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Industry News: Information and Communications
IT industry uncertainties settled down but Artificial Intelligence big challenge: NASSCOMedit
Uncertainties facing the information technology industry have settled down to some extent and their level is now better understood, NASSCOM President R Chandrashekhar said.
Artificial IntelligenceEnabling The World’s Largest Digital Inclusionedit
India today has an opportunity to leapfrog and bring affordable high-speed connectivity to its billion citizens using next-generation web-scale networks
Artificial IntelligenceIoTTop Security Predictions of 2018edit
Technology has to a very large extent touched upon the way we live our lives today. Connected devices are all over the place and with it arises a new spectrum of security issues to be addressed. Here are some security trends that will be prevalent in 2018
Cyber SecurityIndustry News: Education
Companies to increase headcount; salary rise of 10% likely: Surveyedit
India is caught between a widening skill gap and a higher education sector struggling to keep up. “The emergence of a new set of jobs known as the ‘new collar jobs’ — jobs that combine technical skills in areas such as cloud, cognitive, security and data science will require a deep knowledge base rooted in higher education,” Dilpreet Singh, VP HR & HR Head, IBM India / South Asia, said.
New jobsSkill GapUncategorized
Low Tariffs To Aid Green Energyedit
D riven by a historic low solar and wind power tariff, India is about to take a leap of faith on the renewable energy front, lining up green project auctions to the tune of about Rs.2.7 lakh crore in 2018.The government has drawn up a plan to auction 30 GW (gigawatt) of solar, 10 GW of wind and 5 GW of offshore wind projects next fiscal, pegged at Rs.2.7 lakh crore with an average equipment cost of Rs.6 crore per megawatt (MW).
Renewable EnergyIndia Fuels Clean Energy Plansedit
As a part of commitment towards development of renewable energy, SAIL has already installed a capacity of 1070 KWp rooftop solar plants at various locations and 1 MWp grid interactive solar plant at RSP. Further actions for installation of 200 MWp capacity solar plants at various SAIL Plant locations have also been initiated.
Renewable Energy70% duty on solar imports: How serious is China dominance in Indian market?edit
The recent suggestion of the Directorate General of Safeguards Duty (DGS) to impose a 70 per cent duty on import of Chinese solar equipment might make power costlier, feels the industry. Chinese solar import has grown 643 per cent from 2014-15. However, this has also helped the fall of solar power rates to a recent record low of Rs 2.43 a unit, due to cheap solar power panels, mostly from China.
Solar Energy