August 20, 2019

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Analysing images for a safer Indiaedit

The New Indian Express

Further, the New York based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a large professional organisation in computing, is working to create standards for accountability and transparency in facial recognition software. In the meantime, protocols can be developed to avoid rushing to judgement based only on the results of FRS but to apply a secondary check.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

With Ransomware Attacks On A Rise, These Industries Have Become The Top Targetsedit

Analytics India Mag

There was a time when the world was witnessing some of the most notorious cyber-attacks — from DDoS to Polymorphic Phishing to Social Engineering. However, with time as organisations have started strengthening their cybersecurity game, black hat hackers have also started to implement some of the most sophisticated strategies to own organisations. And one such strategy and attack is ransomware attack.

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The Internet of Things: Embracing the next-wave of digital disruptionedit

Devdis Course

The Internet of Things or IoT is all about connectivity. It can simply be defined as an ecosystem of internet-connected physical devices that interact and exchange information over the network. IoT is not a buzzword anymore, in fact, it has become imperceptible part of our lives.

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Recent research: AI In Retail And E-Commerce highly favorable to the growth rate by 2025edit

Weekday Times

According to Infoholic Research, the global AI in retail and e-commerce market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 42.8% during the forecast period 2019–2025 to reach revenue of $19.37 billion by 2025. Various retail and e-commerce companies are investing in digital technologies such as IoT, AI, and big data to stay ahead of the competition.

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Offensive Defense Cyber Security and the 21st Centuryedit

Silicon India

With the availability of several direct means of money available online, cybercriminals can easily access your personal and financial details. The theft can be quantitative and qualitative both. To stay away from these kinds of heavy losses, companies hire cybersecurity experts to keep a check and prevent these crimes from happening. Nonmonetary damages are more horrifying as they can lead to blackmailing and intrusion of private or highly confidential documents.

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IoT in Healthcare Unit Sales to Witness Significant Growth in the Near Futureedit

Week Day Times

Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the healthcare industry by allowing patients, healthcare professionals, and value chain players to connect with each other at anytime and anywhere. IoT implementation in healthcare helps providers and payers to better understand health and wellness of individuals, helps in decision making, and improves productivity.

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Give me a reason: Robots in the future will need detailed instructions to perform tasks safelyedit

The Economic Times

Researchers explored the issue of robots using objects. Grasping is an action perfected long ago in nature but one which represents the cutting edge of robotics research. Most factory based machines are dumb, blindly picking up familiar objects that appear in predetermined places at just the right moment. Getting a machine to pick up unfamiliar objects, randomly presented, requires the seamless interaction of multiple, complex technologies.

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Dramatic rise in cyber attacks in India post Kashmir decision: Reportedit

Gadgets Now

There has been a rise in cyber attacks on Indian institutions after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A and the country needs to be extra careful when it comes to the security of websites and critical infrastructure, Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky said on Monday

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Cyber threats to worsen with tech advances: Israeli expertedit

News D

Technological advances like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Automatic Cards and others will throw up new challenges for cyber security and all countries must unite to foresee and combat them, a leading Israeli cyber security expert said on Monday.

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Cyber Adversaries Up the Ante on Evasion and Anti-analysis to Avoid Detectionedit

CIOL

Only a security fabric that is broad, integrated, and automated can provide protection for the entire networked environment, from IoT to the edge, network core and to multi-clouds at speed and scale.

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Centre to soon table data protection Billedit

Telangana Today

By Srinivas M

With privacy concerns over personal and sensitive data on the rise, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is expediting the process of bringing in the Data Protection Bill.

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Artificial intelligence and the world of tax litigationedit

The Financial Express

Artificial intelligence, tax litigation, AI, GDP, indirect tax, direct tax, TARC, Tax Administration Reform Commission, financial express, financial express editorial. Another secondary source is used to evaluate the reason for the poor quality of adjudication/assessment orders as well as unnecessary filing of appeals by tax departments.

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AI is learning from humans. Many humans.edit

The Indian Express

By Cade Metz

Namita Pradhan, second from right, works alongside colleagues at iMerits technology center in Bhubaneswar, India, January 31, 2019. Tech executives rarely discuss the labor intensive process that goes into the creation of artificial intelligence, which is learning from thousands of office workers around the world.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Karnataka Govt to set up EV business cluster for startups; approaches stake holders for discussionedit

The Indian Wire

The government of Karnataka has taken a step to accelerate startups with the services based on electrical vehicles in the state. The government has planned to build a state backed EV cluster for businesses and startups, cited Inc42.

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Recharge The Economy; Slowdown Threatens The $5 Trillion Visionedit

Business World

In India, the government has enforced the BS VI norms (by 2020), soon followed by the EV push. These disruptions have an economic cost, too. Of course, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a recent interview that ICE vehicles and E vehicles can coexist something that has been welcomed by the industry, but EVs will come sooner than later.

