August 13, 2019

News for the IET

PoP 91 Innovation Challenge: 27 Teams Competing to Win Rs 1 Croreedit

Electronicsforu

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has shortlisted 27 teams for the Pop 91 Innovation Challenge. Pop 91 Innovation Challenge was launched in June as part of the IoT India Congress 2019 with an aim to find actual and implementable solutions for real-world industry problems through Internet of Things (IoT).

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Industry News: Information and Communications

After telecom, Jio shifts focus to digital transformation of Indian businessesedit

Live Mint

By Leslie D’Monte

To begin with, in the 42nd annual general meeting (AGM) speech, Ambani took the high digital position by underscoring the fact that almost every conceivable emerging technology trend is present in the Jio foldbe that artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), blockchain, online multiplayer gaming, multiparty videoconferencing, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR).

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Intelligent Automation – Accelerating Speed and Accuracy in Business Operationsedit

Analytics Insight

Meanwhile, these new-age technologies can transform the idea of work and the working environment itself. AI, machine learning and automation have the ability to complete a variety of tasks more accurately in large numbers compared to humans, and also supplement the work they do.

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India sees most IoT attacks in Apr-Junedit

The Times of India

By Sindhu Hariharan

India has emerged as the ‘most vulnerable’ to cyberattacks due to the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) systems. On February 28 this year, the day of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, the country found itself as the most-targeted nation as it experienced a large spurt in attacks, according to a recent study by cybersecurity firm Subex.

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Higher Levels of Automation Expand Revenue Potential for Analytical Instrumentation Manufacturersedit

IT News Online

The rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has given a significant boost to the global analytical instrumentation market, making it more automated, data centric, and production oriented. This trend, along with customer demand for efficient analyzers, are prompting analytical equipment manufacturers to offer new solutions that simplify the analytical process, improve automation, store data, and enable access to this data for common use cases.

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Enhancement in AI is need of an hour: Studyedit

The Economic Times

A pair of researchers concluded in an analysis that Artificial Intelligence engineers should enlist ideas from a broad range of social science disciplines in order to reduce the potential harm of their creations and to better serve society as a whole.

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Embracing Automation for Business Successedit

BW CIO World

BW Businessworld in association with Avaya India and Avaya’s partner SEC communications organized a Roundtable discussion in the garden city of India, Bengaluru inviting select few C level executives from a broad range of industries to understand the role of Automation in driving Digital Transformation in the modern Enterprise. Automation is one of the most popular outcomes of Digital Transformation.

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As tech adoption surges, AI start-ups rise… and keep risingedit

The Hindu Business Line

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) emerging the next big things in the technology landscape, India is seeing a huge spurt in the number of start-ups coming up with innovative software solutions in this area.

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Applied Intelligence (Column: Spys Eye)edit

The Week End Leader

A successful enterprise has to be Intelligence oriented this is the message of the Age of Intelligence that is upon us. In the Age of Information, technology made the processes smart but now Artificial Intelligence is stepping in to make technology itself smart producing a multiplier effect on productivity. Being smart means securing greater output per unit of resource money, manpower and time.

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AI, smartphones used to detect diabetic retinopathy in civicrun dispensariesedit

The Indian Express

In a first of its kind project in Mumbai, which has found mention in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)s ophthalmology journal, a private hospital in association with the BMC used Artificial Intelligence (AI) and smartphones to screen diabetic retinopathy in dispensaries run by the civic body.

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AI Startups Vs AIEnabled Startups: Unlocking The Differenceedit

Analytics India Mag

By Srishti Deoras

Artificial intelligence has made its way into businesses by bringing innovative and smart solutions. It is adding value to by changing work processes and bringing in more and more automation. While there has been a drastic increase in the use of AI in companies, there has often been a confusion between these two types of companies

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5 Biggest Cybersecurity Updates From Black Hat 2019 You Should Knowedit

Analytics India Mag

By Vishal Chawla

The biggest event for hackers concluded in Las Vegas last week. During the conference, there were many revelations that threw light on the cybersecurity space and some of them were shocking enough to get all the eyes. Here are the top updates that came out of Black Hat conference that you need to know about:

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

UK govt to invest 2.5 million for EV charging pointsedit

The Economic Times

Launched in 2017, this scheme aims to provide EV owners, who do not have offstreet parking, easy access to charging infrastructure near their homes. The preferred location to set up these charging stations will be residential roads, as per the media reports.

