, but also creates new opportunity: Rekha Menon, MD, Accenture Indiaedit
By Rica Bhattacharyya
The massive industry disruption led by digital meant that we needed to rotate ourselves to the new (which is digital, analytics, cloud, mobility and security). Today, 50 per cent of our global revenues come from digital. As a people business, rotating ourselves internally to the new means we must train our people. We spend nearly $1 billion on training globally.
Automation50 billion IoT-connected devices by 2020: Reportedit
As many as 50 billion devices, ranging from smartphones and TVs to watches, pipelines and trucks, will be connected by 2020, a new report said on Thursday.
IoTIndustry News: Education
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Solar projects: India hopes to meet WTO deadline on sourcing normsedit
India is hopeful of adhering to the World Trade Organisation’s year-end deadline for removing the compulsory domestic sourcing clause in its national solar energy generation programme, as all ongoing projects are likely to be complete by then, a government official has said.
Solar EnergyRooftop Solar Power Reaches 1,396 MWedit
India had a rooftop solar capacity of 1,396 MW at the end March 2017, of which almost half was added in the previous financial year, according to a research report. Tamil Nadu had the highest rooftop solar capacity with 163 MW, followed by Maharashtra with 137 MW and Rajasthan with 88 MW.
Solar EnergyWhy Are There Higher Taxes on Storing Renewable Energy After GST?edit
The government says they want to promote green energy but then why are our GST rates not environment friendly? Under GST, batteries to store renewable energy storage have been put into the highest tax brackets (18 and 28 percent).
Renewable EnergyAndhra Pradesh to go solar, wind power wayedit
But the catch is the State cannot go in for renewable energy for its entire energy requirement since storage of power is expensive though generation is not. For instance, if 80 per cent of power requirement is met by renewable energy then there is a risk of suddenly wind speed coming down or daylight disappearing.
Renewable EnergyCentre to revamp energy mission to go beyond Paris treaty goalsedit
By Chetan Chauhan A new framework for revamping the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) is being drawn by the Niti Aayog, and it will have policy and regulatory interventions to go beyond the Paris deal goals without compromising on the dependence on high carbon-emitting coal.
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