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Industry News: Information and Communications
Are we ready for the AI driven precision healthcare revolution?edit
The healthcare field is ripe for transformation by Artificial Intelligence (AI). One specific area is precision healthcare, ushering in a level of tailored treatment never before seen.
AIHealthcareFuture of Retail Is AI-Powered, But Creatively-Backed By Merchantsedit
The global retail industry is buzzing with excitement, thanks to software powerhouses and digital market players focusing their resources on developing various retail applications including supply chain and logistics, product optimisation, in-store navigation, payment and pricing analytics, inventory and CRM.
AIRetailPrivacy law may be rendered irrelevant by ongoing data collection exercisesedit
Purpose limitation is one of the bedrock principles of a data protection architecture. This is a principle which has been strongly recommended by the experts government has consulted in its attempt to have a frame of reference when it writes a data protection law.
Data PrivacyTelecom sector: Charting new growth gradientsedit
The Indian telecom sector has witnessed a paradigm shift—crossing the billion-user mark and rolling out new technologies along with other leading markets. Just four years ago, it faced multiple challenges—falling revenues and increasing debt were wreaking havoc. The new government initiated many steps, and with BharatNet, EoDB, GST, easier M&A rules and the draft National Digital Communications Policy 2018, the government remained forward-looking.
TelecomIt’s not about cost, it’s about automation capabilitiesedit
Digital transformation or business automation is all about making your business future ready, however, challenges are there. In which legacy infra and cost are one of the major challenges. Though solutions are available enabling decade old hardware to communicate with the new hardware and software, the fear comes as cost.
AutomationIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Bengaluru: Going ‘green’! BMTC’s electric buses to hit roads in Octoberedit
After months of foot-dragging, the Centre has finally cleared subsidies for the city’s e-buses project, bringing the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) a step closer to its ambitious plan of plying electric buses on the city’s roads. The first phase of this innovative transport initiative will see the introduction of 80 e-buses as early as this October.
e-busesFAME II might continue with subsidy for electric three-wheelersedit
Top officials from departments, including finance, power, road transport and highways and heavy industry will participate in the meeting and are likely to approve a subsidy outlay of nearly Rs 4,000 crore for the second phase of the scheme, which may be launched in early September.
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Education
UGC paves way for more accreditation agenciesedit
To increase the number of accreditation and assessment agencies (AAAs) for higher education institutes in the country, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to appoint an Accreditation Advisory Council (AAC) which will help the commission set up more such agencies.
Accreditation5 ways to bridge hiring, skill gap in IT Industryedit
The need of the hour is a skilled workforce to match the evolving requirements of technology and add further innovations to it. But what is stopping the progress? It is the gap between the skills required by the employers and skills available to the potential employees.
UpskillingUncategorized
Power units stare at coal shortageedit
It is not that the power demand has grown suddenly, since the 6 per cent annual growth is steady. India’s national and largest thermal power producer NTPC has decided to import coal in wake of unreliability in coal supply over the past two years. R K Singh, minister of state for power and new & renewable energy, recently said that his ministry has allowed all power producers to import coal as the domestic situation would remain poor.
Coal ShortagePowerGovernment sets schedule for state entities to float solar tendersedit
The government has set a schedule for state companies and official agencies to float solar tenders in a move aimed at spacing out the offer of large project capacities and preventing distortion of the market.
Solar Energy