October 2019
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News for the IET21
News for other PEI14
Industry News: Information and Communications226
Industry News: Future of Mobility143
Industry News: Future of Work54
Industry News: Education28

News for the IET

Closing The Cybersecurity Skills Gapedit

Communications Today

This is a positive move, but it isnt only the task of the government to address the skills shortage. In August of this year the Government appointed the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) as the lead organisation to design and deliver the new UK Cyber Security Council, so we wait to see what changes this will bring.

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India’s first-of-its-kind Event on Engineering the Future of Work held in Mumbai by the IETedit

Business News This Week

Shekhar Sanyal, Futurist Impact of Technology, Country Head and Director IET India inaugurated the event, which was followed by a opening address by Mandeep Maitra, Leadership, Transformation and Design Thinking Coach and Chair, IET’s Engineering the Future of Work Steering Committee.

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AITD students deliver engineering awareness seminaredit

The Navhind Times

Department of computer engineering, Agnel Institute of Technology and Design, Assagao, completed phase-I of IET Student Chapter’s Nurturing Intelligence for Curious Engineers (NICE) event which is a competition by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) that is based in UK.

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AITD students deliver engineering awareness seminaredit

Navhind Times

Department of computer engineering, Agnel Institute of Technology and Design, Assagao, completed phase-I of IET Student Chapter’s Nurturing Intelligence for Curious Engineers (NICE) event which is a competition by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) that is based in UK. The competition is for third year and final year engineering students. The aim of the event is to encourage graduating engineers to participate in awareness to be conducted amongst prospective engineers of junior college science students.

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The IET launches new open access journal on quantum communication?edit

STM Publishing

The IET has launched a call for papers for a new gold open access journal in the field of quantum wireless communication. IET Quantum Communication will publish novel research and original survey articles focusing on the application of quantum information science to provide the security and infrastructure for future communication networks.

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India’s first-of-its-kind Event on Engineering the Future of Work held in Mumbai by the IETedit

Coworking Consulting APN News Times Tech

Shekhar Sanyal, Futurist Impact of Technology, Country Head and Director IET India inaugurated the event, which was followed by a opening address by Mandeep Maitra, Leadership, Transformation and Design Thinking Coach and Chair, IET’s Engineering the Future of Work Steering Committee.

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IETs Engineering the Future of Work Conference concludes successfully in Mumbaiedit

Technology For You

The conference was organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), one of the worlds most reputed professional societies for engineers that completes 150 years of existence in 2021. It brought experts across ecosystems to kickstart a movement and to create thinktanks that will work with industry, academia and the government to create road maps for the future of work in India.

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BIT set to find innovative hacks on world issuesedit

Daily Pioneer

This edition of Hack-A-BIT is supported by Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP). It will be organized by the Institution of Electrical and Electronics (IEEE) Student Branch, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), BIT Mesra and Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), BIT Mesra.

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News Byteedit

The Hindu

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET) is organising a conference on ‘Engineering the future of work’ in Mumbai on October 22. According to a press release, the event will facilitate a dialogue on the need to build tools and adapt them at a rapid pace in workplaces as well as build resilient systems — for individuals, organisations and policies.

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Are we barking up the wrong tree?edit

Business Standard

“Chalo, picture dekthe hein” is a sentence that has withstood the test of time. In 2019 though, it sets forth a different sequence of events compared to a decade ago. Now, most likely, it results in a group chat about whether to go to a movie theatre or watch a movie or show over a streaming service. If the decision is to go to the theatre, someone usually looks for show timings online, and books tickets on BookMyShow.

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Digital solutions for The Social Sectoredit

PC Quest

Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, President, Aeris Communications & Chairman, IET IoT Panel says that with a proper IoT application strategy, India can bring back agriculture as a main contributor to the GDP with the help of smart farming

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In-depth learningedit

The Statesman

The University of Sheffield, UK is inviting applications for Aerospace Engineering (Private Pilot Instruction). Accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) on behalf of the Engineering Council, this bachelor degree course is designed to develop students as professional engineers thereby enhancing their career prospects. Students will have ground training for flight and five hours of flight training.

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Which is more important: Professional Qualities or a Befitting Personalityedit

People Matters

But what is a fitting personality Usually, an executive or graduate who makes good eye contact, has a firm handshake, is likable and willing to help others has traits that are likely to impress interviewers. A survey by the Institution of Engineering and Technology revealed that nearly 65% of midsized companies in India choose to impart softskill training over technical training to employees.

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IET’s Engineering the Future of Work, Oct 22, 2019 – Mumbaiedit

Education World

IET’s Engineering the Future of Work conference will facilitate dialogues on finer nuances of Future of Work that are still at nascent stage. Surviving the Future of Work requires us to build tools and adapt them at a rapid pace in our workplaces as well as build resilient systems – for individuals, organisations and policies. The Engineering the Future of Work will be held on October 22 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

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UK Government Plans to Bridge Cybersecurity Skills Gapedit

Analytics Insight

Apart from this, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has been selected to assist the designing and delivery of new UK Cyber Security Council to consider the prevailing professional landscape. Its goal is to develop an accessible career path appealing to those who wish to enter the workforce.

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Making the Future Everyone’s Businessedit

Observe Now

If you were asked, “Is your organization Future of Work-ready?” chances are that you may not have a ready yes/no answer. But if you were asked “Is being ‘Future of Work’ ready a part of your organization’s strategic roadmap?” will you have an emphatic yes? The extensive research that led to our conceptualization of the  Engineering the Future of Work focus made it apparent that ‘Future of Work’ is not a single, major, overnight shift. It is a disruption compounded by multiple, significant changes – both at micro and macro levels.

 

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News for other PEI

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IEEE Survey Finds Growing Parental Support for AI Healthcare Innovationsedit

Mobile ID World

IEEE has shared the results of its third annual Generation AI study, which examines the evolving attitudes of Millennial parents with regards to technology and its influence on their Generation Alpha children. The study defines Generation Alpha as the cohort born between 2010 and 2015.

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Big data. Humanisededit

Business Standard

By mining the tweets and linking it to emergency room visits and atmosphere data, the researchers could build a robust model. As they say in the article published in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, “Rapid progress has been made in gathering non-traditional digital information to perform disease surveillance.

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Maker Village Facilities and Products are Worldclass: IEEE Delegationedit

News Experts

A team with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), on taking a round of India’s largest electronic hardware incubator, lauded the innovative devices at the Kochi facility. They exhorted potential entrepreneurs to make good use of the encouragement being given by the Maker Village, which has Kerala Startup Mission as the supporting partner.

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1st artificial intelligence varsity comes upedit

The Tribune

She is fashioned after Audrey Hepburn, can walk, talk and emote too. And now, Sophia, the world’s first robot citizen who came calling here this week, can also draw sketches, contextualise a conversation and attach faces with names, say its makers. Sophia, was part of several industrial and social robots, including ‘Professor Einstein’, exhibited at the 28th IEEE Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication here.

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Worlds first robot citizen attends conference in India; makers reveal Sophia can draw nowedit

The Economic Times

Sophia, dressed in a black skirt and a grey metallic shirt, was part of several industrial and social robots, including Professor Einstein, exhibited at the 28th IEEE Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN 2019) here.

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Social robots may be conflict mediators, says studyedit

The Rahnuma

The study was presented at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication in the national capital on Tuesday. Our results show that virtual agents and potentially social robots might be a good conflict mediator in all kinds of teams.

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IEEEC conference kicks offedit

The Pioneer

This is the first time IEEE Ro-MAN Conference is taking place in the Indian subcontinent. The idea is to connect the Indian and international communities in the fast-growing sector of Robotics & AI. Nearly 205 high-quality papers are being presented in 25 oral sessions and one poster session spread over four days.

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Artificial human skin for robots developededit

Express Computer

According to the study published in the journal Proceedings of the IEEE, each is equipped with a microprocessor and sensors to detect contact, acceleration, proximity and temperature. Such artificial skin enables robots to perceive their surroundings in much greater detail and with more sensitivity.

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10 Best Programming Languages for Engineersedit

EET India

IEEE Spectrum released its annual ranking of program languages last month and many were surprised to see Python maintained its top spot. Python, a script-based language, has held the top spot in IEEE Spectrum’s ranking since 2017.

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Artificial Intelligence Improves Control of Prosthetic Handsedit

IT News Online

Scientists from the University of Texas at Dallas announced a ground breaking new approach for improving control of prosthetics with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) at the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics Symposium this month. The research findings show a huge leap forward in the goal of fully endtoend optimization of electromyography (EMG) controlled prosthetic hands.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

What we can expect from WiFi 6edit

Tech Radar

Thanks to the proliferation of smart home devices and the Internet of Things (IoT), your home network is struggling. To be smart, each of these devices needs access to the internet, and with so many devices fighting connectivity your router will be overwhelmed, bringing your network to a grinding halt.

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TN to release state-level polices for blockchain, AIedit

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu is working on a state-level policy for two key emerging technologies including blockchain and Artificial Intelligence that are disrupting public policy and governance. Awaiting approvals, officials expect it to come through “soon”, and anticipate its release in eight to ten days.

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Robotics: Shaping The Booming Future Of Tomorrowedit

Business World

The arrival of the Internet of Things, Cloud Communication, Wearable Technology, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence has really expanded the platform of businesses in India along with effective and efficient results. One of the most tremendous and successful technological influx of todays generation is that of the Robotics.

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Potential future uses for AI powered IoT devicesedit

CIOL

In todays digital ecosystem, its difficult to find an IoT (Internet of Things) enabled device that does not make use of Artificial Intelligence. IoT and AI are both unique technologies that possess great potential in their independent domains, but when combined they hold a humongous, highly efficient, and captivating potential.

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Navigating AI needs strong sailsedit

Business Standard

Irresistible though it may appear, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) remains fraught. A new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has highlighted the issues that organisations must address as they inevitably move to enhance the use of AI in financial services.

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IoT Spending Is Expected To Register 15.4% YOY Growth To Reach US$1.1 Trillion By 2025edit

Electronics For U

Internet of Things (IoT) has begun to shape the future of many industries by generating an unprecedented amount of data. Kalyan Varma, vice president of TV Rheinland India in an interaction with Electronicsforu.com Network shares how IoT is all set to disrupt the ecosystem with the proliferation of humungous data. Excerpt follows

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India and Germany likely to sign agreement on artificial intelligenceedit

The Economic Times

Germany and India are likely to sign agreements including a partnership on the use of artificial intelligence in farming during a threeday visit to New Delhi by Chancellor Angela Merkel that begins on Thursday, the German ambassador said.

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How The Cities Of The World Can Achieve Game Changing Urban Sustainabilityedit

BW CIO World

The centralized platform, in the Digital Retrofit approach, gathers real time performance data using IoT connectivity, and delivers actionable insights, using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. By adding a layer of extensive command and control, this approach is able to empower existing infrastructure at much lower costs than pure hardware retrofits.

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How 5G will revolutionize manufacturingedit

Tech Radar

And as an aside, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cloud computing, big data and cognitive computing known together as Industry 4.0 are starting to deliver advanced systems and processes unlike anything we have seen before.

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Heres why techies in Chennai are most vulnerable to cyberattacksedit

The Economic Times

Being quickly moving on the path of digital transformation, India is witnessing high adoption of newage technologies and trends such as analytics, big data, mobility, cloud computing, IoT, etc. Sharing his views on which technology would be vulnerable to cyberattacks, Jayaraman says IoT provides a new and increasing attack surface for hackers.

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Cyber threats in financial institutions: Getting the basics rightedit

Money Control

It was a reality check for financial institutions as the attack was estimated to have affected more than 150 countries and caused millions of dollars in damage. The banking system often emerges as a sitting duck since it is the softest and most effective target.

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A Manufacturing Game Changeredit

The Times of India

Internet of Things, automation, robotics and analytics are changing the world of manufacturing. But, Indian manufacturing also needs a more fundamental game changer. It needs to correct the import duty structure on Key Industrial Raw Materials (KRMs).

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A cybersecurity horror story: Octobers creepiest threats and how to stay secureedit

Deccan Chronicle

Lets take a look at what ghoulish threats have been leading to some tricks (and no treats) around the cybersphere this month. One ghost that recently caused some hocus pocus across the Web is Ghostcat3PC.

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The use of AI and ML in protecting the IoTedit

Tech Radar

This Internet of Things (IoT) means we have now a more complex environment with many more devices, each one being a possible vector of attack, with privacy and safety breaches. However, these connected devices, to the exception of a laptop and a smartphone, typically perform one or two functions at most.

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Study: Companies using AI and IoT together catapult ahead of competitors using IoT aloneedit

IT News Online

IoT Solutions World Congress A recent survey of global business leaders reveals the most significant predictor in realizing value from Internet of Th

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Now get medicines from the skyedit

The Financial Express

The network brings together government, business, startups, international organisations and NGOs to codesign innovative policy solutions to accelerate the benefits of emerging technologies such as drones, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Blockchain while mitigating the risks.

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New research finds Salesforce economy will create more than USD67 Billion in new business revenues in India From 2019 through 2024edit

ANI News

Globally, manufacturing leads the way job creation with a forecast of 765,800 new jobs by 2024 and finance leads in new business revenues with $224 billion by then. The study report also delves into specific high growth occupations, with AI specialist jobs growing at 44 percent and IoT related jobs growing at 38 percent annually.

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Heres why 5G brings both good and bad news for T&M market in Indiaedit

The Economic Times

High focus on government tenders and maintaining continuous relations with government officials will help in increasing market share. Trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), millimetrewave (mmwave) frequencies, and 5G propose significant changes in requirements for test equipment, thus opening up new opportunities for T&M vendors, she said.

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Gartner: The Present and Future of Artificial Intelligenceedit

PC Mag

Artificial intelligence uses vast amounts of data and sophisticated probabilistic algorithms to offer the intimacy of a small town in a big city scale, Gartner VP Svetlana Sicular said at the companys annual IT Symposium last week.

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From the cloud, computing moves to the edgeedit

The Indian Express

At the moment, the existing Internet of Things (IoT) systems perform all of their computations in the cloud using data centres. Edge computing, on the other hand, essentially manages the massive amounts of data generated by IoT devices by storing and processing data locally. That data doesnt need to be sent over a network as soon as it processed; only important data is sent therefore, an edge computing network reduces the amount of data that travels over the network

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Five is the new normedit

The Pioneer

Out of the biggest technology trends like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and cloud computing, 5G technology will change the role of the telecom sector, which means they will not only be technology distributors but also be the service providers in the coming time. Also, it is said to have long-term implications on the human lifestyle.

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DoT Committee calls for papers on AI to develop Indian AI stackedit

Media Nama

A committee under the Department of Telecommunications which has been formed for the standardisation of Artificial Intelligence technology has invited papers on Artificial Intelligence. These original papers should address different aspects of AI such as functional network architecture, AI architecture, data structures required, etc

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Companies reevaluating risk management for futureedit

Business Today

As industries evolve to adopting big data, Internet of Things and smart factories, Indian companies are reevaluating the way companies are looking at risk management for the future. Rohit Mahajan President Risk Advisory, Deloitte says in the 510 years companies have evolved in the compliance game to meet changing needs.

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AI inverter + drone + robotedit

The Times of India

Smart cities need smart and clean energy, and at the core of this lies an inverter that generates energy. I envision a world where inverter systems interact with drones as well as solar panel cleaning robots to diagnose issues and fix these. This enables glitch-free automation and improves the efficacy of clean energy.

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5G tech will pave way for new applications, services & solutionsedit

The Asian Age

Known to propel the Internet of Things (IoT), and be a catalyst for a world of interconnected devices, 5G is set to upscale the impact of digital technology driven products and services on a variety of stakeholders, in multifaceted ways. Some of them, we do not even know today, but will happen tomorrow due to ingenuity and need. Therefore, we need to welcome it in India as well.

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Why India needs deep tech startupsedit

Live Mint

Of the estimated 7,500 odd technology startups, Nasscom defines these deep tech based companies as those that have been consistently working towards driving innovation in new age technologies such as AI, IoT (internet of things), Blockchain, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Augmented and Virtual Reality, among others.

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India is emerging as a startup hub: John Chambersedit

Live Mint

By Meera Vankipuram

I look for four characteristics. One is, markets that are in a business transformation, enabled by new technology. Every market is starting to be changed by the cloud and the cloud moving to the edge. Internet of Things (IoT) is huge, and the security and the cyber security implications for that.

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Health Care AI Discriminates Black Patientsedit

Deccan Chronicle

One of the problems that AI decision-making was meant to solve, was bias. However, it has once again proven to be wrong. Algorithmic bias occurs when a computer system behaves in ways that reflects the implicit values of humans involved in that data collection, selection, or use. Algorithmic bias has been identified and critiqued for its impact on search engine results, social media platforms, privacy, and racial profiling

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AI And Cybersecurity: Plague Or Promiseedit

Forbes

Many, if not most IT teams do not have the resources to protect their enterprises, certainly not in real time. And in a world where minutes matter and thoroughness is paramount, we need to look at artificial intelligence (AI) to support and augment what we need to combat the bad actors.

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5 Billion dollar Industries That Will Be Changed By Artificial Intelligenceedit

Inc

Theres no question that artificial intelligence (AI) will be widespread in five years. Yet we dont know exactly what it will look like. Ask 27 experts how AI will change our lives, and you’ll get 27 different answers.

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Telangana to declare 2020 as year of AI: Minister for ITedit

ET Telecom

The Telangana government would be declaring 2020 as the year of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to promote its use in various sectors including Agriculture and Healthcare.

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Making computers intelligentedit

Business Standard

Computers need to be trained to recognise images. Indeed, this is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to machine learning applications, and many artificial intelligence (AI)-dependent applications, such as the use of self-driving cars, or facial recognition programs. This is less of a problem in a completely controlled environment, such as a factory floor, but it is a huge barrier to using AI in natural environments.

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How AI & smartphone apps are putting stethoscope’s fate at stakeedit

The Times of India

It is threatened by handheld devices that are also pressed against the chest but rely on ultrasound technology, artificial intelligence and smartphone apps instead of doctors’ ears to help detect leaks, murmurs, abnormal rhythms and other problems in the heart, lungs and else-where. Some of these instruments can yield images of the beating heart or create electrocardiogram graphs.

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Going Digitaledit

The Times of India

Indian banks are increasing their investments in emerging digital tech such as AI and blockchain to create new product offerings and respond to evolving customer demands. The CIOs in the sector are focusing on biometric authentication, machine learning and chatbots to deliver an enhanced user experience

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Deep Gap In DeepTechedit

Business World

Cumulatively, this has led to a strong entrenchment in DeepTech ability in China: AI, machine learning, robotics, biotech, IoT, sensors, nanotech, etc. And to a gap between them and the rest of the world that is poised to widen. A BCG report identified roughly 4,200 DeepTech companies in the USA, growing at about 10 per cent annually.

