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Industry News: Information and Communications
AI could double value of digital economy by 2025: Huaweiedit
The GCI 2018 also discovered that to effectively deploy AI on a large scale, countries need three equally important components in place — computing power, labelled data and algorithms.
Artificial IntelligenceHere are four trends transforming the manufacturing industryedit
Thanks to dramatic advances like automation, robotics and IoT, IT and manufacturing are now inextricably linked, the progress manufacturers have made in the past year is tremendous
AutomationIoTRoboticsOver 50 per cent employees believe robots are addition to workforce: Surveyedit
More than 50 per cent employees believe that robots are an addition to the workforce as they automate repetitive or mundane work that they would otherwise have to do themselves, a survey has found.
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Nurture your data with artificial intelligence. Use it responsibly: Karan Bajwa, IBM Indiaedit
The global technology industry has been driving this transformation, which stands at a crucial inflection point. For people, data has made daily tasks simpler and easier. For businesses, data has emerged as the key to competitive advantage
Artificial IntelligenceIndustry News: Future of Mobility
India turns hot spot for global firms offering smart mobilityedit
India’s quest for smart mobility has made the country a hot spot for international companies to offer their latest technologies such as pod taxis, hyperloop, electric vehicles, cable cars and ropeways.
smart mobilityDelhi govt comes out with timeline for e-buses procurementedit
Undeterred by the Supreme Court-appointed EPCA’s objection to procurement of e-buses using green fund, the Delhi government has set a target of rolling out 1,000 e-buses next year.
e busIndia needs to migrate to e-mobility to curb pollution: Geeteedit
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of ICAT Test facilities here, the minister said India does not need to depend on imported vehicles anymore thanks to upgradation of in-house technologies and improved testing capabilities.
e-mobility‘100 to 300 million electric vehicles likely in India by 2030’edit
Even with 100 per cent EV sales across private and fleet vehicular categories, electricity demand on account of inter-state travel will be around 100 billion kWh—which is about four per cent of the projected electricity demand.
Electric VehiclesIndia delays plan to roll out 10,000 electric cars to 2019edit
India has pushed back a deadline to put thousands of battery-driven cars on the road by nearly a year, in a setback to its ambitions of having electric vehicles comprise about a third of its fleet by 2030.
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Education
Techies Now Need to Multi-skill!edit
Continuous re-skilling is not an option anymore, but a necessity in today’s volatile job market. IT professionals need to invest in learning new skills 15-20 times in their career to achieve career growth.
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NTPC Tenders EPC Contracts for 102 MW of Solar Projects in Gujarat, Kerala & Uttar Pradeshedit
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has tendered a total of 102 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be developed across the country.
Solar ProjectsSolar and wind dominate power generation capacity additionsedit
Solar and wind industries dominate power generation capacity additions as projections for investment reach $2.20 trillion by 2021, a Frost & Sullivan report said. Frost & Sullivan, a leading research firm, said the decline in capital cost of solar and wind, increase in battery energy storage adoption, disruptive start-ups contributing to competition, and increases in mergers and acquisitions will drive growth opportunities.
Renewable EnergyMove to connect solar, wind power stations to 11 kv gridsedit
Andhra Pradesh government is formulating a strategy on decentralised power generation through solar and wind power with an aim to reduce transmission and distribution (T&D) loses.
Renewable EnergyBescom hopes to generate solar power to meet Bengaluru’s rising demandedit
No amount of energy is sufficient for a burgeoning city like Bengaluru that guzzles more than 50 per cent of generated power in Karnataka. From facing worst power crisis in the past, Bengaluru, of late, is currently buoyed by surplus power since the commissioning of world’s largest solar plant in Pavagada.
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