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Kerala Seeking Agencies for Setting up EV Charging Stationsedit

Saur Energy

KSEB, the designated nodal agency appointed by the state government for setting up electric vehicle charging stations, has invited an expression of interest for setting up 64 public charging stations, mostly on KSEB or government land.

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In breather for auto firms, govt to go slow on e-vehicle pushedit

The Times of India

The proposal of banning the sale of ICE three-wheelers after 2023 and two-wheelers of engine capacity up to 150cc is also not being pushed aggressively, sources said. Now, a section in the central government believes that they can gradually increase the share of electric vehicles than going for major “disruption” in the sector, which is one of the main contributors to the country’s GDP and employment.

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EVs, most impactful factor for Indian twowheeler industryedit

DNA

Add to this, a constantly improving infrastructure with rising urbanisation, better allaround connectivity and consequent elevation of rural incomes with more realisable aspirational lifestyles of Indias working classes, the journey ahead indeed looks quite promising for the sector.

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Electric vehicle charging stations at petrol pumps: Is it a viable propositionedit

Times Now News

In order to achieve this goal, the government is trying to augment the EV charging infrastructure, which is almost nil now, by announcing various measures. One such plan is to set up charging stations at every 25 km across the highways and roads in India. As part of this plan, the centre is planning to set up charging stations at 65,000odd fuel stations across the country. But is it a viable proposition

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EESL inks pact with Apollo Hospitals to install public EV charging stations in its hospitalsedit

ET Auto

Developing a strong supporting infrastructure is vital to build consumer confidence in electric vehicles (EV). Our MoU with Apollo Hospitals reinforces the role of the private sector in achieving the goal of National Electric Mobility Programme. “Electric mobility is vital to reducing airborne emissions and enhancing air quality, a cause the healthcare sector can resonate with,” EESL Director Projects Venkatesh Dwivedi said

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Delhi NCR To Get 300 New Charging Stations By EESL But There Are Challenges To Be Facededit

India Times

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is constantly working towards expanding the electric vehicle charging network in the DelhiNCR region. In a recent development, the joint venture of PSUs has now confirmed that it will be installing up to 300 new charging stations across DelhiNCR in the coming 5 to 6 months.

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Auto: So Near, Yet So Faredit

Business World

The policy thrust in favour of electric vehicles may have rattled the ICE automakers to some extent, but a major disruption in the industry and the mainstreaming of EVs are nowhere on the horizon yetPhoto Credit : Himanshu Kumar

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Auto firms’ stocks rise despite falling sales, mounting inventoriesedit

MINT

By Ravindra Sonavane and Amit Panday

The rupee has weakened 3.7% so far, but the Nifty IT Index has shed 1.31% in August. A depreciating rupee translates into higher revenue in rupee terms for the export-focused software companies. Despite this, major IT stocks such as Infosys Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Wipro Ltd have declined 2-5% this month

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Super Cars Drive On Intelligenceedit

Mumbai Mirror

By Ravindra K

The Internet of Things has led to a wave of connectivity that is being used for any moving object on road, space or in water. Based on all current and upcoming future technologies we can define IoT as a product (thing/sensor) that should create a data network between every device and hence bridge the gap and find a meaningful relationship between people IoT technology.

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Industry News: Future of Work

Tech and digital will drive job demand in the auto industryedit

Money Control

The talent hunt for automakers won’t be limited to cars. Even the manufacturing plants are becoming smarter. There is a focus on smart factories. “This means companies would need to induct fresh talent as well as reskill the existing talent pool in areas such as IoT (internet of things), 3D Printing, augmented reality and virtual reality, among other things,” said Sethi. And what will drive the car?

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Research details developments in the Auto Cyber Security Market future scenario by 2020edit

Week Day Times

Cybersecurity is the process and practice designed specifically to shield computers, networks, programs, and data from damaging or unauthorised access. Today, the automotive industry is one major vertical within the manufacturing sector which has applied IoT in a big way. Connected cars is one such example of IoT application in the automotive sector.

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As digital takes root, midtier IT companies get staff upskillededit

The Economic Times

By Priyanka Sanghani and Anandi Chnadrashekar

The company has focused on data services, cloud/API, cognitive technologies and automation to capitalise on opportunities arising from disruptions in the sector.

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Are you investing enough in digital?edit

People Matters

The study also encompasses how companies feel towards new-age technologies such as AI, Cognitive Technology, Blockchain, and IoT. Providing insights, expert views, and extensive cases studies, the report is an indispensable resource for any organization looking to benchmark their digital transformation journeys.

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42 per cent companies struggle with sourcing quality tech talent: Reportedit

The Economic Times

Rapid digital transformation across domains has resulted in a steep rise in the demand for quality technology professionals the world over. However, as everybody is on boarding the automation bandwagon, companies are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain quality tech talent.

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