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Augmenting Cybersecurityedit

Business World

To stay ahead of cybercriminals, organizations need fresh intelligence on things such as new attack schemes or malware variants that come into play. To stay abreast of developments, organizations can coordinate with industry associations, regional IT groups, cybersecurity vendors, service providers, and relevant government agencies

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5G and AI Expected to bring heightened cybersecurity risksedit

ELE TIMES

The study also found that 86% of respondents expect artificial intelligence (AI) to have an impact on their cybersecurity strategy over the next five years, as AI systems are integrated into core enterprise security functions. The top three AI applications that respondents said they would consider implementing as part of their cybersecurity strategy are network intrusion detection and prevention, fraud detection and secure user authentication.

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Kochi gets a control centre to fight back cyber criminalsedit

The Times of India

The idea is to have a session in every school, every month. We will tell them about cybercrimes, cybersecurity, the things that they should be careful about while using the internet, things they should not do and things they should do, etc. We will teach them how they should use their devices so that they can remain safe from cybercriminals, said Sakhare.

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IOT And AI At The Edge Creating Artificial Intelligence Of Thingsedit

Analytics Insight

By Priya Dialani

Named AIoT, the union of AI and IoT is an amazing tool, either at the Edge or in the Cloud. The objective for the innovation, which is here and there alluded to as Artificial Intelligence of Things, is to accomplish progressively proficient IoT operations, improve human-machine interactions, and upgrade data management and analytics. Whenever actualized appropriately, those AI analytics can change IoT data into valuable data for an improved decision-making process.

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Check Point Unveils 2020 CyberSecurity Predictions, Warns of New Cyber Cold Waredit

IT News Online

We need a more holistic approach to IoT security, with a combination of traditional and new controls to protect these ever growing networks across all industry and business sectors. The new generation of security will be based on nano security agents: microplugins that can work with any device or operating system in any environment, controlling all data that flows to and from the device and giving always on security

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Artificial Intelligence to Predict Thyroid Cancer Risk in Ultrasoundedit

News 18

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) with thyroid ultrasound offers a quick and noninvasive approach to thyroid cancer screening, says a new study. The study, published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, suggests that automated machine learning shows promise as an additional diagnostic tool that could improve the efficiency of thyroid cancer diagnosis.

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AI a game changer in medical diagnostics spaceedit

The Hans India

This involves deep learning, a sophisticated type of machine learning, where a series of labelled images are fed into the AI system that picks out features in them and learns how to classify similar images. The AI system, as it learns more and more, gets ready to help doctors in the diagnosis of all kinds of diseases from colon cancer to dental work to eye problems.

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Malware Attacks On IoT-enabled Devices Are On The Rise: Kasperskyedit

Republic World

Cyber attacks on IoT devices are at an all-time high. Cybersecurity researchers have detected 105 million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276,000 unique IP addresses in the first six months of the year 2019. This figure is around nine times more than the number found in the same period last year

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Is India The Next Hyperscale Data Center Destination?edit

Communication Today

On the enterprise side, Public Cloud adoption is disrupting the traditional data storage and management practices. IDC reports that by 2022, 40% of new enterprise applications developed in India will be cloud-native and by 2023, the top 4 clouds (”mega-platforms”) in the country will be the destination of choice for 50% of workloads

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Indians Of All Ages Are Welcoming The Idea Of Tech-Assisted Livingedit

Inc 42

As emerging technologies such as AI (artificial intelligence), ML (machine learning), and IoT (Internet of Things) take over our lives, it’s hard to imagine a world without smartphones, computers, video games, and, of course, smart devices. India, as a country, is also experiencing this tech revolution head-on.

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How AI is Powering the Future of Bankingedit

Analytics Insight

By Vivek Kumar

The banking sector is rapidly shifting towards technology as the industry stores the world’s wealth in databases and transactions that simply exchange information over networks. New-age technology here, such as Artificial Intelligence particularly, can assist the industry, from accounting and sales to contracts and cybersecurity.

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FinTech Will Lead India’s Financial Formalisationedit

Business World

Finally, the adoption of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and big data, fuelled by the rising internet and mobile penetration has empowered financial organisations to tackle the pressing pain-points of the time.

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5G technology poised to become connectivity fabric, transform businesses: Infosys studyedit

ANI News

It has huge transformational potential across industries with its service-based, cloud-native architecture and higher-frequency bands that enable a greater amount of data to be transmitted in real-time. Indeed, most industries are investigating 5G and how it can add value to their business.

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With 10 crore attacks, IoT devices are sitting ducks for hackersedit

The Hindu Business Line

There has been a spurt in smart devices such as routers and security cameras but people pay no attention to protecting them from cyber intrusion, cyber security solutions company Kaspersky said in its report, ‘IoT: A Malware Story, capturing the outcome of attacks on honey pots in the first half of 2019’

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TOP 5 Must Haves to Make Smart City a Success in Indiaedit

Silicon India

Of the governments recent Smart City initiative is anything to go by, we could soon see a dramatic shift in the way we go about our daily lives. The Governments recent Smart City Initiative envisages transforming 100 cities (Phase I) into efficient, connected areas that promise enhanced lifestyles, better safety and more engaged community experience to its citizens. A seamless experience powered by the Internet of Things (IoT) that promises to transform our lives, forever.

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Security demands attention in AI, 5G era; but cost still a concern for CIOsedit

Infotech Lead

The top three 5G related concerns are greater risk of attacks on Internet of Things (IoT) networks, a wider attack surface and a lack of security by design in 5G hardware and firmware. Eighty three percent of survey respondents said 5G developments will create cybersecurity challenges for their organizations, suggesting that the new technology will bring heightened risks.

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Moving first on AI has competitive gains, but higher risks too: WEF studyedit

The Week

Financial services firms that are first movers on implementing artificial intelligence (AI) use have the most to gain, but also face higher risks by deploying emerging technologies without regulatory clarity, the World Economic Forum said in a report on Wednesday.

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More than 100 million attacks on smart devices in H1 2019edit

The Asian Age

This figure is around nine times more than the number found in H1 2018 when only around 12 million attacks were spotted originating from 69,000 IP addresses. Capitalizing on weak security of IoT products, cybercriminals are intensifying their attempts to create and monetize IoT botnets. This and other findings are a part of the IoT: a malware story report on honeypot activity in H1 2019.

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Is India the next hyperscale data center destinationedit

The Times of India

IDC reports that by 2022, 40% of new enterprise applications developed in India will be cloudnative and by 2023, the top 4 clouds (megaplatforms) in the country will be the destination of choice for 50% of workloads. In addition to this, as the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning get increasingly woven into enterprise fabric, there is an added load on applications which is driving the need for data centres.

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India´s Robot Wonder – 39% Growth Rate Says IFR`s World Roboticsedit

Business Wire

The country’s automation potential is illustrated by a low robot density figure in the automotive industry: 99 industrial robots per 10,000 employees is less than a fourth of Indonesia’s density (440 units) and far away from China (732 units) and the frontrunner Korea (2,589).

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Building data platformsedit

The Hindu Business Line

Almost all the points mentioned appear to be of common sense: they are. Yet, there are scores of companies that embark on a data platform project and get frustrated along the way because of the lack of sufficient benefit realisation. Apart from ensuring that the organisation has the right skills and key technology choices, these factors must be seriously considered, if not adopted. The writer is Chief Technology Officer, IBM India/South Asia

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Artificial Intelligence and India: A Comprehensive Overviewedit

Analytics Insight

By Vivek Kumar

Over the last few years, the world has witnessed a robust upsurge in technology developments, especially in Artificial Intelligence. There is no doubt that the technology has the potential to transform businesses the way it is done earlier. Now, countries are focusing more on leveraging this tech to become and lead the race for AI supremacy across the globe.

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72% company heads in India feel cloud security sufficient: Reportedit

Live Mint

Milroy notes such companies can benefit from centralised consoles that provide a holistic view of all cloud native solutions and use some form of AI (artificial intelligence) to track known and unknown malware threats.

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Rethinking Cybersecurity to Face the Unpredictableedit

BW CIO World

The unique nature of industrial control systems and the serious consequences for negligence further underscore Indian companies need to tap into industrial cybersecurity skills and resources, whether local or global.

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Blockchain Technology is Disrupting the Startup Ecosystemedit

The Times of India

Since the introduction of the first practical implementation of blockchain over ten years ago, the technology has found a myriad of usecases in a wide variety of industries, including fintech, healthcare, digital identity, Internet of Things (IoT), and logistics. Many of these industries have already been marching towards digitisation of their internal processes for the past few years, making blockchain integration only more advantageous due to its increased security and reliability benefits.

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Intelligence that redefines mission critical storageedit

CRN

Traditionally, issues with availability arise from systems that sit above the data storage function, such as the network, server and virtualisation. Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can allow businesses to bypass these barriers, look beyond them, and at the same time, predict and prevent any disruptions that might occur in the infrastructure stack.

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How will artificial intelligence affect your businessedit

CIOL

Artificial intelligence is the most exciting upcoming technology in the world today. The advent of autonomous vehicles and the prospect of fully intelligent machines fills us with excitement and dread. As with any technology, there are those who are completely bent on imbuing their businesses with the newest advancements as soon as they can.

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How Companies Take Advantage Of The $3.7 Billion Robotics Opportunityedit

Forbes

IDC recently predicted the worldwide robotic process automation (RPA) software market will total $3.7 billion by 2022. Thats because people in departments like finance and human resources (HR) realize that RPA isnt the next big thing. Its the new normal, as bots continue to boost efficiencies, customer service, and costsavings. Indeed, these are the top reasons why companies are adopting AI, according to Gartner research analysts.

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How Artificial Intelligence For All Helps Increase Accountability To Societyedit

Forbes

There is no shortage of statistics on the increasing uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) in business. With adoption poised to grow over the next few years, this will undoubtedly lead to the discovery of new use cases and applications of the technology that were never before on the radar of business leaders.

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Government appoints panel to resolve MEITYs and NITI Aayogs conflicts over AI: Reportedit

Media Nama

The government has formed a committee to resolve differences over the Artificial Intelligence (AI) mission between the MEITY and NITI Aayog, reports The Economic Times. It will be headed by principal scientific advisor K Vijay Raghavan. The other representatives in the committee will include Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, the CEO of NITI Aayog and Secretary of MEITY.

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Data centres may prove to be the next big opportunity in Indiaedit

The Economic Times

Be that as it may, as 5G rollouts and use cases for industrial IoT start gaining steam, demand will increase, said Gupta, the data centre man of India. It will only go up, and not slow down.

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Beware! smart bulbs can hack your dataedit

Free Press Journal

Smart bulbs are expected to be a popular purchase this holiday season. But could lighting your home open up your personal information to hackers Now a new study from an Indian origin researcher shows that the hackers next prime target could be that smart bulb. Some smart bulbs connect to a home network without needing a smart home hub, centralised hardware or software device where another internet of things (IoT) products communicate with each other.

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Artificial Intelligence Enters Its Golden Ageedit

Forbes

Look at the latest Gartner Hype Cycle for artificial intelligence, and you will see most AI elements are rounding the hype curve, and have yet to take their stomach churning plunge into the trough of disillusionment. Talk to business leaders these days, and no one appears disappointed, yet.

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63% businesses concerned about cyber threats: Reportedit

Express Computer

Sixty six per cent of business decision makers in India believe lack of security expertise is a challenge for their organisations, while 63 per cent of Indian businesses are concerned about being exposed to cyber threats due to employee errors, according to a new report.

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Prabhakar on the IoT Revolution in IVD Industryedit

Silicon India

The Internet of Things (IoT) has rapidly become a familiar term and every Industry across the globe is swept by this technological revolution. The In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) industry in India too appears to be catching up on this trend.

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Industries are starting to realize the IoT potentialedit

ELE Times

The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to bring about a truly connected future, powering everything from Internet of Things to smart cities. Where we see a particular impact, however, is in the Industrial IoT (IIoT), where the exponential potential of connected sensors, machinery and processes will come to life, kickstarting a 4th Industrial Revolution that will transform businesses of all sizes in all industries.

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Indian banking and securities IT spending will grow 9% in 2020: Gartneredit

Money Control

Banking and securities organizations are investing in emerging digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, not only to create new product offerings but also to respond to evolving customer demands.

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How Will Artificial Intelligence Change The Banking Industryedit

Inc 42

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, banks are now finding solace in newage technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and more. Since 2016, many traditional banks have collaborated with fintech startups or devised solutions inhouse to offer modernised banking solution to their customers.

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Heres how to keep your IoT devices secured with these best tipsedit

Geospatial World

Are you living in a smart home where you have numerous internet connected and computing devices for an easy living Well, all of your IP cameras, speakers, refrigerators, and doorbells are embedded with electronics and software which are coined with a term called the Internet of Things

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Employee behaviour among biggest challenges to cyber security in India: Sophosedit

The Economic Times

The study further found that 63% of Indian businesses were concerned about being exposed to cyber criminals due to employee error, while 68% were concerned about employees conducting malicious activities.

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Edge Computing: Everything You Need To Knowedit

Express Computer

Edge computing will also help scale the performance of IoT services by increased speed. When customers experience real time processes, it gives a boost to your goodwill and brand image. Few other examples in use cases would be: Digital Health, Retail market, Smart Transportation and something as wide as Smart Cities.

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Digital societyedit

The Economic Times

Increasingly, these technologies are not only used by users to communicate with other users or devices, but also to enable smart devices to communicate with each other in what has been coined the Internet of Things (IoT). A washing machine that starts automatically after the sun provided enough energy for the house photovoltaic system, and sends a message to the homeowner that it has started and when it expects to finish is a case in point.

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66% businesses concerned about cyber threats: Reportedit

Gadgets Now

Sixty six per cent of business decision makers in India believe lack of security expertise is a challenge for their organisations, while 63 per cent of Indian businesses are concerned about being exposed to cyber threats due to employee errors, according to a new report on Tuesday.

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Telangana, Netherlands to explore opportunities in Cyber Securityedit

Telangana Today

The Netherlands and Telangana governments are exploring opportunities in the cyber security space. Representatives from the Dutch government, Hague Security Delta and Cyber Security Centre of Excellence of Telangana discussed the opportunities at a conference on Telangana-Netherlands collaboration here on Monday.

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How AI and Automation Combined with CRM Can Make Customer Management Easyedit

Analytics Insight

Below the highlights that exemplify how companies are using AI and other technologies like automation with their CRM platforms to enhance customer management and how companies are transforming the operation

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High performance edge computingedit

Fortune

Providing near source cloud capabilities with significantly reduced network latency, and integration with newage technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and advanced analytics, the technology offers a pervasive experience across end devices. Organisations, on the other hand, can achieve their business objectives assimilating enhanced productivity, efficiency, and speed building upon realtime marketing and personalised customer experience.

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Here are 5 important reasons why defines why India needs cybersecurity education.edit

India Today

Need to gear up for the Internet of Things (IoT) & critical infrastructures: The ecosystem of Internet connected devices, operational tools, and critical infrastructures is poised to soar in the upcoming years. As IoT continues to expand, critical infrastructures such as power, oil and gas, water treatment systems, and transportation are vital for national survival.

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An online repository of startups aims to showcase Indias technological capabilitiesedit

The Economic Times

TechSagar provides insights about capabilities of more than 4000 entities from industry, academia and research across 25 technology areas like Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, blockchain, cloud and virtualisation, robotics and Automation and more. It enables targeted and customised search, granular navigation and drilldown methods using more than 3000 niche capabilities.

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There is no need to fear artificial intelligence, yetedit

Hindustan Times

The fear of artificial intelligence (AI) is not new. The first time that the world worried that a human made, and yet superior to humans intelligence, has been created and had the capacity to destroy the world was in 1946, when the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC) was built.

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Researchers plan smart farms to boost yieldedit

The Times of India

In a first in Telangana and AP, researchers from the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, known as MANAGE, are planning to integrate Internet of Things (IoT) and farming practices by using light and video sensors to study and monitor the size and growth of plants artificially.

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New draft strategy on cybersecurity in the makingedit

The Hindu

The landscape of cyber attacks is evolving so fast that less than a decade after the last strategy document on cyber security, India is working on a new draft strategy, said Lt. Gen. Rajesh Pant (retd), national cybersecurity coordinator also chairing the task force for drafting the new strategy document.

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India should embrace 5G technology soon: NITI Aayog CEOedit

The Economic Times

The 5G technology will increase data flow and make people’s life easier, he said. Underlining the importance of machine learning and artificial intelligence, the NITI Aayog CEO said the government should make special efforts to increase the number of data specialists and data scientists.

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Hyderabad: IoT and LoRaWaN crucial in cutting cost of water supplyedit

Deccan Chronicle

Metropolitan Water Board managing director, M. Dana Kishore, said Internet of Things (IoT) and LoRaWaN (Long Range Wide Area Network) could be crucial in reducing the cost of water supply.

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How technology is changing the face of India’s banking sectoredit

Deccan Chronicle

As we enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution, businesses across industries and verticals are turning to AI, ML, IoT, Big Data and other modern technologies to streamline their operations. When it comes to India, the government itself has taken a host of initiatives to promote large-scale adoption of technology in various sectors.

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Comfort with smart home systemedit

Telangana Today

Looking to upgrade your home with modern solutions to offer more comfort and convenience? Then this could be the right time to go for automation products that enable, control and manage all your home appliances. Home automation, also known as a smart home system, will control lighting, entertainment systems, air conditioners, fans and other appliances.

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AI-enabled Cloud to transform millions of lives in Indiaedit

ET CIO

With Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Cloud solutions, the country is now looking at solving real-life problems in sectors like agriculture, healthcare and education. Experts believe that the country needs to prioritise AI-based predictive analysis to improve outcomes in these core areas that touch millions of lives.

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Integration: Key to effective cybersecurityedit

Fortune

Enterprises need to stay one step ahead of cybercriminals to protect their sensitive information and reputation. Siloed approaches and point technical protection technologies are no longer effective to counter the emerging sophisticated threat scenarios of today.

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Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things will rule futureedit

The Hindu

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) will decide how agriculture, businesses, and industries work in the future, said V. Neethi Mohan, Chairman of Young Entrepreneur School, here on Saturday

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Surveillance cameras to dominate 5G IoT market: Gartneredit

Tech Observer

Outdoor surveillance cameras will be the largest market for 5G Internet of Things (IoT) solutions worldwide over the next three years, said research firm Gartner. These cameras will represent 70 per cent of the 5G IoT endpoint installed base in 2020, before contracting to 32 per cent by the end of 2023.

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Seven Steps To Combat Cyber Security Threats In Education Sectoredit

BW Education

As educational institutions worldwide continue to collect increasing amounts of student information, the responsibility to secure this data also exponentially increases. They carry a cyberattack risk, which in recent years seem to be more targeted against those in the higher education sector.

