November 15, 2018

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Industry News: Information and Communications

How 5G technology will help power a connected worldedit

Mint

While previous generations—1G to 4G—of wireless networks enabled human to human and human to machine interaction, 5G will see machines communicating with machines.

5GIoT
How the Internet of Things is being used to solve India-specific problemsStandardedit

Business Standard

Research and consultancy firm KPMG estimates that the country already has about 120 players selling IoT solutions of which 60- 65 per cent are start-ups

IoT
The Race to Harness AI Technology in Asiaedit

BW CIO World

As the race to harness new technology heats up across the globe, we’ve already seen signs that Asia is at the forefront of integrating automation into our everyday lives.

Artificial Intelligence

Industry News: Future of Mobility

Electric cars, clean fuel to hit global oil demandedit

DNA

Electric vehicles and more efficient fuel technology will cut transportation demand for oil by 2040 more than previously expected, but the world may still face a supply crunch without enough investment in new production, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

Electric Vehicles
China Is Leading the World to an Electric Car Futureedit

Bloomberg Quint

The world’s biggest market for electric vehicles wants to get even bigger, so it’s giving automakers what amounts to an ultimatum. Starting in January, all major manufacturers operating in China—from global giants Toyota Motor and General Motors to domestic players BYD and BAIC Motor—have to meet minimum requirements there for producing new-energy vehicles, or NEVs (plug-in hybrids, pure-battery electrics, and fuel-cell autos). A complex government equation requires that a sizable portion of their production or imports must be green in 2019, with escalating goals thereafter.

electric cars

Industry News: Education

India’s higher education system needs drastic changesedit

Nagaland Post

In India, over 80 per cent of the working population is engaged in low-skilled jobs in the unorganised sector. These low-skilled workers aspire to join the middle-skilled workforce in the organised sector to raise themselves from poverty. However, the changing nature of work due to technology advancements in the organised sector prevents their upward labour mobility and any improvement in their incomes.

Higher Education

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India’s wind energy capacity addition to grow 76 per cent to 3,000 Mw in current fiscaledit

ET EnergyWorld

The bid tariffs discovered in the recent wind power auctions increased slightly from a low of Rs 2.43 per unit to Rs 2.77 per unit discovered during August 2018 to September 2018, though continuing to remain less than Rs 3 per unit

wind energy
India to attract investments worth $80 bn in renewable energy: Reportedit

Business Standard

India’s renewable energy space is turning out to be an attractive domain for foreign investors. In total, this sector has drawn $6.84 billion FDI from April 2000 to June 2018.

Renewable Energy
India offers renewable energy expertise to island nationsedit

Mint

ndia is ready to share its expertise in renewable energy with small island nations, Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh said Wednesday. “India has chosen the path of sustainable growth and we want to leave a green planet for our future generations. That is why our focus is on renewable energy.

Renewable Energy
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