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The new era for automobiles! Why electric cars could be better for you than fuel based vehiclesedit

Zee Biz

By Pooja Jaiswar

That was first, but then Sitharaman gave even more good news by lowering GST rate on electric vehicles from 12% to 5%. Also, to make electric vehicles affordable to consumers, government will provide additional income tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh on the interest paid on loans taken to purchase electric vehicles.

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Telangana prepared for electric vehicle but industry facing initial hiccups for delay in policiesedit

The New Indian Express

However, the city is still positioned better than the Bengaluru, where around 8,000 electric vehicles are plying without any public charging points whatsoever. With the delay in formulating Telanganas Electric Vehicle policy, due to a series of election, the emerging electric vehicle market is facing initial hiccups.

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Rajasthan Electronics Issues Tender for 750 kW of Solar Projects for EV Charging Stationsedit

Mercom India

By Ramya Ranganath

Previously, the REIL also invited bids for solar power projects for a range of capacities from 250 kW to 3.5 MW at many sites and substations of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited.

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In a 1st, electric MTC buses may ply on city roads from tomorrowedit

The New Indian Express

By B Anbuselvan

FOR the first time in Chennai, electric buses are likely to be operated for public transport, from Wednesday. According to official sources, two buses will be operated and the routes selected for the trial run are: Chennai Central Thiruvanmiyur and CMBT, Koyambedu Broadway.

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Hyderabad: Electric vehicle policy to lure buyers, manufacturersedit

Deccan Chronicle

The state governments draft electric vehicle policy has many sops for consumers and manufacturer. For EV buyers, it proposes not collecting lifetime road tax as well as exemption from all fees under the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 (fee for registration, fitness renewal and permits) for EVs purchased till 2023.

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Heavy Industries Ministry Approves FAME II Subsidies for 5,595 Electric Busesedit

Saur Energy

In response to this, 86 proposals from 26 States/UTs for the deployment of 14988 eBuses were received by the ministry. After evaluation of these proposals as per EoI, the Government sanctioned 5095 electric buses to 64 Cities / State Transport Corporations for intracity operation; 400 electric buses for intercity operation and 100 electric buses for last mile connectivity to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

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Charging electric vehicles just got cheaper in Delhiedit

Times Now News

As the push for electric mobility continues gaining momentum in India, efforts aimed at improving charging infrastructure and EV ownership are intensifying. In a recent development, the Delhi Electricity Regularity Commission (DERC) has decided to make EV charging less expensive

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Auto industry cheers PMs support for ICE vehiclesedit

Deccan Chronicle

By Michael Gonsalves

Prime Minister Narendra Modis assurance that both internal combustion engine (ICE) based automobiles as well as electric vehicles (EV) can coexist has cheered the beleaguered automobile and component manufacturers.

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Integration of AI and IoT in Automotive to Steer Demand for Advanced Driver Assistance System Market, Finds TMRedit

IT News Online

This review is based on the findings of a TMR report titled, “Advanced Driver Assistance System Market (Type – Adaptive Cruise Control, Adaptive Head Lamp, Automatic/Intelligent Emergency Braking, Blind Spot Detection System, Cross Traffic Alert, Drowsiness Monitor System, Lane Departure Warning System, Night Vision, Park Assist, Surround View Camera System, Time Pressure Monitoring System And Others; Technology – Ultrasonic Sensors, Image Sensors, Radar Sensors, Laser Sensors, Infrared Sensors)) – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast 2017 – 2025.”

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Industry News: Future of Work

Creating a pool of cloud skilled workforce is one of our top priorities: Vincent Quah, AWSedit

Express Computer

By Sudipta Dev

AWS introduced the AWS Educate program in India in 2016, with the aim of upskilling students with the latest advancements in cloud computing technology, and providing them with an environment to experiment on AWS Cloud, without worrying about cost or access challenges.

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Millions of job threatened by robotics and artificial intelligenceedit

Deccan Chronicle

Over the coming decades, millions of jobs will be threatened by robotics and artificial intelligence. Despite intensive academic debate on these developments, there has been a little study on how workers react to being replaced through technology.

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Emerging tech will make hiring more inclusive: Delledit

The Times of India

By Akhil George

The ‘Future of Work’ report highlights how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), secure distributed ledgers like blockchains, and multimodal interfaces (going beyond touch gestures to include haptic feedback and even smell to interact with data) are set to birth new industries, jobs, places of work and working patterns.

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