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Is AI more threat than promise Tech developers join activists in calling for new safeguardsedit

Geek Wire

Ross Reynolds, executive producer for Community Engagement at KUOW; Sankar Narayan, ACLU of Washingtons Technology and Liberty project director; and Vinay Narayan, vicepresident of platform strategy and developer relations at HTC, speak about artificial intelligence risks at Seattle Interactive Conference on Friday.

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Intelligent Automation is Bringing a New Era of Innovation | Analytics Insightedit

Analytics Insight

The world is perpetually aware of the fact that automation and artificial intelligence are driving business success since the upsurge of the fourth industrial revolution. As the technologies have evolved over the years its operational efficiencies and work ethics have also transformed for better.

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Future tense, it will be war of technologies nextedit

The Asian Age

Artificial Intelligence “AI has the potential to solve the problem but it doesn’t provide an all encompassing solution.” Badly designed AI, believes Narayanan, can cause more harm than anything else. “Decision makers don’t possess adequate knowledge of AI processes, as attackers tunnel effortlessly through digital networks, penetrating our defenses.”

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Attempts Being Made To Demonise Technology: PM Modiedit

Business Standard

He said the debate should not be on the dangers of artificial intelligence or when will robots outsmart humans. But the debate should be on how to create a bridge between artificial intelligence and human intentions.

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Using EDR for layered securityedit

Tech Radar

The advent of cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) has created inter device connectivity on a scale previously unseen. With an expanse of new devices equating to a wide array of new entry vectors; a defensible perimeter is now insufficient in isolation.

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The Internet of Things Cant Stop Killing My Gadgetsedit

Mashable

By Chris Taylor

If you harbor fears about the socalled internet of things, or IoT that fancy term for all those chattering online devices currently burrowing into every crevice of our homes then your concern likely has to do with privacy. Indeed, the potential for smart assistants like Amazons Alexa to listen in on us is undeniably creepy.

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The Automobile And Pharmaceutical Industry Will Take The Lead In IoT: ASUSedit

Electronics For U

By Baishaki Dutta

The Internet of Things (IoT) is emerging as the third wave in the development of the Internet. Vinay Shetty, regional head ASUS Technology Pvt Ltd India and South Asia in an interaction with Electronicsforu.com Network shares how ASUS is gearing up to embrace the wave of the IoT revolution. Excerpt follows

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Surveillance cameras to be biggest market for 5G IoT solutionsedit

The Economic Times

Outdoor surveillance cameras will be the largest market for 5G Internet of Things (IoT) solutions globally in the next three years, a new report by Gartner Inc. said on Thursday.

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Starting a SaaS Company from India 5 Essentials You Should Knowedit

Entrepreneur

Silicon Valley, Israel and India are the three famous SaaS ecosystems worldwide. In Silicon Valley, the majority of the SaaS has moved to machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Cybersecurity, deeptech, defense and AI/ML dominate the Israel technology domain.

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AI can improve public services delivery: UN Google reportedit

Express Computer

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a helpful tool for governments in the Asia Pacific region to deliver public services, revealed a new UN Google report. The study by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Google cited case studies highlighting the importance of partnerships between governments and technology firms for the delivery of public services.

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5G prompts AsiaPacific firms to rethink cybersecurity risksedit

Nyoooz

Richard Watson, EY AsiaPacific Cybersecurity Risk Advisory Leader, comments: Adopting a risk based approach is key as organizations simply cannot protect everything to the same degree. What are the organizations cyber risk appetite As the promise of 5G increases data flows, the risk landscape is intensifying.

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When AI can prevent human fraudedit

Business Standard

Marquee names of Indian industry are now facing prosecution for financial fraud, poor corporate governance, crony capitalism and plain corrupt behaviour. Many stars of Indian industry are now behind bars, being prosecuted or on the run abroad. Cutting across sectors the dark life of prominent entrepreneurs has been exposed. Debates on poor corporate governance and accountability rage across board rooms.

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Possibilities for real estate with Internet of Thingsedit

The Economic Times

There are direct benefits of using IoT in construction space. Heres how. Many construction sites have internet connectivity to enable a connected job site. Connected devices on job sites provide number of benefits to the project, the companies, and most of all the employees.

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Making small companies intelligentedit

Business Today

By Avirat Parekh

Small and medium businesses can reduce costs and optimise efficiencies by embracing artificial intelligence India too has plunged headlong into AI and machine learning (ML) with numerous startups offering AI solutions in areas such as banking, logistics and transportation.

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Indias quest in seeking critical technologies to safeguard national interest: Principal Secretary to PMedit

The Economic Times

Similarly, innovative use of artificial intelligence in agriculture, manufacturing industry, and even use of smart materials could be of immense relevance to various sectors of the economy, Mishra said.

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Data Localisation Need of the Hour, Urge Telco Leaders At India Mobile Congressedit

Inc 42

By Amit Raja Naik

Overseas companies have expressed concerns about Indias tightening data privacy and data localisation laws Indian telcos have come out in support of the governments plans to ensure local control of data

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Automating Conversational Serviceedit

Business Standard

However, the industry seems to be now ready to move to the next phase to harness the full potential of customer service using the power of artificial intelligence (AI) by going for a comprehensive Conversational Service Automation (CSA), according to a recent report by leading conversational AI technology company Uniphore and advisory and analysis firm Opus Research.

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AI can improve public services delivery: Reportedit

Gadgets Now

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a helpful tool for governments in the Asia Pacific region to deliver public services, revealed a new UN Google report on Wednesday.

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When AI Invests In AIedit

Forbes

The title of this article might sound farfetched to many readers, but keen students of artificial intelligence (AI) know that this is no longer very far away. Since the advent of computers, capital markets have always been at the forefront of technology. Yes, thats right. You may be wondering why these old 100plusyearold banking and financial institutions are doing with cutting edge technology.

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What’s Holding AI to Be a US$14 Trillion Market in the Global Economy?edit

Analytics Insight

The adoption of Artificial Intelligence is rapidly garnering traction across enterprises globally as businesses begin to deploy state-of-the-art technologies. With this development, consulting giant Accenture foresees that AI will add $14 trillion to the global economy by 2035.

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The human cost of cybersecurity attacksedit

Tech Radar

Sometimes, it can be easy to forget cyber securitys human cost. However, a 2018 survey found people working in technology actually reported a 78% increase in mental health related illness compared to the previous year. While it can be hard to pinpoint root causes, its hard to imagine the recent increase in cyber attacks has helped this issue.

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Soon, IoT will define how we live, work and play, claims studyedit

Business Today

Strategic technologies, on the other hand, include Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). The strategic bucket is about those that receive significant investment today in search of strong impact tomorrow.

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Is Your Data Lake Smart Enough To Handle Building Artificial Intelligence Modelsedit

Analytics India Mag

Understanding data to make better decisions is one of the crucial tasks in an organisation. This is where a data lake comes into the picture. A data lake is a storage repository that holds a vast amount of raw data in its native format using a flat architecture until it is needed. To solve problems, enterprises then reach out to the data lake for relevant data, and that smaller set of data can then be analysed to help answer the question.

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India receives 5 lakh cyber security alerts daily: Reportedit

Express Computer

As India speeds up its mission to transform into a truly digital economy with technologies like 5G, the country faces one of the highest rates of cyber security threats in the Asia Pacific region receiving over 500,000 security alerts daily which is nearly three times the global average, a new report said.

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Enhancing Smart Living leveraging IoTedit

BW Smart Cities

By Poulami Chakraborty

IoT plays an important role in controlling our existing electrical components and electronics in an intelligent manner. An IoT enabled AC can maintain an optimum temperature by turning itself on or off to save immense energy, assures Dhaval Doshi, Founder & Director, SmartHome NX. Excerpts below:

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Do We Trust Artificial Intelligence Agents to Mediate Conflict Not Entirelyedit

Express Computer

We may listen to facts from Siri or Alexa, or directions from Google Maps or Waze, but would we let a virtual agent enabled by artificial intelligence help mediate conflict among team members A new study says not just yet.

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61% enterprises become intelligent amid IoT investmentsedit

Outlook

With growing Internet of Things (IoT) investments, a record 61 per cent enterprises globally are on the path to becoming intelligent, compared to only 49 per cent in 2018, a new survey by Zebra Technologies, a global leader in providing solutions and services to enterprises said on Tuesday.

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5G may add 0.350.5% to Indias GDP by 2025: Reportedit

Express Computer

A KPMG report has said that 5G technology has the potential to add 0.350.5 per cent to India’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025. The report further said that India Inc has the potential to unlock $48.69 billion (Rs 3,408 billion) in four years through the deployment of 5G. The government has set a target of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 202425. In 201819, the Indian economy stood at $2.72 trillion.

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Acquisitions: All In Favour, SAY AIedit

The Times of India

There are now over a dozen startups in space-tech compared to just a handful a few years ago Tech majors have acquired startups to boost internal AI R&D. Apple picked up facial recognition ? rm RealFace and voice assistant startup Novauris, Google bought human-computer interaction ? rm Api.ai, and Microsoft bought speech recognition & NLP startup Semantic Machines

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Networking forms the core of all future technologiesedit

The Financial Express

And in this age of AL, ML and blockchain that are network based technologies, networking has gained a lot of importance, says Siddarth Bharwani, VP, Brand & Marketing, Jetking Infotrain. Jetking Infotrain CEO, Jetking Infotrain, Siddarth Bharwani, VP, Brand Marketing, Jetking Infotrain, AI, ML, blockchain, cloud, IoT, ethical hacking, automation, robotics, National Skill Development Corporation, Skill India Mission

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Man vs Machine: Leadership in the age of artificial intelligenceedit

The Financial Express

Artificial Intelligence in travel, Artificial Intelligence in entertainment, Artificial Intelligence in shopping, Artificial Intelligence in food delivery, Artificial Intelligence in banking, Artificial Intelligence in learning, Artificial Intelligence in personal assistants, Human intelligence AI

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IoT Has Better Future With Focus around Logistics: Mahajanedit

Silicon India

The IoT story that started off as a concep­tion from some of the science fiction movies has now be­come a part of our everyday usage with implementations and applications, ranging from connected consumer elec­tronics to smart vehicles to clothing and wearable devices that have an array of sensors which are always connected.

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Indian firms facing higher financial loss from cybersecurity breaches: Studyedit

BFSI ELETS Online

Due to cybersecurity breaches one in three Indian companies are facing downtimes which are over 9 hours leading them to pay higher financial costs as compared to that of 30 percent globally, the report stated.

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India joins global alliance to work towards ethical use of smart city technologiesedit

Gadgets Now

Smart city technologies offer huge promise, but they can be a Pandoras box. Todays announcement is a critical first step to accelerate global best practices, mitigate risks, and foster greater openness and public trust regarding the collection of data in public spaces, said Jeff Merritt, Head of Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics and Smart Cities at the World Economic Forum (WEF).

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How telecom tower sector driven by 5G and IoT will boom in Indiaedit

Telecom Lead

The latest EY report illustrates the future growth of telecom tower sector driven by 5G and IoT business in India. Indian telecom tower companies are well placed to tap in on new opportunities that represent a revenue potential of INR 215 billion INR 310 billion in 2023.

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How retailers use tech to make a better sale pitchedit

The Financial Express

Retailers the world over are relying on technology to predict consumers’ purchase behaviour. For example, in its flagship store in London, Marks & Spencer analyses data from videos and IoT (Internet of Things) sensors to equip its employees to serve customers in a personalised way.

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How Artificial Intelligence driven chatbots enhance customer supportedit

CIOL

Chatbots are Artificial Intelligence powered software that simulates a humanlike conversation (or a chat) with a human user, in a natural language through messaging applications, websites and mobile apps or through the telephone. Chatbots simplify conversations between customers and brands through instant auto replies, thus reducing human dependency for simple, everyday queries.

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Digital transformation shaping Indian banking industry in a big wayedit

Money Control

A hybrid multi cloud environment helps the organisation to continue to use their robust technology frameworks while leveraging the latest applications in the areas of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other modern fintech applications which are born in the cloud.

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Cloud RPA removes barriers to automationedit

Tech Radar

About the author James Dening is the Vice President and Digital Worker Evangelist of Automation Anywhere. Technological advancements are not only creating countless opportunities for businesses to drive more value but are also bringing about broader changes in society and the ways in which we work.

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Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property Driving growth for Media Tech & ITedit

The Asian Age

This is where artificial intelligence comes into play, as it not only provides opportunities to automate the basic workflow related to the domain, but also provides an increased insight into the audience. The companies using the AI systems of the tech titans like Google, IBM, Microsoft etc.

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An Unexplored Area of Artificial Intelligence: Smart Mirrorsedit

Analytics Insight

Other than our homes, Smart Mirrors can be utilized in different businesses like dress shops, beauty shops, hairstyling salons, kiosk shopping center, and some more. However, it isnt about the intuitive kiosk type, its increasingly about the Artificial Intelligence it can bring to the world, disclosing to all of you the information you need contingent upon the place you are.

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AI: The Core Fabric for NextGen Bankingedit

BFSI ELETS Online

Authored by Utpal chakraborty, Head of Artificial Intelligence at YES BANK, AI Researcher In the current decade, the world has achieved an enormous amount of technological advancement and skyrocketing progress in mass Digitization, Data Science and FinTech. In fact, we are currently living in the golden era of AI & FinTech.

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Two-Thirds of Enterprises Feel That Their Networks Are Not Fully Ready to Support Their Businessedit

Cellit

A new report from Accenture reveals that while enterprises have embraced advanced digital technologies, such as IoT/edge computing (77 percent), big data/ analytics (83 percent) and digital customer experience (78 percent), only 36 percent are “very satisfied” that their network currently has the capabilities required to support their business needs. That leaves 64 percent that see room for improvement.

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The problem with AI Peopleedit

Tech Republic

How to tell the difference between AI, machine learning, and deep learning Advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning are impacting businesses. But, the terms are often used interchangeably.

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New Security Certification for IoT Devices Offers Manufacturers a Competitive Advantageedit

IT News Online

Affinity IoT Security Labs arms IoT manufacturers with powerful marketing tools to feature in their marketing collateral and packaging. Marketing-ready graphics – including a QR code linking to the device’s security rating and permanent placement on the official Affinity IoT Security Labs website – help cut through the clutter and distinguish secure products for consumers making purchasing decisions.

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Making homes and cities smart with Internet of Thingsedit

DQ India

Internet of Things (IoT) has given rise to always connected smart devices that are fast becoming a key member of the modern household. It is estimated that by 2025, over 55 billion devices will be in use globally across smart homes and businesses. These IoT enabled smart devices have disrupted the way we work and interact as a society.

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Leading the Emerging Tech Trainedit

The Economic Times

India leads in the adoption of emerging technologies, a study by audit and tax advisory fi rm Mazars titled Are you Missing the Tech Train says. The study was conducted by YouGov across 600 C-suite leaders in India, China, the US, the UK, Germany and France to assess their familiarity and investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Internet of Things (IoT) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

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Key Components Of The impemding Revolutionedit

PC Quest

The industrial Internet of Things will play a key role. By many estimates there is already more than one IoT device for every human being who lives on this planet. The number is expected to skyrocket and cross 20 billion by 2025. While we already have popular personal IoT devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home, IIoTs will drive the businesses of tomorrow.

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Internet Of Things: The New Age Mantraedit

The Times of India

According to one report by Gartner by 2020, the internet of things is going to be 309 Arab dollars. As per one survey by 2021 28 Arab devices will be connected to the internet. Out of these 16, Arab will be IoT devices. Mobile data traffic will also increase by 15 times in the coming time. IoT devices would work miraculously. They can help organizations reduce cost and increased productivity through improved efficiency.

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Implementing 5G: What India can learn from UAEedit

ET CIO

5G will deliver increased capacity, lower latency, and faster speeds for the telecom customers which will be supported by Network Function Virtualization (NFV), software defined networking (SDN), and mobile edge computing (MEC). No doubt 5G will enable higher speeds for applications like virtual reality (VR) gaming, 8K video and augmented reality (AR), thus increasing the scale of security threats.

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Hackers Are leveraging Radical Attack Vectorsedit

PC Quest

IoT devices have already started playing a major role in the financial ecosystem. How many of us remember going to the bank recently for some money transaction The financial sector has started adopting IoT technologies in various areas as well including account management, leasing, smart collaterals, digital customer, on boarding, etc.

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Ethical AI: Why governments, companies are a worried lotedit

Business Today

One of the recurring themes at the recently concluded India Economic Summit in Delhi was around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ethics. AI enabled systems learn on their own and if they learn from bad data, they could wreak havoc. AI enabled bots, for instance, can turn racist. AI enabled engines can also deny one a loan if it doesnt like her or his demographic profile. This has governments and companies worried.

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Digital Transformation and AI Go Hand in Handedit

Analytics Insight

Artificial intelligence innovations are as of now changing how we see and work together, yet in addition, the business condition and its overall landscape. Take, for example, how our online behavior has changed, how we shop today versus previously, how we discover a ride, or even how we socialise.

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Cybersecurity leaders launch initiative to thwart attacksedit

The Asian Age

With initial open source content and code contributed by IBM Security and McAfee, and formed under the auspices of OASIS, the Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) brings together organizations and individuals from around the world to develop open source security technologies which can freely exchange information, insights, analytics, and orchestrated responses.

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Artificial Intelligence: What Should Worry Us?edit

Analytics Insight

Artificial Intelligence nowadays is no longer science fiction material. Since the advancements in technology progress, AI has broken all the boundaries where people were just thinking about it. Computers can already beat us at many tasks right now and outperform humans in certain skills, such as calculating something. Still, humans learn faster than machines.

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Artificial Intelligence Influence on Today’s Military Industry Resulting in Overwhelming Revenue Generating Opportunitiesedit

IT News Online

While most people think of Facebook or Google when they hear the words “Artificial Intelligence” (AI), but in reality, it just may turn out to be military applications that are anticipated to be driving the sector in the coming years.

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AI will reshape the competitive dynamics of industriesedit

Cellit

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is starting to transform organizations by enhancing the quality of products and services and improving worker productivity. Perhaps more important is its ability to augment the intelligence of organizations by enabling superior managerial and employee decision making.

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AI will be the biggest disruptor in our lifetimeedit

Cellit

We need to disrupt our education system. We’ve inherited an Anglo-Saxon education system where you study books and get into the next class. Through the NITI Aayog, we have opened about 3,500 tinkering labs in schools. These tinkering labs provide robots, 3D printers, Internet of Things (IoT) to students from class six onwards. We plan to open close to 10,000 tinkering labs in the next three years.

