April 19, 2018

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Industry News: Information and Communications

With Smart Cities, Your Every Step Will Be Recordededit

The Wire

Ultimately, even with these concerns, embedding IoT into cities is a growing trend. To take control of what that means, people need to become better informed and more involved. The business models of stakeholders need to be scrutinised and their use of data needs to be accountable. Most of all, citizens need to be listened to on how they want their cities to develop.

Smart Cities
The Quest for Ethical AIedit

EET India

By Nitin Dahad

Around five years ago, everyone was talking about IoT and how it was going to change everything as we connect billions of devices. We seem to go through cycles where a technology gets hyped so much and that’s what we seem to be going through right now with AI (artificial intelligence). In my 33-year career in the electronics and semiconductor industry, I’ve seen three of the big changes in the evolution of technology — first the era of the microprocessor, then the internet, and then mobile.

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Robotics drawing more investor interest than AI, other emerging technologies: GlobalDataedit

Tech Circle

By Anirban Ghosal 

He also said that NITI Aayog will initiate a national programme to direct the government’s efforts in the area of artificial intelligence. The Department of Science and Technology will also launch a Cyber Physical Systems Mission to establish centres of excellence to train people in robotics, AI, digital manufacturing, big data analytics, quantum communication and Internet of Things.

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Gemalto to protect Cloud networks with Intel security solutionedit

The Quint Business Standard

This solution from Gemalto demonstrates how SGX can deliver the security foundation needed, to build and deploy a new era of dynamic, cost-efficient networks,” added Rick Echevarria, Vice President in the Software and Services Group and General Manager of the Platforms Security Division at Intel. Preventing confidential data leakage is vital to ensure that new 5G applications, including Internet of Things (IoT) and critical communications, achieve the highest standards of reliability, safety and privacy, the company noted

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Does Reseller Hosting Make Business Sense?edit

Free Press Journal

By Raj Trivedi

The push factors for market growth include the burgeoning E-Commerce across the globe. Also, the penetration of mobile technologies across the globe, including smart phone and tablet applications has further fueled the demand for web hosting services. Emerging “smart” technologies or “Internet of Things” (IoT) will further lead to a sharp rise in demand for Internet real estate.

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Are smart speakers really safe?edit

The Hindu Business Line

By Mala Bhargava

No, the potential dangers of smart speakers come from elsewhere and are for now, in the future, simply because our homes are not yet connected enough. Only in some places in the world are homes equipped with thermostats, heating or cooling, smart locks, cameras, etc, that are connected and work with smart speakers. But in India as well, these IoT products are now increasing.

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AI, IoT and VR are changing how home rental startup FastFox does businessedit

Tech Circle

By Anirban Ghosal

Experiments with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and virtual reality (VR) are changing how home rental startup FastFox conducts business. “We are basically using AI, IoT and VR with data analytics to simplify and accelerate home searches for our consumers,” FastFox co-founder Anshul Gupta told TechCircle.

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How Internet of Things will change the way organisations workedit

The Economic Times

By Mukesh Malhotra 

In this article, I’m going to cover the areas which will have gigantic influence on industrialization. As per Mckinsey, the total potential impact of IoT could be in the range of $3.9 trillion-11.1 trillion per year in 2025. I touched upon in the last article how IOT is fundamentally transforming the way we interact with our surroundings. Here, I will highlight some more areas where the impact is happening at an organization level.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Government may take lead in EV charging businessedit

Indian Finance News

In order to encourage uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), the government will boost the infrastructure for charging these vehicles at its own cost, as private players are disinclined to invest in the business due to poor revenue visibility. In order to encourage uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), the government will boost the infrastructure for charging these vehicles at its own cost, as private players are disinclined to invest in the business due to poor revenue visibility.

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SMEV inks MoU with TAITRA to strengthen EV Ecosystemedit

ET Auto 

With a vision to create a favorable ecosystem for electric mobility between India and Taiwan, the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). The partnership aims to jointly develop electric vehicles (EV) through the exchange of information and technology.

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Industry News: Education

Skill development indicators are a necessityedit

Live Mint

By Sakshi Khurana

Skill development has emerged as a key strategy to realize the potential of a young workforce with an average age of 29, by enhancing their employability. The National Skill Development Mission launched by the Union government envisions skilling at scale with speed and standards, with a focus on strengthening institutional training, infrastructure, convergence, training of trainers, overseas employment, sustainable livelihoods and leveraging public infrastructure

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Kerala’s Additional Skill Acquisition Programme is now nation’s envyedit

The Times of India

By Laxmi Prasanna

The project, launched to equip youngsters with skills in cutting edge sectors and enhance their employability has now received international attention. On Monday, a delegation from Singapore Skills Investment Mission arrived in Kerala for a meeting with the ASAP CEO, and government officials to explore the possibility of forging a strategic partnership.

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Education Brands Cannot Be Built Through Marketing Gimmicksedit

Business World

Cost of Education is rising fast. In fact, many a times it becomes a hindrance for imparting education to the right meritorious candidate. Can you share your thoughts on this? The industry has evolved, and the impact is not limited to educational sector only. Education is not an expense but an investment. Students today are aware, and they look at the value an institute offers through education, exposure, and experience.

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Wind power capacity addition to improve in FY19edit

The Financial Express

Wind Power Capacity addition in the country is set to improve in FY19 to about 3 GW backed by project awards by Solar Energy Corporation India Limited (SECI) and state distribution utilities, says Icra Ratings. Wind energy firm Suzlon too expects high volumes in the market in 2019 and to be in the region of 10 to 12 GW.

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TN wind tariff too low, says industryedit

The Hindu Business Line

By M Ramesh

The Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association (IWTMA) has said that the recent tariff order of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission, which fixed the feed-in tariff for wind energy at ₹2.86 a kWhr, is too low. The Commission has arrived at the tariff of ₹2.86 per kWhr, taking the capital cost of setting up a MW of wind power capacity at ₹5.25 crore.

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Six-fold rise in renewables must to limit temperature rise: Reportedit

The Economic Times

Increasing the pace of global renewable energy adoption by at least a factor of six -critical for meeting energy-related emission reduction needs of the Paris Climate Agreement -can limit global temperature rise to two degrees, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s long-term renewable energy outlook said on Tuesday.

Renewable Energy
Indian solar capacity addition to fall by 40pct to about 4-4.5 GW in FY19 ICRAedit

Steel Guru

Last year, the Directorate General of Safeguards recommended that the central government impose a 70% safeguard duty on solar panels imported from China and Malaysia, which warned off solar companies from bidding for new projects. Bidding guidelines have now been changed, and any additional safeguard duty that is imposed after a bid has been rewarded can be passed on to the discom.

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India and UK to invest USD 711 mln in Indian renewable energy fundedit

Devdis Course

The investments will span renewables such as solar and wind as well as low-carbon technologies such as electric vehicles charging stations, Boyle said. India is one of the fastest-growing markets for clean energy. India currently has around 60 gigawatts (GW) of installed renewable capacity but plans to add a further 115 GW by 2022 which could cost at least USD 125 billion.

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Clean energy sector misses capacity target for second consecutive yearedit

The Hindu Business Line

By G Balachandar

The renewable energy sector has missed its capacity addition target for the second year in a row. Against the target of 14,450 MW for 2017-18, the new capacity addition from all major segments stood at 11,754 MW, effectively achieving only 81 per cent of the target for the year ended March 31, according to data available with the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

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