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A six week window on the world and wonder of engineeringedit
Year of Engineering Ambassador and founder of kids Invent Stuff, tells us how The Year of Engineering’s Holiday Makers Programme can come to the rescue and explains why this six week window is so pivotal in keeping kids switched on the STEM.
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Industry News: Information and Communications
How to make India $5 trillion economy? Big data, automation, AI may hold the keyedit
The commerce and industry ministry is setting up two more task forces to plan the use of big data and artificial intelligence in government processes and chalk out the country’s response to the changing trade dynamics.
AIAutomationBig DataAI is major opportunity, ideal tool to improve patient care: Prashant Akhawatedit
Shahid Akhter, editor, ET HealthWorld spoke to Prashant Akhawat, COO, Telerad Tech, Bangalore to know more about impact of artificial intelligence in teleradiology.
Artificial IntelligenceHealthcareFive technologies disrupting our livesedit
A look at how Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, 3-D printing and mixed reality—a combination of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality—are transforming businesses.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTFrom blockchain to IoT, digital technologies are changing the face of insurance industryedit
Digital technologies are hastening the evolution of the insurance sector. Insurance in the foreseeable future will be evaluated, bought and consumed in real time. These were some of the topics discussed at the recent Digital Insurance round table, conducted by Mint along with SAP.
BlockchainIoTIndustry News: Future of Mobility
₹1,000 crore subsidy likely for EV charging infrastructureedit
The Union government plans to provide ₹1,000 crore as subsidy for building a nationwide charging infrastructure for electric vehicles as it seeks to expedite the roll-out of India’s ambitious EV programme, said two people aware of the development on condition of anonymity.
EV Charging InfrastructureLower battery costs and strong govt support to push global electric car sales: IEAedit
Despite the record sales of electric cars, such vehicles would still account for less than a per cent of the total car sales, with the rest being run on traditional combustion engines
electric carsDiscoms propose tariff for electric vehiclesedit
With electric vehicles on the rise and charging stations coming up in the state, Telangana power distribution companies have come up with electric vehicles tariff for charging station and battery swap.
Electric VehiclesGovernment to announce policies to push shared mobility, e-vehicles to cut air pollutionedit
The government will roll out a comprehensive policy to reduce air pollution in Indian cities by promoting shared mobility and pushing usage of electric vehicles, which don’t emit pollutants directly. Sources said some of the announcement would happened during the two-day international ‘MOVE’ summit scheduled here later next week.
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For Electric Cars, Focus on the Small Pictureedit
Electric vehicles, prized for their acceleration, are speeding up. Bloomberg NEF estimates the global electric vehicle market will this week pass the milestone of 4 million sold to date, according to a report published on Thursday. Having taken about five years to get to the first million, the last million were sold in about six months.
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HRD Ministry launches innovation cell for higher education institutionsedit
The Ministry of Human Resource Development on Thursday launched a cell to promote innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs) across the country. The aim of the cell, established at the All India Council of Technical Education (AICE) premises, is to introduce students to new ideas and inculcate innovative activities in their formative years, an official statement said.
Higher EducationLeveraging Technology In Classrooms – Is Education Done Right?edit
Fast forward today, where the debate is becoming a logjam situation for the EdTech leaders and the fruitful tech implementation is blurring out in the disputed zone, some renowned and informative researches stay competent enough to ensure that the affluent aspects like owning adaptive and blended learning come to play.
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Electricity demand grows 7.4 per cent in July, thermal PLF lower: ICRAedit
Rating agency ICRA today said electricity demand growth remains strong in July 2018 at 7.4 per cent but thermal plant load factor moderated by pick up in generation from wind and hydro sources.
Electricity DemandIndia’s CO2 emissions could double by 2030edit
Indian carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy generation in 2030 could be nearly double 2012 levels but will still meet its international commitments, says a new report.
CO2 emissionsEnergy GenerationGovernment should offer incentive to help India achieve solar power target by 2022: LSIedit
The incentives will not only make the country’s module manufacturers globally competitive but also help India achieve its ambitious National Solar Mission target to add 100 gigawatt (GW) of solar power capacity by 2022, the merchant banker’s research arm said in a report. India is the world’s third-largest energy consumer after the US and China with the current solar power capacity at about 24GW.
Solar EnergyIf India’s solar energy is cheaper than coal, why isn’t the industry thriving?edit
India’s solar industry has grown at a rapid pace over the past few years with solar tariffs falling to record lows, even below the prevailing coal tariffs. However, a number of hurdles remain that is keeping the industry from booming.
Solar EnergyThe road out of energy povertyedit
The ultimate cost of energy poverty is far greater than what it takes to provide continuous power to all through an efficient and transparent ecosystem
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