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India is as prepared as US or Australia to welcome the 5G eraedit

Business Insider

Indian businesses will have more to gain initially but its only a matter of time before consumers will gain as the network matures. And, its going to help industries be more efficient by facilitating the Internet of Things (IoT) build up

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How to identify disruptive trends to futureproof your businessedit

Express Computer

Trends don’t act in isolation. Established digital technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence, combine to generate new trends that create an exponentially bigger impact.

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5G: Riding the revolutionary waveedit

The Economic Times

With 5G and other revolutionary telecom technologies around the cornera game changer on an entirely different scale businesses are in for the next phase of upheavals, with the emergence of new business models, as well as marked changes in existing models.

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Digital transformation is decentralisation of innovationedit

The Economic Times

How are you adopting artificial intelligence in Collabera Artificial intelligence is more towards predictive and prescriptive analytics which comes from captured behaviour pattern. We have been working through our data to create analytical building blocks. We have been working on chatbots, cognitive services, NLP and are planning to move towards the ecosystem model from the current business model which is very traditional.

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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence in the Corporationedit

Forbes

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is top of mind for leading corporations these days 96.4% of top executives reported earlier this year that AI was the number one disruptive technology that they were investing in, up from 68.9% just two years ago. In addition, 80% of these executives identified AI as the most impactful disruptive technology, up from 46.6% two years earlier.

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Bringing a change through designedit

Live Mint

By Rashmi Menon

While mobility is an important aspect of urban dwellers lives, with cities embracing Internet of Things (IOT) and gearing up to become Smart cities, Canadian architect Emma Greer will critically look at the varied applications of IOT from mobility to citizen participation.

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Banking customers will embrace AI if they trust whats behind the curtainedit

Money Control

And consumer sentiment about businesses use of AI is quickly changing. In fact, Genpact research found that the number of consumers that were comfortable with companies using AI to access personal data if it improves their customer experience jumped from 30 percent in 2017 to 54 percent in 2019.

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Artificial Intelligence Could Be a $14 Trillion Boon to the Global Economy – If It Can Overcome These Obstaclesedit

Fortune

By Bernhard Warner

Software startups want to use artificial intelligence to manage sales. Can A.I. close deals better than salespeople with a more human touch. Global growth is stalling. Trade wars are hammering manufacturers, from Shanghai to Stuttgart to Seattle. But, awful as today’s economic outlook appears, Industry 4.0 is alive and well, its most ardent backers say.

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New harvest: Indian agritech businesses see growth in B2B segmentedit

The Financial Express

By Srinath Srinivas

Recent developments in modern technologies have helped these businesses scale. For instance, drone technology and IoT sensors have helped in large scale mapping of fields and remote crop monitoring, which can then be linked to a mobile platform.

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Recognising emotionsedit

Business Standard

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI, robots could be taught to recognise human emotions from our movements. As part of this exercise, a team of psychologists and computer scientists filmed pairs of children playing with a robot and a computer built into a table with a touchscreen top.

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AI And ML Are Enhancing Marketing And Sales Strategies Across Industriesedit

Analytics Insight

Presently, deploying AI and ML is considered essential for gleaning data and reaping its full potential to enhance the bottom line. And leveraging these technologies are becoming widely accepted as a necessary step forward in gathering data.

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The paradigm shift in Indias etail industryedit

Forbes

Another factor playing an instrumental role in helping etailers is the power of fast emerging technologies such as data analytics, AI, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Etailing brands are exploring a vast range of advanced sales and marketing tools based on these technologies to better understand customer demands and market challenges, derive actionable insights and deliver personalised shopping choices.

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Sensitive Indian govt data must be stored locallyedit

Sify

According to Carlson, it is high time for the Indian government to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning driven Cloud models to make sense of humongous sets of data. I strongly feel that the Indian government can unlock the potential of datasets across the domain with the help of AI and ML and use the models in ways that actually help citizens in solving their reallife problems, emphasised Carlson.

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Robust growth in software products industry need of the hour: Expertedit

Money Control

The CoE will conduct research and development in the areas of new age technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, virtual reality, blockchain and IoT. The objective is to incubate startups in the CoEs, who will be mentored by the industry veterans.

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Readying for future wars! Transforming Indias C5I capabilities through AIedit

The Financial Express

In China, North America, and several EU states the fusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into defense strategies has already begun to transform C5I competencies with regard to the integration and processing of data in order to successfully identify hostile targets and eventually eliminate them. These countries are looking to define the next generation of C5I as a distributed network of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems.

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Only 10% of Indian CEOs confident about reliability of AI applications: PwCedit

Express Computer

Only 10 per cent of Indian CEOs are confident about the reliability of their artificial intelligence (AI) applications, according to PwC India. Even as AI has the potential to solve complex problems effectively at scale, badly designed applications can cause more harm than good, PwC India said in its report based on a comprehensive study conducted with over 1,000 CXOs and business decision makers from India and other regions, between May and September 2019.

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Heres how 5G can transform the future of banking experienceedit

Money Control

While customers will mostly observe that 5G facilitates lightning fast downloads, connects millions of IoT (Internet of Things) devices like smartphones, smartwatches, Artificial Intelligence (AI)powered devices, and connecting cars to one another, they may not realize that 5G will also be a major factor in augmenting their banking experience.

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Five rules to building a futureproof automation strategyedit

Forbes

CXOs from diverse business segments are gearing up to implement Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and other emerging digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Businesses are going digital to stay relevant and competitive within a connected world.

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Creating an intentional AI futureedit

Fortune

The Indian governments plans announced in the Interim Budget included a national centre for Artificial Intelligence along with a national AI portal. It was duly supported in the current budget by the finance minister, which stated that the government will focus its efforts on training youth in AI, the Internet of things, big data, 3D printing, robotics, and virtual reality to achieve the countrys vision of a digitally advanced ecosystem.

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AI can accelerate MSME share in GDP but small businesses must overcome data, ROI, awareness limitationsedit

The Financial Express

SMEs need to adopt lower versions of enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms and get their teams to adhere to a process that implicitly collects data for future leverage. Young companies have started making inroads into IoT and this will also enable detailed data capture, putting in place the foundation for AI in the coming decade.

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70% of Indian Businesses Depend On Automation for Cybersecurity: Ciscoedit

Inc 42

More and more businesses and startups in India are relying more on automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence to serve their cybersecurity needs, according to a report by Cisco, as quoted by the Economic Times. To be precise, as of today, 75% of organisations in India relied on automation, while over 60% depended on machine learning and artificial intelligence, to protect their operations and for cybersecurity.

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Only 10 pc of Indian CEOs confident about reliability of AI applications: PwC Indiaedit

Business Standard

Organisations are still not confident about implementing industrial artificial intelligence (AI) solutions which can be embedded in the workflow of applications and help in the daytoday decision-making process, according to a recent survey conducted by global consulting major PwC.

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This New ‘Intelligent Spine’ Tech Tries Using AI To Restore Movement In Paralyzed Patientsedit

India Times

We’ve already begun to utilize AI in medicine, though mostly on the research and diagnosis side, given how good it is at pattern and analysis. But a new effort by Intel could see the technology being used to restore mobility to paralyzed patients.

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Parl panel to review UIDAI functioningedit

The Financial Express

The parliamentary standing committee on Information and Technology headed by Tharoor has selected various subjects for examination, including policy issues on information technology, cross border data FLows, artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT).

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India’s new Defence Cyber Agency—II: Balancing Constitutional Constraints and Covert Ops?edit

Media Nama

In doing so, it is expected to contribute towards a cybersecurity strategy policy which integrates cyberwarfare with conventional military operations. In June, Lt. Col. Rajesh Pant, the National Cyber Security Coordinator announced that the new cybersecurity strategy policy will be released early in 2020

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India can play a big role in the AI ecosystemedit

The Hindu Business Line

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) beginning to be a part of almost every development plan, it is not surprising that this emerging technology should dominate discussions at the World Economic Forum’s Summit being currently held in New Delhi. BusinessLine spoke with Kay Firth Butterfield, Head of AI and Machine Learning at the WEF, to learn about the current challenges faced by organisations and institutions who want to implement AI solutions.

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How AI/ ML is helping brands across sectors to manage their marketing and salesedit

The Asian Age

The answer Artificial Intelligence. AI and advanced analytics tools are proving to be the helping hands that marketing and sales teams require. They are able to take a deep dive into data, identify new opportunities, and provide accurate insights to effectively target consumers with unique and personalized experiences, leading to more sales and higher retention rates.

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Explore Bharat: Indore promises digital opportunities for SMBs and partnersedit

CRN

Giving his presentation, Er Rajendra Singh Jain, Managing Director, ITL Industries spoke about the digital journey which started with SAP. Currently, ITL is a heavy user of robotic machinery and now exploring for the smart factory by using emerging technologies like IoT, cloud, 3D printing, AI and facial recognition.

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Data changing the face of the Indian banking modeledit

Bfsi Elets Online

AI and Robotics are going to replace old business models designed during the industrial era where every bank was a combination of three businesses, viz, manufacturer, distributor and consumer of products. The combination of Data, AI and Robotics is going to emerge as the new business model of banking, says Rajendra Awasthi, Co-Founder, EPIKInDiFi, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

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Artificial Intelligence and Indiaedit

Business Economics

It is evident that a nationwide facility for AI computation may help others to catch up. Industry labs do not expose their research details in the public domain. However, results show TCS is catching up rapidly. Indian offices of Capital One DataLab, Amazon, Microsoft Research, Google, IBM Research and many others are achieving striking progress

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A world enabled by 5G and IoT will be more efficient and productiveedit

The Times of India

For instance, high bandwidth will make for more industrial and data intensive applications and on the other hand, ultra-low latency can potentially revolutionize remote co-ordination. Remote operators of robotics can ‘feel’ and ‘touch’ through a machine despite being thousands of miles away thanks to tactile experience or sensation. 5G presents compelling use cases in various industries, such as healthcare, mining, agriculture, manufacturing to name a few

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Why data localisation triggers heated debateedit

The Economic Times

If we cut off India from those platforms then not only do they not draw on and learn from India’s data, India also doesnt benefit from the real time Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning and anti-fraud technology and threat intelligence sharing provided by those platforms, he added.

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What Will World Be Looking Up To India And Technology In The Year 2020edit

Business World

The Fourth Industrial Revolution now upon us fuses various technological advances such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things, autonomous mobility, 5G telephony, nanotechnology, biotech, robotics, quantum computing and the like.

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Tech’s Still a Strange Word for Manufacturers Hereedit

The Economic Times

Over 62% of Indian manufacturers, including those in labour-intensive sectors like automotive, industrial goods and heavy manufacturing, are still at the third industrial revolution in terms of technology and want to exhaust low-cost options rather than implementing high-cost technology that automates functions, a study by management consulting firm, Russell Reynolds Associates found. Here’s why Indian manufacturers want to take their time to adapt to ‘Industry 4.0’. (IOT, CYBER)

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SMEs next big frontier: How AI can help deliver personalised, customised customer experienceedit

The Financial Express

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an important enabler for providing a personalised and customised experience. Based on powerful analytics engines that analyse several data points about consumer behaviour, artificial intelligence can create an experience that matches the real life experiences. Here’s such an experience can automate several business functions and give a competitive edge to SMEs.

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Only 10 pc of Indian CEOs confident about reliability of AI applications: PwC Indiaedit

Business Standard

Organisations are still not confident about implementing industrial artificial intelligence (AI) solutions which can be embedded in the workflow of applications and help in the daytoday decision-making process, according to a recent survey conducted by global consulting major PwC.

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Indian firms rely more on automation for cybersecurity: Reportedit

The Economic Times

In India, 75% of organisations relied on automation, while over 60% depended on machine learning and artificial intelligence, according to a new report.

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Home market gets attractive for Indias IT giantsedit

The Economic Times

Financial services companies are investing hugely in digital platforms and services apart from the 2,000 fintech startups that want to sell everything from insurance, loans and mutual funds via apps, traditional banks are also upgrading to deliver services digitally. In fact, among banks the focus is shifting from core banking to datadriven solutions, powered by AI/ML

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Healthcare finds its magic pill in AIedit

The Economic Times

Researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Centre used IBM Watson’s Genomic product to identify specific treatments for over 1,000 patients. The product performed big data analysis to determine treatment options for people with tumours who were showing genetic abnormalities.

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Heres how CIOs can implement AI projects within weeksedit

The Economic Times

Enterprise technology leaders have Artificial Intelligence (AI) high up on their priority lists. By automating important but time consuming and manual tasks, it has the potential to lend crucial benefits to businesses. However, the downside of implementing AI is the lead time, which can even go up to a year.

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These coolest 7 AI gadgets are redefining smart homesThese coolest 7 AI gadgets are redefining smart homesedit

The Times of India

These solutions provide on time information to people regarding the various systems in use such as why a particular gadget/equipment is consuming extra energy, and when the fresh food drawers need to get refilled with selected food items. Sounds exciting Below are the seven gadgets that are going to make your homes digitally luxurious and future ready.

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Why implementing AI projects can run into rough weather in Indiaedit

Business Today

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a black box. Users cant really figure out what drives the algorithm what data has the machine been fed with, how it is nurtured and why machines make the decisions they do. Can this black box image impact AI adoption

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What Artificial Intelligence Means For Customer Loyalty Marketingedit

Forbes

It seems like everyone is trying to identify how artificial intelligence (AI) can benefit their business. In my circles, executives are asking how AI will impact customer marketing, more specifically datadriven customer marketing.

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Just 10% of top Indian CEOs confident about reliability of AI, says PwCedit

Business Standard

Only 10 per cent of top Indian executives are confident about the reliability of artificial intelligence (AI) applications, as India Inc lacks a formal approach to its risk evaluation, a recent study of over 1,000 top-level Indian executives (CXOs) and of other regions has found.

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IOT handbook: Why entrepreneurs need to consider IoT in improving customer experienceedit

Your Story

In its truest form, Internet of Things (IoT) is a digital mesh of internet connected devices. From devices to automobiles, it connects a plethora of physical objects for seamless data exchange. Garther, the global think tank predicts that by 2021, the world will have 25 Billion connected things. Now that is a huge digital mesh by any scale. One that could connect the entire perimeter of the earth and all the digital things inside it.

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IoT A Key component of Digital Transformationedit

CRN

The Indian enterprises, be it government or private, are already matching pace with the global companies in adopting emerging technologies like AI, ML, IoT, and Edge Computing among others to drive new business models. Talking specifically about IoT as a disruptive technology, the increasing use cases clearly suggest that organisations are looking at this technology as a key enabler to drive their digital transformation journey.

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How Rajasthan is making great strides in eGovernanceedit

Express Computer

Most recently, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was in the news for enjoying a drive on the virtual track at a digital museum during a visit to the Bhamashah Technohub and State Data Centre. The Chief Minister was impressed with the virtual reality technology and tried his hands on virtual games including football and cricket.

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How Can IoT Make Businesses More Productive?edit

Analytics Insight

Considering reports, it is estimated that more than half of new businesses are going to run on IoT by 2020, making them more automated and saving millions in increased productivity in the process. However, with the great promises of this technology in improving business productivity, a major question is floating out there on how can IoT assist in making business work smarter? Here are the 4 best ways IoT can boost business productivity effectively.

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Artificial intelligence isnt ready to take fund manager jobs yetedit

The Economic Times

In August 2018, a quantitative team at Aberdeen Standard Investments started a $10 million Artificial Intelligence Global Equity Fund, betting that an algorithm can be more effective at figuring out the complex world of factor investing than a human portfolio manager.

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Sound data policies are imperative to reap the benefits of artificial intelligenceedit

The Indian Express

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers incredible potential to improve lives and helps solve intractable problems in India and around the world. AI systems augment human intelligence by analyzing data to find connections that improve the quality and accuracy of human decision making.

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Adopting AI: the new cybersecurity playbookedit

Tech Radar

Accelerated digital innovation is a double edged sword that hangs over the cybersecurity threat landscape in 2019. As businesses rapidly chase digital transformation, and pursue the latest advancements in 5G, cloud and IoT, they do so at the risk of exposing more of their operations to cyberattacks.

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Advancement in Artificial Intelligence: Human+Machine Collaborationedit

Analytics Insight

Indeed, even 10 years back, the notice of Artificial Intelligence (AI) would refer to the dread that it would remove human employments and render them expendable. Slice to the present and that dread has now been supplanted with a progressively rational methodology where AI is being viewed as an approach to expand human capacities in an undeniably digital time.

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How public clouds can unlock AI innovationedit

Techradar

Its without a doubt that emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will critically underpin future productivity and services across a range of sectors, from retail to manufacturing and public sector services. More businesses are looking for ways to implement the newest innovations, driving massive growth in the global enterprise AI market, which is now anticipated to reach US$9880.4 million by 2023.

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New book on digital transformation features chapter on AI written by AIedit

Free Press Journal

Published by Penguin, the book will also demystify and simplify emerging technologies like AI, blockchain, Internet of things, virtual reality, and talk about how companies can employ these to drive their digital transformation.

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SAS will continue to emphasise industry specific solutions relevant to India: Kunal Amanedit

Express Computer

With the rise of connected factories, to benefit from the promise of IIoT (Industrial internet of things), data, manufacturers can now shift from batch analyses in traditional data centers to realtime analytics embedded in the stream of data itself.

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New report identifies email as the greatest cybersecurity vulnerabilityedit

Money Control

In one of its central findings, the report identifies email as a companys greatest cybersecurity vulnerability. Email offers the most significant access point for criminals by exploiting a human fallibility the inability to spot malicious emails. The fact that employees are unable to discern malicious emails from safe ones, points to the inherent vulnerability of email. Per the report:

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Leading the Way into an Embedded World with Machine Learningedit

BW CIO World

Thus enabled, the device becomes part of the Internet of Things (IoT) and real world data can feed into ML training sets to improve generative design and facilitate design optimization. It can be used with real life simulators or serve as a simulated digital twin before a physical design is completed.

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Its time for 5G ready data centersedit

The Economic Times

To make sure that telcos are ready to face the data onslaught, they need to think not just about networks but datacenter/storage innovation as well.5G, the next generation of wireless technology was the buzzword at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2019. Globally, 2020 has been declared as the year in which 5G will become commercially viable.

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How financial services industry in India is set for AI makeoveredit

The Financial Express

Artificial Intelligence (AI), the raison detre for cinematic bewilderment in scifi movies since ages, is now one of the most important fabricators of contemporary thinking. Several innovations pertaining to AI including chatbots, virtual assistants, machine learning, robotic process automation (RPA) and neurolinguistic programming (NLP) are being liberally adopted in a crowded marketplace.

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Cybersecurity experts warn that these 7 emerging technologies will make it easier for hackers to do their jobsedit

Business Insider

As deepfakes become increasingly sophisticated and hard to tell apart from the real thing, cybersecurity experts worry that hackers could use the technology for phishing scams, wherein hackers pose as somebody else to get victims to hand over private information.

