June 7, 2019

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New AI tool can tell babies cries apartedit

The Times of India

The method, described in the IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica (JAS), promises to be useful to parents at home as well as in healthcare settings, as doctors may use it to discern cries among sick children.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

IDC: India software revenue to grow 13.7% to $6 bnedit

Infotech Lead

Indian organizations would attempt at maximizing their investments in analytics, cloud, and artificial intelligence through appropriate monetization mechanisms. This is slated to act as a catalyst in driving digital transformation across organizations,” said Ranganath Sadasiva, director, Enterprise Solutions, IDC India, said. IDC predicts 11 percent growth in the application development and deployment software categories in 2019.

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China gives green light for local 5G rollout amid tech tensions with USedit

Live Mint

5G technology will establish a highspeed, mobile, safe and widespread newgeneration information infrastructure. The technology is expected to bring new opportunities and buoy the growth of Chinas digital economy (Artificial Intelligence)

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Availability, Affordability, Practicality: The Indian Telcos Battle for 5G Spectrumedit

News 18

From limited spectrum availability, to high base spectrum pricing and a possible lack in demand for 5G services, Indian telecom operators are in for a bumpy ride. From limited spectrum availability, to high base spectrum pricing and a possible lack in demand for 5G services, Indian telecom operators are in for a bumpy ride. (Artificial Intelligence)

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55% of parents are at risk of endangering their kids safety online, OLX India survey revealsedit

News D

This new study confirms OLXs Internet Behaviour Survey released earlier in the year on Safer Internet Day (5th February). The survey in February revealed that a majority of Internet users neglect cybersecurity best practices in their own personal lives, and do not monitor the content their kids view online. 57% respondents showed negligence towards their own safety both online and offline, while 60% admitted to not monitoring the content their kids viewed online.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Time to Change the Power Playedit

The Economic Times

Already, 100 GW of additional power capacity is estimated to be required in less than a decade to drive electric vehicles. It amounts to nearly a third of current generation capacity. And the way ahead is to prioritise and policy induce electric buses and other modes of emobility in public transport, especially in dense urban centres.

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Government plans to order taxi aggregators to go electricedit

MINT

India plans to order taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola to convert 40% of their fleet of cars to electric by April 2026, according to a person in know of the matter and records of government meetings to discuss new rules for clean mobility. Uber and Ola, both backed by SoftBank Group, would need to start converting their fleet as early as next year to achieve 2.5% electrification by 2021, 5% by 2022, 10% by 2023 before hiking it to 40%, according to the person and the records reviewed by Reuters.

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EV firms prefer gradual shift to electric mobilityedit

The Morning Standard

Electric vehicle manufacturers are caught in a quandary. The Indian Government wants to tur n ‘Green’ and try and phase out all petrol or diesel burning sub-150 cc two-wheelers with electric vehicles within the next five years or so

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BMTC working on plan to buy 300 electric busesedit

The Economic Times

Although the entry of electric buses into the Indian market is recent, several companies, including Ashok LeylandNSE 1.88 %, Olectra Greentech, Tata and JBM Auto, have started manufacturing electric vehicles.

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Industry News: Future of Work

Your next employee can be from anywhere in the worldedit

The Times of India

The concept of flexible working is not a new one. It has been around and quite a few HR departments have a policy on putting in flexihours. Now, the concept has moved centre stage with surveys predicting that more than onethird of the entire workforce in major cities worldwide will move to flexible work contracts with their employers.

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75 Percent of All Large Firms to Hire AI Experts in Four Years: Reportedit

News 18

As AI develops further, more firms are gaining trust in algorithms that can avoid aspects such as gender bias and specific data preferences. As AI develops further, more firms are gaining trust in algorithms that can avoid aspects such as gender bias and specific data preferences. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Industry News: Education

Fixing Indias jobs problem: Why a holistic approach is imperative to bridge skills gapedit

CNBC TV18

And, in tandem with this, there needs to be a focus on skilling, reskilling and training. Indias skills journey is way behind that of the countries we want to compete with. China, for example, is a manufacturing powerhouse, in part because of its vocational education and training (VET) that starts at the school level.

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Draft National Education Policy calls for integrating technology into educationedit

The Indian Express

When the National Policy on Education 1986/1992 was formulated, it was difficult to predict the disruptive effect that the internet was about to have, particularly in boosting the development rates, the draft policy states.

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Cut eligibility to 35% to fill seatsedit

Ahmedabad Mirror

Currently, there is cap of 45% marks for students from general category and 40% for reserved category students to participate in the admission process for professional courses. The college managements have asked AICTE to reduce it to pass percentage, which is 35 per cent.

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IT layoffs and its impact on educational institutionsedit

The Hans India

The infusion of Artificial Intelligence and automation has changed the corporate world beyond imagination. Jobs that were being done manually can now be done by a computer, thus doing away with the need for a person to manage it. Underperforming employees and employees who lack the relevant industry skills are laid off from the organisation.

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Industry News: Skilling

Fixing Indias jobs problem: Why a holistic approach is imperative to bridge skills gapedit

CNBC TV18

And, in tandem with this, there needs to be a focus on skilling, reskilling and training. Indias skills journey is way behind that of the countries we want to compete with. China, for example, is a manufacturing powerhouse, in part because of its vocational education and training (VET) that starts at the school level.

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