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An AI banker in the makingedit

The Financial Express

Artificial Intelligence (AI), the raison d’etre for cinematic bewilderment in sci-f movies since ages, is now one of the most important fabricators of contemporary thinking. Several innovations pertaining to AI including chatbots, virtual assistants, machine learning, robotic process automation (RPA) and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) are being liberally adopted in a crowded marketplace.

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AI, ML and IoT are Deployed in Agriculture to Optimise Crop Yieldedit

Egov Elets Online

To start with, for incorporating recommendations made by the DFI Committee about use of AI & ML, Big Data Analysis, IoT etc. in agriculture, the Department is contemplating to amend National eGovernance Plan in Agriculture for release of funds to the states only for the projects involving 32 SEPTEMBER 2019

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The utilization of emerging technologies as a tool for effective governanceedit

Business World

Such emerging technologies like IoT (Internet of Things) are highly important for the Smart Cities Mission. Governments have been trying to install IoT components in all the Smart Cities projects since the inception of the mission. The technology is very important for collecting information through sensors which are placed in these IoT devices.

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RPA crucial for digital transformation: Neelesh Kripalani, Clover Infotechedit

The Economic Times

Organizations are focusing on incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) within RPA framework to result in intelligent automation, says Kripalani. He believes that this allows software robots to mimic human behaviour and handle complex use cases, which was earlier not possible without human intervention.

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ROI in cybersecurity is becoming redundant: Amit Dhawan, CISO, Birlasoftedit

The Economic Times

In a candid chat with ETCIO, Amit Dhawan, CISO & DPO (Data Privacy Officer), Birlasoft shares his belief of how the concept of linking spending to benefits in cybersecurity is becoming less important or even redundant.

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Is Artificial Intelligence a danger to humanity Take a look at the truthedit

India Today

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to disrupt our world. With intelligent machines enabling high level cognitive processes like thinking, perceiving, learning, problem solving and decision making, coupled with advances in data collection and aggregation, analytics and computer processing power, AI presents opportunities to complement and supplement human intelligence and enrich the way people live and work.

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How AI is enriching customer shopping experience in apparel industryedit

The Economic Times

As apparel industry is getting fearlessly competitive and every brand is looking to deliver the perfect fit to retain customers, solutions built by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence can help brands to remove major supply chain inefficiency around sizing.

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Cyber insurance cover sales rise as attacks increaseedit

The Asian Age

With growing trend in cyber attack that has huge financial implications, cyber insurance is growing at a rate of around 50 per cent in India in terms of policies sold on year-on-year basis. The growth in premium paid is stands at 35 per cent, according to the industry estimates.

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Behavioural analysis and CASB capabilities augment Enterprise cloud securityedit

CIOL

According to the recent ForcepointFrost & Sullivan Risk and Cybersecurity study, 95% of organizations in India today are initiating digital transformations through nextgen technology such as artificial intelligence, internet of things and cloud computing; only 41% have deployed cybersecurity measures during the early stages.

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Banking & AIedit

Money Control

The banking industry has been at the forefront of adopting technology. Little wonder then banks are eagerly evaluating and rolling out Artificial Intelligence solutions within their domain. From smarter chatbots for customer service, personalising services for individuals, and even placing an AI robot for selfservice at banks, there are plethora of ways in which AI is being ingrained in Business.

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AI predicts effectiveness of antidepressants: Studyedit

The Asian Age

Researchers use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patterns of brain activity that make people less responsive to certain antidepressants. In two studies, one published in the journal American Journal of Psychiatry and another in Nature Human Behavior, the scientists showed they could use imaging of a patient’s brain to decide whether a medication is likely to be effective.

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AI Augmentation: The Real Future of Artificial Intelligenceedit

Forbes

As a writer, it has proved invaluable to me time and time again, popping up quietly to say that I forgot a comma, got a bit too verbose on a sentence, or have used too many adverbs. I even sprung for the professional version.

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AI and machine learning are changing our approach to medicine and the future of healthcareedit

Business Insider

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is commonly known for its ability to have machines perform tasks that are associated with the human mind like problem solving. However, whats less understood is how AI is being used within specific industries, such as healthcare.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

How e-rickshaws are driving the e-mobility boom in West Bengaledit

The Hindu Business Line

Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) was among the first players to enter this segment. Others, such as Kinetic and TVS, are also in now. The latest to enter the category is the country’s leading automotive battery-maker, Exide Industries. The company launched its e-rickshaws earlier in October.

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Highrises, malls may have to provide EVcharging facilitiesedit

The Times of India

Based on a request from Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom), Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) will soon issue a notification to make it mandatory for all upcoming highrises, shopping malls and apartment complexes to provide provision for dedicated electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities in their parking lots.

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Helen Lees: ‘Simplicity of EV tech further boosts shared mobility’edit

Auto Car Professional

The rise of electric vehicles threatens the car industry as we know it, according to PSA Group electric and connected boss Helen Lees.

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Going green: Aluminiums role in green applications for sustainable developmentedit

The Financial Express

It plays an instrumental role in reducing the CO2 emissions from electric vehicles and thereby improving the air quality. Furthermore, the thermal and anticorrosion properties of aluminium make it an ideal component for battery frames.

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eBuses to and from RGI airport face acute staff shortage, issue separate paper ticketsedit

The New Indian Express

However, it is learnt that the ebus operators have now deviated from the original plan and have begun issuing separate paper tickets as opposed to the computerised printed tickets. Officials attribute this shift to the acute shortage of staff.

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Stung by sliding prices, lithium industry pares back expansionsedit

The Economic Times

Albemarle Corp, SQM and other lithium producers have been scaling back expansion plans as near term oversupply concerns drag on prices, unnerving investors who are pushing the industry to focus more on profitability.

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FAME II: Stricter norms lead to slump of electric vehicle sales in H1edit

The Financial Express

Hit by stringent compliance norms, only around 3,000 electric twowheelers were registered and sold under the governments subsidy programme FAMEII scheme in the first six months (April September) against over 75,000 units registered last year, people aware of the matter said.

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E-cars will power homes, officesedit

The Times of India

Range anxiety is what many of us have when considering buying an electric vehicle. But that’s more psychological than real, says Tarak Mehta, president of the electrification business of ABB, the $28-billion Swiss automation & electrification company. He says there’s so much power in the electric car that his division is talking to car manufacturers, governments and others to see how this power can be used for purposes other than mobility.

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Battery woes tripping up Indias electric vehicles dreamsedit

The New Indian Express

Even as India has lined up an ambitious plan to promote electric vehicles (EV), the availability of topquality lithiumion batteries remains a pain point for EV companies, since local manufacturing is yet to take off and EV makers depend on China for imports.

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Around 75% EV charging stations to be in public; rest will be at homes: Fortum India MDedit

Business Today

Over the next decade, the Indian automobile industry will see its biggest disruption ever with the electrification of transport. There has been much debate and flip flops on the timeline and extent of it but what is certain is everything hinges on availability or lack of charging infrastructure in the country.

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EV charging outlets upedit

The Telegraph

By Anasuya Basu

Today we are getting one vehicle per day at the charging stations on the EV corridor, whereas we had set up the stations under the assumption of one car per week.” The company has also set up the first solar based EV charging station in Navi Mumbai. “EVs are not a solution to pollution. It is just transferring the problem from fuel to chimneys. The solution to pollution lies in solar power or renewable energy,” said Lewis.

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Chandigarh draft policy pushes for electric vehicles, lists subsidy, free parkingedit

The Indian Express

The UT Administration is trying hard to push electric vehicles in the city. For this, according to the draft policy, they have put forth several points in its policy in order to encourage people to buy electric vehicles.

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Kejri flags off 104 new busesedit

The Tribune

The tender for balance 350 buses is being floated soon, the Chief Minister said. The government is also inducting 1,000 electric buses in phases. In the first phase, the tender for 300 electric buses was floated on October 15. The last date for submission of bids is November 13.

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Merely moving to EVs won’t help India clean up its air. The fix: use renewable power to charge them.edit

ET Prime

An employee of Carzonrent plugs in an electric car for charging in Bengaluru. The buzzword in the auto industry for the last few years has been electric vehicles (EVs), a key aspect in reducing emission intensity and cleaning up the urban air. As anyone in Delhi will attest, it is an important issue. But why are EVs so popular among urban planners? But in this particular attempt to clean up

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FAME II subsidy should be extended to electric bicycles to increase their adoption; says Aditya Munjal of Lectro eMobilityedit

The Financial Express

A recently popular section of mobility is that of e-bikes. While cycling was widely accepted as a good exercise jaunt, the electric bug has caught on to them. No longer are people using it for exercise but also for commuting. The idea is to have to not pedal when going to work. If the battery is depleted, you can of course pedal your way back.

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Clean Energy CXOs Make Hay while Sun Shinesedit

The Economic Times

PE-funded startups looking to take action in the clean energy space have mushroomed, said Suchet Narain, senior client partner at Korn Ferry. These startups work in segments such as electric vehicles, battery storage, solar energy and wind energy. Ather Energy, CleanMax Solar, Tata Power Solar, Waaree and SoftBank Energy have been or are hiring for leadership roles, said people with knowledge of the matter.

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Research group unveils third-gen wireless in-wheel motoredit

Auto Car Professional

Automakers across the world are promoting the development and spread of automobile electrification. Not having an internal combustion engine, nor emitting CO2, electric vehicles (EV) are seen as a particularly effective means to solve the emissions issue. Nevertheless, there have been concerns raised regarding the convenience of charging EV and the amount of resources required to produce large amounts of battery cells

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RCEP: Electronics, tariff cut to be back-loaded, relief for ailing sectorsedit

The New Indian Express

Officials said their analysis showed that electronics and automobiles, especially electric vehicles were at risk of being brought in cheaply from China defeating India’s efforts to set up a production hub locally.

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Bescom will charge you for charging e-vehiclesedit

Bangalore Mirror

By Akhila Damodaran

A users of a Mahindra E Verito car says that a regular charger takes close to five hours to charge and the DC (Direct Current) charger takes 90 minutes to charge the vehicle from 0 to 100 per cent. The meter in the car displays the percentage as it is being charged. Once the car is completely charged to 100 per cent, I get a mileage of 140 km.

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Why quiet cars are turning up the volumeedit

The Economic Times

Existing electric vehicles are required to incorporate the device by July 2021.Existing electric vehicles are required to incorporate the device by July 2021.Driving an electric vehicle in near silence can be a joy for those who dont relish the rumble and whine of an internal combustion engine.

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UP: Auto sales dip by 30% on festivaledit

The Times of India

Auto sales in the state capital plummeted by 30% as compared to last year as the industry reeled from the effects of a slowdown, Centres push for electric vehicles and myths over BS6 norms. Bharat Stage 6 also called BS6 is a standard of emission norms set by the Union government. BS6 norms will come into effect by April next year and automakers will need to upgrade their engine. Therefore, some customers have postponed their purchase.

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Big drive for e-vehicles: Kerala govt offices to turn charging stationsedit

The Times of India

On Saturday, the transport department convened a meeting of various departments at Thiruvananthapuram for mapping the points where such charging facilities can be provided. Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has sent out a letter seeking willingness of various government departments in providing their land for this.

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Unorganised Players with Cost Edge Lead the E-rickshaw Raceedit

The Economic Times

More than two years after organised players like Kinetic, Hero Electric and Mahindra & Mahindra forayed into the growing erickshaw market they are yet to gain a toehold in this space. An electric-vehicle revolution is gaining ground in India, home to about 1.5 million battery-powered, three wheeled rickshaws — a fleet bigger than the number of electric passenger cars sold in China since 2011.

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Unanswered questions on Indias EV strategy: Rahul Munjal, Chairman & MD, Hero Future Energiesedit

The Economic TimesFa

Indian government has put its foot on the accelerator for switching to Electric Vehicles (EVs) as far as the policy announcements are concerned. With the announcement of FAME II it expects to catalyze the EV revolution in India so that all 2 wheelers and 3 wheelers run on batteries by 2025 and 4 wheelers shortly thereafter.

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Indigenisation of technology key to successful EV transition for auto industry: CEEWedit

PV Magazine India

Indigenisation of electric powertrain components and battery pack assembly could produce a 5.7% higher output value addition (US$ 2.7 billion) for the Indian auto industry in case of an electric vehicle (EV) transition.

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EVs can Polluteedit

The Economic Times

Research points out that unless the energy mix is significantly high on renewables, EV use might increase the emission burden by up to 15%. While EV’s can help improve urban air quality to an extent, air pollution in smaller towns and villages adjoining thermal power plants will increase.

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Capital to get 32 charging stations for e-vehiclesedit

The New Indian Express

For implementing the project, Rs 8.2 crore has been sanctioned to KSEB by the government from the emobility promotion fund of the state and an amount of Rs 3.73 lakh has been allotted for each charging point.

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Shaky Groundsedit

The Times of India

Dependent on populous economies like India and China, the global auto market has seen a dip in the total number of units sold worldwide since 2017. It was estimated that international car sales may reach 80 million in 2019. However, this target now looks difficult to achieve

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Indigenisation of EV Manufacturing Could be Worth $2.7 bn for India: CEEWedit

Saur Energy

Indigenisation of electric powertrain components and battery pack assembly could produce a value addition USD 2.7 billion for the auto industry in India, in case of an EV transition Indigenisation EV India

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Delhi Metro Stations Will Soon Have Electric Vehicle Charging Facilitiesedit

Inc 42

To encourage usage of electric vehicles (EVs) and ensure efficient last-mile connectivity, Lt. Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal has asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to install charging facilities for the EVs at each metro station.

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Towards an EV-ready futureedit

The Hindu Business Line

Another problem faced by owners of EVs is range anxiety — they are always apprehensive on the road about whether they will be able to reach their destinations with the existing charge in their batteries.

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State moots policy for electric vehiclesedit

Orissa Post

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to promote ecofriendly and nonmotorised mode of public transport, the state Commerce and Transport department has initiated the process for drafting an Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy.

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Sale of electric vehicle sans battery can cut initial ownership costedit

The New Indian Express

The company, which has already set up three production facilities, is currently considering setting up a lithiumion battery manufacturing unit, besides a series of battery charging stations with solar panels across cities. Produced under the brand name Evolet, it will soon start exports to Asia Pacific and Middle East markets, tells CEO Squadron Leadre Prerana Chaturvedi in an interview with Sunitha Natti:

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Future of EMobility What is the Future of EMobilityedit

Times Now News

There is a paradigm shift in the automotive world as the world moves towards adopting electronic vehicles. So what will it take to share the future of mobility the world over, Kranti Sambhav discusses this and more in a special interview with two men who are the forefront of this change Andy Postlethwaite and Brieux Boisdequin.

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After Electric Bikes, Delhi Metro To Soon Have EV Charging Stations For Last Mile Connectivityedit

India Times

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been finding ways to extend the last mile connectivity for Metro users in Delhi. For the same, the corporation had recently introduced electric bicycles at select stations. Now, in addition to extending this service to more stations, the authorities will also be installing EV charging points.

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With FAME Harder to Come by, Electric 2-Wheeler Sales Crashedit

The Economic Times

Electric two-wheeler sales under a government incentive programme crashed by 94% in the first six months of FY20 after policy changes led customers to opt for more affordable models. About 3,000 electric two-wheelers were sold through phase-II of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) initiative from April to September, a decline from 48,671 units in the year-ago period, according to Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV).

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Plug and play | Automakers EV dream passes through the hybrid routeedit

Money Control

The stated target of the NITI Aayog to have 30 per cent electric vehicles in India by 2030 and all threewheelers running on batteries has prompted the government to offer heavy incentives for companies to comply.

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Greener Cars Can Wait, India Laps Up BS-IV Models on Festive Offersedit

The Economic Times

Diesel manufacturers have been slower off the block. Leading UV maker M&M is yet to launch the diesel BS-VI variants. “While a petrol BS-VI product can run on BS-IV fuel, the same is not the case for diesel products. Diesel BS-VI vehicles will need BS-VI complaint diesel fuel which is not available,” said Rajan Wadhera, president, automotive sector, Mahindra & Mahindra. Besides, the heavy price differential from BS-IV variants also weigh on diesel makers .

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Gujarat has put just one evehicle on the road in last six months: Govt dataedit

Down To Earth

Electric vehicles (EVs) have garnered a lot of focus in India of late, but the rate at which its states have added EVs on the roads hasnt been encouraging. Gujarat, which leads the EV chart, managed to add only one car to an existing base of 31,576 in the past six months, according to the dashboard on the website of FAME Faster Adoption and Manufacture of (Hybrid and) Electric Vehicles scheme.

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Govt to offer evehicle makers, buyers sops to boost salesedit

The Times of India

Bhubaneswar: To promote electric vehicles, the state government has decided to offer subsidies and incentives to both its manufacturers and buyers. While reviewing the progress of the formulation of Odisha Electric Vehicle (EV) policy, chief secretary Asit Tripathy had recently asked the secretaries of different departments to make concerted efforts to turn Odisha into an ideal destination for evehicle manufacturers.

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EV battery prices fall sharply, but local manufacturing yet to take offedit

Business Standard

According to estimates by EV makers, the average cost of battery cells has come down to $200 per kilowatt per hour (kwh), as against $1,200 per kwh three years ago. For reference, Mahindra e2o Plus, an electric car, spots 16 kwh battery, which gives it a range of 120 km on full charge.

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Cost gap between EVs and ICEs are beginning to shrink: Reportedit

The Economic Times

Millennials and Generation Z have started inclining towards the economic benefits of owning electric vehicles. Attributing a study by Cox Automotive, the report shows that 65 per cent of Gen Z consumers feel that charging an EV costs less than fueling a gas car.

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Chandigarh Drafts Electric Vehicle Policy, Only EVs to Get Registration Post 2030edit

News 18

To cater to the rising interest in electric mobility across India, many states are gearing up to adopt mass scale electric mobility, with some willing to take precedence over others. According to a report, Chandigarh administration has chalked out a draft Electric Vehicle Policy or EV policy.

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Noida authority gets 5 EVs for office use: Charging stations coming up soonedit

The Financial Express

The five EVs have been procured on dry lease for a period of six years. Each vehicle has an estimated running charge of Rs 22,500 along with GST. The step is aimed at shifting to cleaner energy for transportation and raising awareness among citizens about the changing patterns, the Noida Authority said in a statement.

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How car ownership trends will pan out in the futureedit

The Hindu Business Line

Disruptions are inevitable but the automobile is not going to disappear anytime soon. The global auto industry finds itself in the midst of tectonic shifts today. Prime among these are car and usage patterns globally.

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Getting charged up for an electric futureedit

The Financial Express

It recently announced a new policy for EV charging stations, where in it is mandated to have one EV station every 2 5 kins and within a grid of 9 sq km in cities, the problem is space and expense. For one, electrics are an expensive proposition, if the cost of charging is also added that may deter a lot many buyers from plugging into government’s narrative.

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Bengal govt looks at putting 5,000 evehicles on Kolkata roads by 2030edit

Millennium Post

Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday that the state government has set a target of rolling out 5,000 electric vehicles in the state by 2030.We already have 80 electric buses running in the city and our government will roll out 5,000 more pollution free evehicles by 2030.

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100% millenials in India express desire to buy cars: Polledit

The Financial Express

A survey done by Duff & Phelps busts the popular belief that millennials prefer public transport, ride sharing or even walking over owning cars. Worldwide theres a belief that millenials are not inclined to own cars, but 100% millennials who dwell in Indian cities and who do not own a car expect to purchase one in the next five years, findings of a survey done by Duff & Phelps show.

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Chandigarh plans to register only EVs after 2030edit

Auto Car India

Draft EV policy proposes various goals and incentives to promote adoption of electric vehicles in the city. With the interest around electric mobility growing in India, many states are preparing to adopt mass scale electric mobility, with some wanting to take a lead.

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Buildings may have to set aside 20% parking space for EV chargingedit

The Economic Times

Karnataka is working on a draft building bye-law to mandate residential and commercial buildings in the state to set aside 20% of their parking space for EV charging facilities.

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History of lithiumion batteryedit

Business Standard

The lithiumion (LI) battery is now such an integral part of modern life, we don’t think about its history. Every mobile phone and laptop is powered by LI batteries. They are also used to power electric vehicles and store renewable power.

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City to get 32 charging stations for evehiclesedit

The Times of India

With an aim to promote to emobility in the district, 32 charging stations for electric vehicles will be installed in Thiruvananthapuram. The government has accorded administrative sanction for the project taken up as part of its electric vehicle policy.

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Opinion | An answer to the problem of EV charging infrastructure in Indiaedit

Live Mint

It was the mid 1990s, and I was doing my MBA in Delhi. Every alternate Sunday morning, I would walk 30 long minutes to a public call office (PCO) booth to take a token that enabled me to make a call back home that night at a quarter of the prevailing rates. Back then, phones were a luxury in India. While everyone craved a device to talk to loved ones, decades of government control of the telecom sector had not helped make this happen

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Noida Authority Procures 5 Electric Vehicles For Official Useedit

NDTV

The Noida Authority on Thursday procured five electric vehicles (EVs) for official use, as work is underway to prepare infrastructure like charging stations for clean energy based mobility in the city, officials said.

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India Could Become Global EV Hotspot but Adoption Slow: WEF Ola Mobility Reportedit

Mercom India

By Ankita Rajeshwari

The electric mobility industry in India is just beginning. In the past few years, the country has seen a surge in government initiatives to adopt electric vehicles in public transportation while the country has also started preparing the necessary infrastructure (charging stations) for the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

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How car ownership trends will pan out in the futureedit

The Hindu Business Line

For one, car manufacturers have begun investing in tech giants that offer new mobility services. Toyota, for instance, has parked millions in Uber. General Motors has invested in Lyft, and BMW in DriveNow. Secondly, and this is more the case with foreign markets, Tesla’s growth has prompted a response from car manufacturers to look at electric cars.

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Electric vehicle market in India: Evolution, challenges and solutionsedit

The Financial Express

The rise of electric vehicles is inevitable around the world and India alike. While several manufacturers have rolled EVs, there are several challenges that need addressing and a government intervention is one of the plausible ways to go about it.

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Chandigarh plans EVonly registration after 2030, drafts EV policyedit

Auto Car Professional

By Sumantra B Barooah

The administration has prepared a draft EV policy which has been seen by Autocar Professional. With this Chandigarh becomes the latest entrant in the list of states in the country who have either come out or have a draft EV policy, the others being Maharashtra, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Bihar among others.

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Bengaluru first battery swapping station for EVs in the worksedit

The Times of India

Swathy R Iyer

A mobility solutions firm is scouting for a location to set up the city’s first battery swapping station, which could boost adoption of electric vehicles, or EVs. Sun Mobility, which is based in Bengaluru, has sought power utility Bescoms help to identify a plot for the station, where users of two and threewheelers can swap their drained out batteries with fully charged ones. Users will pay only the cost of electricity.

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Madhya Pradesh to exempt e-vehicles from motor vehicle taxedit

The Hindu

By Sidharth Yadav

Ahead of the investors summit in Indore on October 18, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to cut paperwork for housing projects and do away with motor vehicle tax for electric vehicles.

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India expected to be electric two and threewheeler manufacturing hub in 6 years: Amitabh Kantedit

The Economic Times

We were late in making India a hub for mobiles, ICE fourwheelers, but we have to make sure the country becomes the manufacturing hub for twowheeler and threewheeler, Kant said at the unveiling of Bajaj Chetak EV.

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Even Mobile Importers Making EVs Now: Bajajedit

The Economic Times

While the country’s largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp, has invested in Bengaluru-based electric scooter startup Ather Energy, Micromax cofounder Rahul Sharma launched electric motorcycles branded Revolt.

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City’s first battery swapping station for EVs in the worksedit

The Times of India

By Swathy R Iyer

“The idea is that one can leave their EV battery at the station for charging and replace it with a fully charged one,” said CK Sreenath, DGM, smart grid and EV. “If the company decides to build this battery station on Bescom premises, we may work out a profit-sharing model.”

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Can’t Miss Bus to become a Base for EV Makingedit

The Economic Times

India’s bid to electrify its bus fleet is progressing swiftly and the country must not “miss the bus” for creating a local manufacturing base for electric vehicles, union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has said. “Our dream of electrification is progressing very swiftly.

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Noida Metro Floats Tender for EV Charging Stations Along NoidaGreater Noida Metro Lineedit

Mercom India

The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) Limited has floated a tender to set up charging stations for electric vehicles along the Noida Greater Noida Metro Corridor. The last date for the submission of bids is November 7, 2019, while the presubmission meeting has been scheduled for October 24, 2019.

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NITI Aayog CEO says India eyes to set up 34 giga evehicle battery units in 3 yearsedit

Free Press Journal

NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said that India, in its plans to facilitate electric mobility, will look to set up 34 giga manufacturing facilities to produce batteries for electric vehicles in the next three years.

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MP govt to introduce 2,200 electric buses in next 4 yearsedit

The Economic Times

Madhya Pradesh government plans to introduce 2,200 electric buses into the public transport system in the next four years, state Urban Development and Planning Minister Jaivardhan Singh said on Tuesday.

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Evehicles to have fixed parking spotsedit

The Times of India

To make electric vehicles popular, the municipal corporations are now mulling over reserving spots and setting up charging stations in parking lots. South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) would be reserving five spots for electric vehicles in each of its parking lots. This move is a part of the new parking policy.

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Delhi govt floats tender for 300 ebuses financial bid for 1000 CNG buses opened Gahlotedit

The Week

The Delhi government rolled out its ambitious project to procure electric buses by floating tenders for 300 such vehicles on Tuesday. The tender for 300 low floor buses has been floated, Transport minister Kailash Gahlot said, adding that the Delhi government under leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is committed to strengthening public transport in the national capital.

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6 ways to reignite Indias auto industryedit

Live Mint

Let the market forces prevail to decide between an internal combustion engine (ICE, i.e., petrol, diesel, CNG fuelled) vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), or a battery electric vehicle (BEV). Let consumers take a view based on their usage requirements and total cost of ownership (TCO). In the longer run, this will foster the right kind of innovation that matters to the consumers.

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Govt offers full or 50% concessions on toll fees on Evsedit

Maharashtra Times

The government is taking many initiatives to adopt the use of electric vehicles in India in regard to that it has come up with some new option to incentivize the EVs adoption by offering concessions on toll fees on EVs.

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West Bengal sets 2030 deadline for evehicle revolutionedit

The Times of India

On Thursday, the city won the prestigious C40 award in Copenhagen for green mobility. Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the seven winners of the 2019 C40 Cities. For Kolkata, mayor Firhad Hakim received the award.

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Use evehicles to save planet, said Nishant Saini, Founder and MD, EEETaxiedit

India Today

Its a myth that evehicles are expensive. By using emobility you are saving the environment. What is holding us back Weve cars & tech, until we use it, it wont be sustainable, said Nishant Saini, Founder and MD, EEETaxi,

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Opinion | For lithium ion batteries to pave the way for a rechargeable Indiaedit

Live Mint

More recently, these batteries have been busy liberating the transportation industry. While batteries constituted half the total cost of an electric vehicle a few years ago, they now account for only a third.

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OEMs need to be more open and friendly in deal making with fleet owners to promote electric vehiclesedit

The Financial Express

The central government is aligning its policies in sync with its aim to steadfast the adoption of electric vehicles in India. However, to achieve a respectable milestone in relation to electric mobility, our country needs to overcome a plethora of hurdles related to infrastructure, ease of usability, costs, comparable products among others.

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Madhya Pradesh rolls out big electric vehicle plan: Free registration, parking space and moreedit

The Financial Express

The electric vehicle policies have been formulated keeping both the operators as well as end consumer in mind. This should help in the faster adoption of EVs.

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Karnataka boards the bus for EV journey; 112 charging points by Octoberend, Rs 1 lakh subsidy for electric autosedit

The Times of India

An electric vehicle charging station at Bescoms KR Circle corporate office. Bengaluru is home to around 10,000 EVsGREEN STEP: An electric vehicle charging station at Bescoms KR Circle corporate office.

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Electric Vehicles Are The Solution To Indias Pollution And Safety Problems: Tata Motorsedit

Drive Spark

Tata Motors feels that electric vehicles are the solution to the countrys pollution problems. India fast becoming the third largest motor vehicle market in the world, however, it is also home to 15 of the most polluted cities across the globe.

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Electric vehicles are an idea whose time has comeedit

The Telegraph

A recent study by Bloomberg has revealed that the crossover point in Europe is just three years from now in 2022, electric vehicles would become cheaper than their traditional counterparts. The same will happen in India too, sooner rather than later.

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EESL, BSNL in 10year pact for echarging stations in Punjabedit

The Economic Times

New Delhi: Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) has entered into an agreement with BSNL to install 100 electric cars public charging stations in Punjab. Both EESL and BSNL have entered into this 10 year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the objective of building electric vehicle infrastructure in BSNL, Punjab Telecom Circle area and explore synergy for further promoting EVs, including electric twowheelers in the state, an official statement said.

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BMTC will phase out Volvo buses, lease EVsedit

The Times of India 

Citing losses, cash-strapped Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has decided to phase out Volvo airconditioned buses in the city. BMTC officials said 300 A/C electric buses will soon replace Volvo diesel buses over the next few months.

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Govt To Offer Full Or 50% Concession On Toll Fees For EVsedit

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NHAI has sent out draft toll policy for review of the ministry. The government aims to achieve 30% emobility by 2030 In the run-up to bring 30% electric mobility in the country by 2030, the government is now looking to offer concessions on toll rates for electric vehicles.

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How Far Is India From Achieving Its Emobility Goalsedit

Entrepreneur

By Shreya Ganguly

The Indian electric vehicles ecosystem is at a nascent stage, however push from the government and the industry players zeal to develop the space has made many startups join the bandwagon.

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Car Blog India 

EV Charging Infrastructure Image Under the revised guidelines, the phase states that one charging station in every three sq km is to be set and one charging station at every 25 km is to be installed at both sides on the intracity highway for EV owners and this will help the infrastructure on both side

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What Investors Have to Say About The Indian EV Industryedit

Entrepreneur 

One of the key takeaways from an investor focused panel at the EVConIndia conference was investors must wait for a longer timeframe before asking for returns in the electric vehicle (EV) space. The conference discussed the problems faced by the EV industry in India and the possible solutions.

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One danger of electric vehicles no ones talking aboutedit

The Week

From subsidies of at least 10,000 crores for manufacturers, GST and import duty cuts and incentives ranging from registration fee exemptions to providing land for charging infrastructure, Indias central as well as state governments are on a major electric vehicle (EV) drive

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On the cards: e-scooters at 4 more metro stationsedit

The Hindu

The facility got a phenomenal response especially from young people as they are enthused about keeping the city clean,” said Mr. Kachal. While the agency is open to provide the services across the Delhi Metro network, Mr. Kachal added that the proposal for the extension of services to four other metro stations is under consideration with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

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Lower toll for EVs on the cards to push green mobilityedit

The Economic Times

India is weighing the option of concessional toll rates for electric vehicles as it looks to incentivise adoption of clean mobility solutions, a move may that may be reflected in the revamped toll policy that the governments transport wing is working on, officials aware of the matter said.

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Govt’s electric vehicle policy receives mixed reaction from carmakers, industry stakeholdersedit

The Financial Express

The event saw mixed reactions from electric vehicle makers when it comes to Government policies regarding EV’s and adoption. Here is what the top EV makers had to say.

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Electric vehicles lithium battery policy to incentivise recycling entitiesedit

The Economic Times

By Yogima Sharma

India is in the process of framing a recycling policy for lithium ion batteries being used in electric vehicles and offer tax sops to recycling entities while imposing a liability on producers to collect used batteries that achieve end of life under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) norms

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BMTC will phase out Volvo buses, lease EVsedit

The Times of India

By Christin Mathew Philip

Citing losses, cash-strapped Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has decided to phase out Volvo airconditioned buses in the city. BMTC officials said 300 A/C electric buses will soon replace Volvo diesel buses over the next few months.

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Battery Management Systems What are they and what relevance do they holdedit

The Financial Express

In general, for batteries, there are 3 components for energy storage. Cell manufacturing, which is the battery cells that the government wants India to manufacture. A pack manufacturing business, where the cells are bought and most of them are imported from China today. So manufacturers buy the cells and assemble it into a battery pack.

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Auto industry stuck in reverseedit

Fortune

By Prerna Lidhoo

On an average, Indias largest carmaker by sales produces around 5,500 cars a day at its Gurugram and Manesar plants in Haryana. Well, it used to. The company cut production by a third in August from a year ago the seventh straight month of production cuts. Total domestic sales for the month fell 36% yearonyear to 94,728 units. Production was also suspended on September 7 and 9.

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Are Financing Issues Ailing the Electric Vehicle Industryedit

Entrepreneur

By Shreya Ganguly

At a time when the government is focusing on localizing production of electric vehicles (EVs) in India, financing of projects is turning out to be the biggest hurdle. “The upfront costs are very high and thus financial re-engineering is very important for e-mobility,” said Vinit Bansal, CEO and founder of EV Motors India, while speaking at the EVCon India conference

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A 10% GST cut would have helped customers 8% on costedit

The Financial Express

In addition, the transition from BS IV to BS VI, the government’s recent announcement on the ban of internal combustion engine (ICE)-driven two wheelers under 150cc by 202 5 as well as government’s push for electric vehicles (EVs) have led to the delay in customers’ buying decision.

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5 mobility trends that are shaping the future of transportedit

Money Control

E-mobility continues to be a hot topic in 2019. The Indian automotive industry is the fourth largest in the world, with production soaring to 5.17 million units in 2018. Consequently, the resulting congestion, pollution and fuel crisis have paved the way for mobility trends that will revolutionise future transport.

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Government Issues Revised Guidelines For Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructureedit

Auto NDTV

The Ministry of New and Renewable Resources RK Singh has approved the revised set of guidelines with regard to electric vehicle charging in India. The Union Minister said that the revised guidelines will address the concerns of EV owners and are aimed to encourage developing an ecosystem for charging EV’s in a phased manner.

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E-vehicles’ Li Battery Policy to Incentivise Recycling Entitiesedit

The Economic Times

India is in the process of framing a recycling policy for lithium-ion batteries being used in electric vehicles and offer tax sops to recycling entities while imposing a liability on producers to collect used batteries that achieve end of life under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) norms.

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Electric vehicles: The road ahead has to be carefully mappededit

The Hindu Business Line

Though a shift to EV’s in the near future has been planned, questions on the transition from fuel to electric power as well as impact on the automobile sector and the consumers are yet to be answered Future India will ride in electric vehicles (EV’s) if one goes by the pronouncements of the country’s policymakers.

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Lot of infra needed to go along with EVsedit

Business Standard

A lot of talk is on regarding electric vehicles. How fast will this transition be? EVS are coming, but the timing is the question. A lot of infrastructure is required to go along with EVS. Even bigger contributor will be fuel efficiency standards. As cars are regulated to have higher fuel efficiency, the effect is going to be bigger from the fuel efficiency gains than at least from EVS.

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Is India Ready For Electric Vehiclesedit

Motorbeam

As we all can notice, electric vehicles have become the new talk of the town. Everybody seems to be talking about the future of automobiles being electrified. The entire world is moving towards, the electric route, to extricate the nature from dilapidation. India is also trying its best to contribute to the noble cause.

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India to shift to BS VI vehicular emission norms by April 2020: Union Environment Ministeredit

Business Standard

Talking of initiatives relating to emobility and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation network, Prakash Javadekar said, 377 Km of metro lines with 274 stations, is catering to more than 30 lakh passengers daily in an environmentally friendly manner. He termed it has one of the best systems of public transport in the world because of which more than 4 lakh vehicles are avoided on roads, thereby, reducing pollution.

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India has 15 crore drivers and only 8,000 want electric carsedit

The Print

The potential of Indias EV market cant be ignored. There are only 27 cars for every 1,000 Indians, compared with 570 for the same number of Germans, giving global automakers an opportunity to challenge the dominance of Maruti the unit of Japans Suzuki Motor Corp. that sells every other car on local roads.

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Government announces revised EV charging guidelinesedit

Auto Car India

The aim is to have at least one EV charger every 3 sq km grid within cities; fast chargers at every 100km on highways. Any individual or entity is free to setup public charging stations.3,162 Views0 Comments

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Electric roads could be way to driverless futureedit

The Times of India

Electric vehicles can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, at least in theory. But challenges to wide acceptance remain significant: Batteries are expensive, charging stations are few and far between, and recharging takes far more time than a fillup at the pump.

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Biggest In India! Ahmedabad Places Order Of 300 Electric Buses To Tata Motorsedit

India Times

Very few companies are involved in making electric buses currently being used in India. Tata Motors distinguishes itself from these, with the highest deliveries of electric buses in the country to date. Now, it has bagged another order and this time, it is the biggest one ever in India!

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E-cars face a long road aheadedit

Deccan Chronicle

In a nation of about 150 million drivers, only 130 Kona SUVs were sold to dealers through August. That slow pace is emblematic of the difficulties carmakers face in establishing an electric foothold in the fourth biggest auto market, even with committed government support.

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Purchase of e-buses only after trial endsedit

The Hindu

The Transport Department is awaiting completion of the trial period of the e-bus run in the city to take the project to the next level, involving the purchase of electric buses for the State. The State government has been allotted 525 e-buses to be procured under the incentives scheme of Fame India Phase II policy announced by the Department of Heavy Industry.

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The truth about electric carsedit

Over Drive

Certainly not! Batteries powering electric cars use lithiumion cells which can be recycled to a great extent. This belief is also courtesy the times when there was no ecosystem for electric vehicles. Of course, thats besides the fact that modernday electric car batteries use materials that are a lot more ecofriendly.

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Pvt charging at homes, offices allowed for electric carsedit

The Times of India

Private charging at residences and offices has been permitted under the revised guidelines for charging infrastructure aimed at faster adoption of electric vehicles in India. Setting up of public charging stations shall be a delicensed activity and any individual or entity is free to set up public charging stations provided they meet technical, safety and performance standards as well as all protocols outlined by various authorities, the revised guidelines said.

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Five years on, Bengaluru transport body finally floats tenders for 300 electric busesedit

The News Minut

These 300 airconditioned buses are set to be deployed in both airport and nonairport routes. This procurement will be done as part of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid and) Electric vehicles (FAME)II subsidy scheme by the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. The subsidy covers Rs 1 crore for every AC bus and Rs 73 lakh for nonAC buses.

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Chandigarh | E-Scooter Sharing Pilot Project To Launch Soonedit

Chandigarh X

Growing menace of traffic in Chandigarh is making headlines every other day. With festive season upcoming, congested roads, snarling traffic become a norm. Smart City Chandigarh is going to experiment shared e-scooter as an answer to urban mobility. Initially, the project will be evaluated on a pilot basis with fifteen stations set up in crowded areas.

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Bureau of Energy Efficiency to lead the way for EV-charging infraedit

The Hindu Business Line

To address the range anxiety in inter-city travel and long range and/or heavy duty EVs it has been provided that fast charging station for long range and/or heavy duty EVs like buses/trucks etc., shall be installed at every 100 kms, shall be installed one on each side of the highways/road located preferably within/alongside the public charging station (PCS),” the statement added.

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Power Ministry amends EV charging guidelines and specificationsedit

Auto Car Professional

The government of India has started addressing the ecosystem revolving around electric vehicles (EVs) in a phased manner. To further make progress towards setting up charging infrastructure, the Power Minister R K Singh yesterday announced the revised guidelines that the government says will address the concerns of EV owners.v

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India has 150 mn drivers and only 8,000 want electric carsedit

Live Mint

Maruti’s not introducing its first EV until next year. Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra build some baselevel electric cars, yet they have a limited range or are exclusively for government use. The Kona gives Hyundai a first-mover advantage in a market where EVS may comprise 28 per cent of new vehicle sales by 2040, according to BNEF. Not only Hyundai sees opportunity in Asia’s third-largest economy.

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How coming disruptions and upcoming trends will reshape Motown over the next decadeedit

The Economic Times

The giant capexheavy automobile industry is under siege. Electric vehicles (EVs), autonomous and connected smart cars, rise of ridehailing apps as well as sharing economy are big techled triggers causing disruption all round. Motown is strategising to prepare for the new ride. Interesting alliances are being stitched up.

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Govt to switch to electric vehiclesedit

The Indian Express

After being the first Tate in he country that announced a dedicated policy for electric vehicles, the Karnataka government is now reportedly working on a move where n all government cars will be replaced with electric vehicles. The first pilot to this effect will start in Karnataka vehicles being used in the national capital.

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Good news! Electric Vehicle charging guidelines revised for EV owners; Charging station to come at every 3 Km in citiesedit

Energy Infra Post

Giving a boost to Electric Vehicles in country, the government has decided to provide at least one Charging Station to be available in a grid of 3 Km x 3 Km in the cities and one Charging Station at every 25 Km on both sides of highways/roads, according to revised Electric Vehicle charging guidelines.

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Electric cars and the coming revolutionedit

 Business Standard

A Bangalorean named Chetan Maini produced a compelling electric car called the Reva many years before Tesla did, but his product (renamed e20 after Mahindra bought the company) did not receive the sort of government backing it should have. Tesla was also a start-up but got a $465 million loan from the Obama administration which helped it scale up. Today it leads both the electric and the autonomous revolutions, which have become irresistible.

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Electric mobility in India needs a common framework, says reportedit

Business Standard

Mahindra Electric joins hands with Dassault Systemes for EV testingEven as more states are framing policies to promote electric mobility, the need is to develop a common framework for consistency and to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). Rather than only a collection of incentives, goes a report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), the International Organization for PublicPrivate Cooperation and the Ola Mobility Institute (OMI).

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Tamil Nadu Govt looks to turbocharge EV manufacturing plansedit

The Economic Times

Tamil Nadu is working on feasibility studies across locations including Chennai, Coimbatore, Hosur and other southern cities with an aim to develop electric vehicle (EV) and component factory clusters, according to a top government official.

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States can propose zeroemission mandate to promote electric vehicles: WEFedit

The Hindu Business Line

A reported compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Ola Mobility Institute stated that State governments could implement a zeroemission vehicle (ZEV) mandate requiring original equipment manufacturers to register and sell a minimum share of electric vehicles (EVs) to support the growth of nonfossil fuel vehicles in the country.

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Last-Mile Connectivityedit

The Indian Express

Solar-powered e-rickshaws ferry passengers between Noida’s Sector 52 Metro station on the Blue Line and Sector 51 Metro station on the Aqua Line. Started by Noida Metro Rail Corporation, 10 e-rickshaws ply on the route.

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Green mobility for the masses is our goaledit

The Hindu Business Line

Here, the battery swapping model can be the ideal one. We are working with several players such as SmartE, Ola, Sun Mobility and other battery swapping players. We have been doing a battery swapping pilot model with Ola-fleet of 100 electric three-wheelers in NCR for the past six months.

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Bengaluru: BMTC gives clearance to induct 300 ebusesedit

The Indian Express

Each electric bus can run up to 250 km with a 100 per cent charged. Each ebus takes 45 hours to charge completely. The drivers will ensure that the buses are fully charged before taking passengers, the official added.

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Amidst Concerns and Market Uncertainties, WEFOMI Report Says that India May Become the Largest EV Marketedit

Entrepreneur

At a time when electric vehicle industry players are looking to understand the uncertain market in India, a report by the World Economic Forum and Ola Mobility Institute shows that the country can potentially become the largest EV market in the world. However, the report also stated that “a collective path towards operationalizing EVs across India is yet to be found”.

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Amid Motown Slowdown, Electric Two and Three Wheelers Power Aheadedit

Saur Energy

Government think tank Niti Aayog announced, and retracted quickly on a transition target from fossil fuel based internal combustion engine (ICE) to EVs for two and three wheelers by 2023. While the climbdown has been caused by an auto sector in distress, besides the cost of compliance with BSVI fuel standards from April 2020, the EV future remains bright.

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Government goes slow on procurement of electric vehicles, limits sourcingedit

Live Mint

India’s largest electric vehicle (EV) procurement programme could come to a halt amid the economic slowdown, with staterun Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) planning to curb its sourcing to less than a third of the 10,000 sedans it originally tendered due to lack of demand.

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India has potential to become one of the largest electric vehicles markets: Reportedit

The Economic Times

The electric bike market is hotting upto combat crude oil price uncertainty, world must focus on electric vehicles ICE, EVs not foes; theyll coexist: Tata Motors CEO Coping with two transformations in mobility

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4 destinations to have electric buses that can run up to 250 km on full chargeedit

Bangalore Mirror

According to KSRTC officials, since the present diesel run Airavat Volvo buses have become old and need to be replaced, these ebuses will replace them on the four routes. The bus fares for ebuses are expected to be the same as that of the Volvo bus services. Each ebus takes 45 hours to charge completely.

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Coming soon: Shared escooter mobility in Chandigarhedit

The Indian Express

THE CHANDIGARH Administration has decided to implement shared e-scooter mobility on a pilot basis. There will be 15 stations in densely populated areas initially and once its success is seen, it will be replicated across the city.

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Draft Higher Education Bill favours pvt. institutions: expertedit

The Hindu

Picking holes in the draft Higher Education Bill which has been put on the public domain to elicit opinions from various stake holders, S. Hosmin Thilaghar, a professor from Anna University in Chennai has alleged that it is favouring private educational institutions, leaving a little space for the governmentrun institutions and universities.

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The electric-bike market is hotting upedit

The Hindu Business Line

By Paran Balakrishnan

“Indians are very price-conscious and don’t want to spend a lakh now against Rs 65,000.” And there’s another complication. “Honda’s a product that any roadside mechanic can service. Ather currently has no service network outside Bangaluru and Chennai,” Rathore says.

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How China can impact Indias electric vehicle dreamedit

The Economic Times

With India planning to replace a significant portion of its conventional internal combustion engine fleet by electric vehicles in the next one decade, particularly to reduce pollution and also to create jobs through manufacturing of such vehicles, China may continue to play a huge role in realisation of that dream

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Govt mulls starting e-rickshaws enhance e-bus fleet in Jammuedit

The Week

The Jammu district administration is mulling to start e-rickshaws and increase the fleet of e-buses to ensure eco-friendly public transportation with modern facilities for commuters, officials said on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner Sushma Chauhan, who is also the chairman of the Regional Transport Authority, Jammu, announced this during a meeting held here on Tuesday.

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EV makers aim to increase energy density of lithiumion batteriesedit

The Economic Times

As batteries dominate costs of electric vehicles, the strategy would be to use battery chemistry with optimized cost and performance at Indian temperatures. As batteries dominate costs of electric vehicles, the strategy would be to use battery chemistry with optimized cost and performance at Indian temperatures.

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Charging docks first, EVs later is mantra for top speededit

The Economic Times

The partnership between startup Sun Mobility and bus and truck manufacturer, Ashok Leyland NSE 4.00 %, supports electric buses through a network of swapping battery stations named Quick Interchange Stations

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Andhra Pradesh Floats Tender to Procure 350 Electric Busesedit

Mercom India

The Andhra Pradesh state government is looking to deploy electric buses on specific routes in the state. To this end, the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has issued a tender to procure 350 air-conditioned electric buses under the PhaseII of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) India program.

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Delhi Govt Mulling Escooters for Last Mile Connectivity, Says Gahlot after Europe Tripedit

News 18

All these cities are in the process of changing over to ebus fleet and are grappling with the challenges of cost and putting in place an infrastructure for charging the evehicles, he said. We will also plan to replace our entire fleet with electric in the long run. Operation of escooters on sharing basis in Brussels can also be considered as an option for last mile connectivity in Delhi, Gahlot told Kejriwal in his meeting with him.

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India Needs to Get a Move on to Transform Urban Mobilityedit

The Economic Times

There is a pressing need to transform urban mobility with a shift towards cleaner technologies, as pollution, traffic congestion, poor road safety and parking are posing challenges to urban transportation in India, according to IT industry lobby Nasscom, which has called for a unique approach to the issue in a new paper.

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Why Electric Powered Mobility Is Finally Finding Tractionedit

Forbes

There has been broad and continued pressure towards electrification, and an eager if disorganized pull away from fossil fuels, but the deep roots of the oil and gas industry cant be overstated. Fossil fuel infrastructure is as integral to our everyday lives as oxygen. We still need our gas stations.

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The Clock Is Ticking On Electric Car Batteries And How Long They Will Lastedit

Forbes

You have to draw the line somewhere, so I’m going to choose 2012. That’s when Tesla started making the Model S in earnest, and the big battery packs that power it. Sure, there were electric cars before the Model S, but not many, and none I can think of that used packs as big or as sophisticated as the P85 and its stablemates. So 2012 it is.

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Heres how ridesharing could boost the auto sectoredit

The Economic Times

Need to go electric Need to go electric Discussing the future of internal combustion (IC) engines in the wake of electric vehicles gaining traction, Speth said that he is absolutely sure that we need IC engine vehicles in the future as well for a very long period.

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Top soft skills than can help newage employees beat competition from machinesedit

Business Insider

Employers across industries are looking to hire professionals with soft skills to keep up with the growing automation, shows the latest report by LinkedIn on Global Talent Trends 2019. Creativity has been the most in demand, since this is what machines cant replicate.

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More and more IT professionals looking for a new jobedit

The Economic Times

By Prachi Verma

At the same time, companies are nudging employees to perform and acquire new and niche skills, she said. It is this chunk of talent pool with niche skills like in artificial intelligence, robotics, data analytics and cyber security that is quite high in demand. Companies are also putting a premium on talent with niche skills and high level of performance, Gupta added.

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How Innovative Technologies Are Changing Employment Landscape In Indiaedit

Business World

The new age jobs are envisioned to spawn in emerging technology areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), big data, blockchain, Augmented Reality (AR), and data science, among others. While these technologies add greater efficiency to enterprise operations by reducing human hours and increasing productivity levels, the new jobs also call for skilled professionals adept at handling digital tools, which most Indian enterprises apparently lack at present.

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Skilling India: Maximising value creation from demographic dividendedit

The Financial Express

By Uma Ganesh

Before considering how to maximise the value from this demographic dividend, it is important to recognise that countries without the advantage of demographic dividend are already using digital tools and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in place of humans wherever possible or are augmenting human capability with these tools

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Effect of digitisation on careersedit

The Hans India

By Nidhi Prasad

Physical dexterity and mobility due to Industrial Revolution 4.0 the employees of the future will need to use their knowledge and skills in new ways and keep upgrading and improving their knowledge to be successful. It may mean employers will prefer employees who are able to apply a series of skills and attributes with ease.

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SMEs must train workforce in AI, Machine Learning, but havent spent money on it yetedit

The Financial Express

As the fourth industrial revolution is seemingly upon us with deep technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) being its key drivers, small and emerging businesses in India are increasingly becoming cognizant of upskilling themselves in modern technologies to drive their future growth, according to a survey by upskilling company Great Learning.

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How newage EdTech startups will help in addressing the dearth of skilled machine learning expertsedit

Express Computer

Enhanced outreach of technology has resulted in industries and end users taking a leap of faith into the world of new concepts. Several industries have polished their approach in designing an outcome for the new generation to mold something new and relevant, according to the trends of the future. Machine learning (ML) is one such domain that has around 10x jobs at present as compared to the situation, five years ago.

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Indian companies think upskilling to be crucial but do not assign budget for it: Reportedit

The Indian Express

As per the report, 27 per cent of the upskilling programmes are entirely up to the employee to drive and fund. Further, 22 per cent of companies are hoping to bridge the talent gap by outsourcing these roles, according to the report.

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Contractual hiring provides more agility at a lesser cost: Adecco India MDedit

Live Mint

Some of the skills in high demand are Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Machine Learning, Analytical Reasoning, Data Science, Cloud Computing, UI/UX Design, Mobile App development, Natural Language Processing, Game Development, and Industrial Design.

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Better Learning Experience Makes Workplaces Betteredit

BW People

Unfortunately, Indias traditional approach to corporate learning isn’t working for the workforce. Only 1 in 4 Indians would recommend their enterprise learning program. Across the country, India received a 12 net promoter score. This dissatisfaction is a result of organizations focusing on traditional learning the transferring and retaining information without resulting in the application, instead of learning for impact or skill generation.

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Upskilling important in boosting organisations performance: Surveyedit

Devdis Course

According to the survey, 25 percent of the companies surveyed believe that Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) are the most crucial skills needed to ensure an organizations future growth. Digital marketing emerged second with 19 percent finding it most crucial followed by Design Thinking, which 10 percent of companies indicated as most important.

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Will artificial intelligence eat into jobsedit

The New Indian Express

The decrease in demand for manpower owing to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and allied technology resulting in job cuts, has been an area of concern.

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Techies Face a Tougher Job Marketedit

The Economic Times

IT hiring is slowing down, responding to a slowing economy. Indian employers have pared IT hiring intentions for the October 2019-March 2020 period. The net employment outlook — derived by taking the percentage of employers anticipating total employment to increase and subtracting from this the percentage expecting to see a decrease in employment in the next 6 months — declined by nearly 6 percentage points, compared with that for the last six months.

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Opinion | Its compelling story telling that brings a passion project to lifeedit

Live Mint

Instead of debating whether artificial intelligence will lead to job losses, policy makers and creator platforms should find out a way to increase the productivity of creators and micro entrepreneurs. People should spend their time doing the work that actually moves the needle. That is how the passion economy will blossom and lead to the next wave of economic growth.

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Artificial intelligence, digital marketing, and design thinking to be top skills to drive future growth: Surveyedit

DQ India

Survey by Learning found that companies are increasingly looking for talent in artificial intelligence, digital marketing, and design thinking A survey amongst 307 corporates, ranging from SMEs to large corporates, highlights that tech upskilling in skills like artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital marketing and design thinking is crucial for boosting their organizational performance.

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AI, digital marketing key skills to boost growthedit

The Economic Times

Apart from these, skills related to Internet of Things (IoT), robotic process automation (RPA), and natural language processing/generation (NLP/NLG) emerged as important skills in responses from the surveyed organisations

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Technology is key to upskilling bluecollar workersedit

Money Control

Technological disruptions in the labor market and the need for upskilling A study by MIT Technology Review estimates that 83 percent of jobs that make less than $20 per hour are threatened by automation. Innovative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are making huge strides to develop cutting edge products, which can directly replace bluecollar workers.

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The impact of slowdown on talent managementedit

People Matters

A lot of ink has been consumed writing about the perilous state in which our economy currently stands. Much has been attributed to government action or inaction; others have admitted it to be a consequence of the industries own doings. It is quite surprising; however, that very few business leaders were prepared for the unravelling scenario! Here is why:

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Human Machine Partnerships: Next Wave In Future Of Workedit

Business World

As technologys power multiplies 10 times every five years, our reliance on machines will increase. Emerging technologies will reshape our economy, lives and work over the next decade and this has already begun. Humanmachine collaboration is already embedded in 46 per cent of Indian organisations, according to the Asia/Pacific Future of Work Survey 2018 by IDC.

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AI skills crucial for companies: Surveyedit

The Times of India

Tech upskilling in areas like AI/ML, digital marketing and design thinking is crucial for boosting organisational performance, a survey by skilling platform Great Learning has found. The survey was conducted among 307 companies and 25% of all respondents believe equipping AI and machine learning skills is the goto skill for upgradation.

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Footprints of AI and ML on the Recruitment Industryedit

Indian Web2

The report of Deloittes 5th Annual Global Human Capital Trends shows more than 53% of corporates have begun the process to revamp HR modules to encompass digital tools to enhance functionality. About 22% of companies have already completed the process to leverage Artificial Intelligence to deliver Human Resource Solutions. The future of effective HR policy is AI.

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When trainees get to play with VR sets at workedit

Live Mint

When the time is right, funding will be raised to scale up the sales of XR Assist. It will face stiff competition in the global market. Boston-headquartered PTC, a leading player in IoT (Internet of Things), which acquired Qualcomm’s AR subsidiary Vuforia, entered the training space with PTC Vuforia this year.

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The future of skills: from STEM to STEAIVIedit

The Financial Express

According to Nasscom, the Indian IT-ITeS industry talent base has been growing at an excess of 20% year-on-year with approximately 2.6 lakh talent being installed in the cloud computing space, 1.8 5 lakh in AI and big data analytics, 1.85 lakh in social media and mobile platforms, 1.7 lakh in IoT, and 1.6 lakh in cyber security.

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AI, digital marketing key skills to boost growthedit

The Hans India

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), digital marketing and design thinking are the top skills that organisations will need to focus on to drive future growth, according to a new study.

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Financial organisations increase spending on technology than upskilling: Adecco reportedit

Money Control

A report by employment industry leader, Adecco, part of the Adecco Group, reveals that financial executives recognise that technology is key to driving their business forward, however only a few plan to significantly increase investment in upskilling their workforce to leverage this technology.

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What Video, Artificial Intelligence And Automation Mean For The Future Of Recruitingedit

Forbes

It is no surprise that recruiters need to adapt quickly to the ever evolving environment around them in order to succeed in today’s tidal wave of digital progress. While video interviews have been around for some time, recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are able to streamline and advance the hiring process even further, but not without introducing some newfound risks and pitfalls

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Artificial intelligence is changing the relationship between people and technology at work: Studyedit

DQ India

The study of 8,370 employees, managers and HR leaders across 10 countries, found that artificial intelligence has changed the relationship between people and technology at work and is reshaping the role HR teams and managers need to play in attracting, retaining and developing talent.

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89% Workers in India would Trust Robot more than Manageredit

The Rahnuma

It is due to such efficiency that AI is being employed in vast realms and spheres altogether. Even the various startups worldwide, along with governments of all countries cannot overlook the fact of Artificial Intelligences efficiency over the work done by human resources.

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How AI is changing the relationship between people and technology at workedit

Tech Nuter

Emily He, SVP, Human Capital Management Cloud Business Group, Oracle, said, The latest advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence are rapidly reaching mainstream, resulting in a massive shift in the way people across the world interact with technology and their teams

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89% workers in India would trust robot more than manager: Studyedit

Gadgets Now

Workers in India are the most excited about Artificial Intelligence (AI) with 89 per cent of them appearing to be more trusting of robots over their managers, says a new study

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Why digital upskilling isnt a choice anymoreedit

The Financial Express

A thorough infusion of technology through the Internet of Things (IoT) as well as through multiple technology platforms such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), as well as big data analytics, will result in a fundamental rethinking of the way certain industries are currently operational.

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Automation in HR: Game changing evolution is here to stayedit

Fortune

For years, HR has been perceived as an expense for companies, but it is now becoming a revenue garnering initiative that is just as open to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and a digital workforce as other business functions. A digital workforce is a mutually independent team of scalable software robots that work in collaboration with human workers for routine and repetitive tasks.

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Where Human And Digital Workers Cross Pathsedit

PC Quest

Taking a look at the entire digital tsunami IoT, Big Data, Cloud, RPA, AI, block chain only RPA gives you a return in a few weeks or months. In everything else, there has to be at least a two year programme. So executives use this as oxygen to drive the digital transformation story further because this is tangible and can be immediately taken across the entire organisation.

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5 ways Artificial Intelligence can boost employee productivityedit

CIOL

While the popular school of thought about how AI would entirely replace the existing jobs in the next 10 years (or so) exists, it is now being revisited in a whole new different light. Instead of an entire replacement of jobs, AI is rather predicted to automate the jobs (especially the repetitive and unproductive work).

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IIM Bangalore: MSDE launches fellowship programmeedit

Live Mint 

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on Wednesday inked an agreement with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore for introducing a twoyear Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme aimed at boosting skill development at the district level.

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Skilling, reskilling key to navigate tech changes at workplace: Expertsedit

The Economic Times

Technological development, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning, are bringing major changes across industries. Skilling and reskilling will help employees navigate through the technological changes taking place across industries and workplaces, according to human resource experts.

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AI Hiring Tools can be Just as Biased as Humansedit

The Economic Times

The next time you apply for a job, the fate of your application may not be in human hands — instead, an algorithm could determine whether or not you make the cut. Employers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence-driven tools to carry out recruitment and hiring. Advocates say AI is the key to rooting out human bias and ending discrimination in the hiring process.

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Skilling, reskilling key to navigate technological changes at workplace: Expertsedit

The Times of India

Skilling and reskilling will help employees navigate through the technological changes taking place across industries and workplaces, according to human resource experts. Technological development, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning, are bringing major changes across industries.

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AI Is Humanizing HRedit

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The need of the hour is such a technology that could take out all the mundane and repetitive tasks from HR and can free their bandwidth to work on more people friendly initiatives and thus adding more humanity to the human resource function. Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to solve this problem by automating the myriad mundane management tasks, and thus freeing them to do a better job of relating to employees as people.

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CIOs’ influence in HR matters has increased: Surveyedit

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CIOs playing a pivotal role in training and upskilling of employees A majority (34 percent) of respondents said that CIOs are playing a pivotal role in training and upskilling of employees. According to 20 percent of them CIOs are helping organisations in enhancing company culture to attract top talent. Further, 19 percent of them believe that aligning technology to improve the hiring process will be an integral part of CIOs responsibilities.

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How AI Can Remodel the Jobs in Indiaedit

Silicon India

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest evolving general purpose technologies globally and is widely used across all the sectors mainly agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, banking and financial services. Apart from these, it is also used in national defence and security as well.

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Artificial intelligence, machine learning spawn new jobs in eCommerceedit

The Economic Times

Currently, new technological solutions, powered by AI, are disrupting how retail companies do business, in ways that are innovative and beneficial to their customers. Today, Flipkart, its independently run subsidiary, Myntra, and Amazon India, all make wide use of AI.

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Future of Work: Decoding Uncertainties of New Economyedit

Business World

This revolution is bringing to the forefront artificial intelligence replacing human endeavour in many sectors, Internet of Things connecting devices and empowering their users like never before, cloud technology calling for total paperless digitization with dependence of internet also reducing, and machine learning predicting human behaviour, habits and needs as well.

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The pressures of hiring new talentedit

The Financial Express

The first focus area needs to be upskilling. With the help of insights driven research and a deep dive into the current standing of employees, learning and development initiatives need to be worked upon. These initiatives also need to analyse what will add value to the employees skillset not just professionally but also personally.

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Future Of Work In Context With Higher Educationedit

BW Education

The need for such upskilling begins with one thing understanding of working with technology. Because no matter whichever job one takes and wherever one has to go, machines are going to be an integral part of ones life. Even the jobs which exist today are getting an upgrade.

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More jobs will be created than are lost from the AI revolution: WEF AI Headedit

Live Mint

Kay FirthButterfield, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the World Economic Forum (WEF), has worked for the past three decades as a barrister, mediator, arbitrator, business owner, professor and judge in the UK. She is also cofounder of the Consortium for Law and Policy of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics at the Robert E.

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Indians feel technology will automate jobs but will also make lives much betteredit

Live Mint

Despite the looming fears that AI (artificial intelligence) and robotics will take away jobs, Indians seem to be more optimistic than their peers in other regions about the impact of technology on their lives. This was one of the key findings from an opinion poll commissioned by the World Economic Forum and carried out by SAP and Qualtrics, involving over 10,000 people from 29 countries.

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Are you Artificial Intelligence tentiveedit

CIOL

With industries betting big on this change, India with its huge millennial workforce is set to face the unique impacts of automation from jobs to quality of life more than any other country. Artificial Intelligence is expected to create 2.3 million jobs by 2020, replacing the 1.8 million it will eliminate.

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Artificial intelligence for the perplexed executiveedit

Forbes

Artificial intelligence will affect every industry, whether it’s clothing or shipping,” says Oyer, a professor of economics and the codirector of a new multidisciplinary course on AI for senior executives. “We need to find a complementary relationship between those who deal with the technology of AI and the managers who understand what drives their companies.

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Robots to cut 2L US bank jobs in next decade: Wells Fargo reportedit

The Times of India

The $150 billion annually that the country’s finance firms are spending on tech — more than any other industry— will lead to lower costs, with employee compensation accounting for half of all bank expenses, said Mike Mayo, a senior analyst at Wells Fargo Securities. Back office, bank branch, call center and corporate employees are being cut by about a fifth to a third, with jobs related to tech, sales, advising and consulting less affected, accord-ing to the study.

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Digital jobs in 2022: Here’s what the future of work will look like in Indiaedit

The Hans India

Recently, an online food aggregator made news in India for laying off around 10% of its staff. Immediately the question arose: was this a sign of a slowing economy or the cascading effect of technology? When the company confirmed that it had, indeed, automated processes and hence rationalized staff, it brought into stark reality the impacts of a fast-changing technology landscape.

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Artificial Intelligence Driving Workforce To DataDriven Skill Setsedit

BW People

The structural shift in the labour market can be attributed to the technological displacement of mid-skilled jobs. Data illustrates that employment growth has been greatest at the extreme ends of the spectrum (top and bottom 20 percent) whilst in-between there has been a decline, resulting in a hollowing out of jobs for the middle-tier workforce – becoming known as the ‘automation paradox’.

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Unbridled Adoption Of Artificial Intelligence May Result In Millions Of Job Losses And Require Massive Retraining For Those Impactededit

Forbes

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the large accounting and management consulting firm, released a startling report indicating that workers will be highly impacted by the fastgrowing rise of artificial intelligence, robots and related technologies.

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Only 10 Jobs Created for Every 100 Jobs Taken Away by AIedit

The Economic Times

This was the key takeaway from ET’s recent conversation on Technology Talent Equilibrium with Sridhar Mitta, founder of digital technology services provider NextWealth Entrepreneurs; Prakash Mallya, the head of Intel India, and Supriyo Das, vice-president, Wipro Technologies.

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Industry News: Education

Draft edu policy ready for Cabinet approvaledit

The Tribune

The draft National Education Policy (NEP), which has been in the works for almost two years, is nearly final now, with sources saying it would be put up for the Union Cabinet approval soon. The draft NEP, which has undergone extensive consultations, was approved by the highest education policy body the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) on September 21, paving the way for its adoption.

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Artificial Intelligence in education: Who should be the custodian of the new goldedit

CNBC TV18

The internet and the growth of Artificial Intelligence offer the possibility of harnessing the collective wisdom of the many for the benefits of the individual. It is common knowledge now that a homogenous and rote learning education system might suit some children but not all, thereby isolating many and preventing them from achieving their full potential.

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6 point roadmap for NEPedit

News Today

The HRD Ministry, which is in process of giving final shape to the new National Education Policy (NEP), has laid down a six-point roadmap for its implementation and decided to conduct a comprehensive review of the implementation status in 2030.

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Higher Education in numbers: Latest AISHE statistics releasededit

Curriculum

On September 21, the union ministry of human resources development (HRD) used the specially convened Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) committee meeting on draft NEP, to release the statistical report of All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2018-19 as well.

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Entrepreneurial education is coming of ageedit

The Financial Express

Universities have become more experiential and outward facing. The capstone of entrepreneurial curricula has become a routine part of classes, as business plans, VC plans, pitches, financial statements get complemented with more dynamic companions. Today, the focus is on creating a viable, sustainable, replicable business model.

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Can India Afford the Increasing Privatisation of Public Universitiesedit

The Wire

Privatisation of education, especially of higher education, is one of the most fiercely debated topics in India. People on both sides have argued their points emphatically. Keeping our disagreements aside, we must accept the fact that privatisation in higher education is not something that is yet to happen. In fact, it has already happened.

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Edtech platforms that have a strong hold of study basket in Tier 2 and Tier 3 citiesedit

The Asian Age

A strong education system is one of the pillars of any civilized society. The Indian education sector is, however, riddled with multiple infrastructural holes. The case is especially grim in Tier3 cities where students are mostly underserved on account of the unavailability of basic educational resources, the presence of poor or no physical infrastructure, and the absence of committed teachers and reading materials.

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Vice President Stresses Need To Reorient Modern Education System To Make It Suitable To 21st Century Requirementsedit

Business Standard

The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu stressed the need to reorient the modern education system to make it suitable to the 21stcentury requirements. Speaking at the first convocation of SRM University, Delhi NCR, in New Delhi, the Vice President asked the youth to become agents of change and come out with innovative and sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by mankind.

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Engineering colleges in India to be accredited by IIT Foundation or IFAA all you need to knowedit

Times Now News

Pushing in the next level of reforms for engineering and technical education in India, the IIT Foundation for Accreditation and Assessment or IFAA has been formed. Collaboration of IIT Madras, IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur has formed the new company IFAA Which would take over the accreditation work of National Board of Accreditation or NBA.

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Engg colleges will no longer be accredited by NBAedit

Business Standard

Engineering colleges will no longer be accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and the role will be taken over by a new company — IIT Foundation for Accreditation and Assessment (IFAA). The company established recently, having Iit-madras, Iit-delhi and Iit-kharagpur as founding partners, is now looking for a CEO.

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Historical shift in higher educationedit

The Financial Express

Every year since 2012, MHRD compiles and presents data on India’s higher education (HE) base through its AISHE reports. The recently released 2018-19 report affirms India’s rapid progression towards higher enrollment and inclusion. By harnessing this correctly, we can develop human capital to accelerate economic growth.

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Could the knowledge ecology go the way of the current economyedit

The Telegraph

By Debaditya Bhattacharya

An impending bill aims to arbitrarily dissolve the UGC and replace it with the Higher Education Commission of India Since 1956, the UGC has existed as an autonomous institution entrusted with the dual task of ensuring minimum standards of quality as well as disbursing government grants to public funded colleges and universities ( All India Council for Technical Education).

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Artificial Intelligence: Enhancing the Learning Experience for a Better Futureedit

Digital Learning Elets Online

By Rumani Arora

In the 21st century, it is technology that is ruling the world. With increasing adoption of technology in almost every sphere of life, it is now a part of our normal lives. We are surrounded by this emerging technology in the form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that has already begun to alter education tools and institutions and changing what the future might look like in education.

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Curriculum, pedagogy obsolete in technical institutions: Expertsedit

The Times of India

While addressing the 41st edition of the event, Reddy pointed out several challenges faced by educational institutions in improving the quality of students being produced every year. He said that many engineering colleges are teaching obsolete content which needs immediate revision.

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After IIMs, govt grants graded autonomy to top private engineering and Bschoolsedit

Live Mint

By Prashant K Nanda

After granting autonomy to IIMs and top universities, the education regulators have now granted graded autonomy to leading private engineering and BSchools in the country that among other things shall be eligible for government grants and annual monitoring from regulators.

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163 MoUs inked between companies, state’s engineering institutionsedit

Navhind Times

Referring to the projects taken up in the final year by the engineering students, the Chief Minister said that there is a need for a paradigm shift, from the learning-based projects to the project-based learning. “If the students are prepared for facing up the challenges, and try and work out the solutions to the real-life problems, then their education will actually prepare these students for the employment in their profession,” he noted.

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Draft ‘conflict of interest’ policy for faculty start-ups AICTE to engg colleges tech institutesedit

The Indian Express

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry’s technical education regulator had recently come up with a policy for students’ start-ups in technical institutes. However, there is no policy defining the dos and don’ts for the faculty members involved in start-ups on campuses.

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NITI Aayog plans to make India education hubedit

The New Indian Express

Worried with the declining growth in the inflow of foreign students, the NITI Aayog has set out to draw up an ambitious action plan for a giant leap. The Aayog has also floated the idea of a single authority to deal with the issue.

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National Education Policy: How liberal education can be Indianised to produce pragmatic technocratsedit

Business Today

Arts and humanities were long thought of by the countrys aspirational middle class as an impractical education model that did not endow students with tangible skills as compared to more professional streams such as engineering and medicine that led to lucrative jobs.

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CBSE Releases Facilitators Handbook For Artificial Intelligence (AI)edit

BW Education

Central Board of Secondary Education, following up on its plan to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a skill subject in classes 8 and 9, has released Facilitators Handbooks on Artificial Intelligence. The Facilitator’s handbook for AI Curriculum for students studying in class 8 and class 9 covers a 112 hours curriculum. The handbook is based on experiential methodologies covering both social and technical skills.

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States flay lack of funding plan from new education policyedit

Trinity Mirror

Various States have flagged the funding issues regarding the proposed New Education Policy (NEP) by the Union HRD Ministry, saying the draft has some good proposals but no “financial plan of action for implementation.” The issue was raised by Education Ministers or representatives from certain States in the recent meeting of the HRD Ministry’s Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), according to the minutes of the meeting.

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Bridging Skills Gaps With AIedit

The Times of India

A world where the brand of the educational institute or a college ‘degree’ as a token of job qualification are obsolete. A world where linear career progression is non-existent and the ability to continuously learn, unlearn and relearn skills is a key success factor. This is the new world of work, the fourth industrial revolution driven by digital technology, where skill is the currency that connects workforce and work.

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Draft National Education Policy 2019: All you need to knowedit

India Today

The policy proposes three types of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs): Research Universities, Teaching Universities and Autonomous degree granting colleges. It aims to provide autonomy to all higher education institutions. Higher education institutions to be governed by Independent Boards with complete academic and administrative autonomy

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How AI Is Ushering Disruptions In E-Learningedit

BW Education

Just as the marketplace and investors are getting comfortable with business models that build products, platforms and services around online learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quietly been redefining the entire market over the last few years. That is what makes datadriven approaches to learning really hard.

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BCI opposes higher education panel Bill, warns of agitationedit

The Tribune

In letter to PM and other ministers, lawyers body says it already has a sound statutory legal education committee New delhi, October 2The Bar Council of India on Wednesday strongly opposed the proposed higher education commission bill, saying it takes away the BCIs power to regulate legal education and hands it over to outsiders.

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BCI opposes higher education commission billedit

The Week

In a statement by the BCI, its chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said that nationwide protests will be held in November in which about one lakh lawyers were expected to participate. “The council has further resolved to hold protest rallies in all the state capitals as well as in Delhi and ‘gherao’ the parliament during the winter session if the bill is moved and the advocates act is not excluded from its ambit,” the BCI said.

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In charts: The state of higher education in Indiaedit

The Hindu

According to All India Survey on Higher Education 2018-19, south India has a higher per capita proportion of colleges compared to the rest of the country. Despite six out of 10 colleges being private institutions, less than half the students study in them.

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National Education Policy: Suggestions by Gujarat will be looked into, says UGC chairmanedit

The Indian Express

Important issues missed out in the National Education Policy (NEP), including the suggestions for sector based universities such as yoga university, sports university, teachers university and others, submitted by Gujarat would be discussed, said UGC Chairman D P Singh while speaking on the draft NEP on the sidelines of the national VC conference at Gujarat Vidyapith Monday.

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