November 21, 2019

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Service Robotics Market to Witness Steady Growth Based on Progress in Computer Assisted Arrangements & Internet of Things (IoT) Till 2020edit

IT News Online

Service robotics is segregated into two portions like proficient service robots and domestic or personal service robots. Those service robots that are utilized for execution of day-to-day responsibilities, non-commercial usage, and others are the domestic or else personal service robots. However, those service robots, which accomplish commercial responsibilities and are functioned by means of qualified operators are termed as the professional service robots.

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Robotic rehab for paraplegics in hospitals soonedit

The New Indian Express

The artificial intelligence and machine learning technology used in the robotics include motors, sensors, intelligent control systems for the robot all of which gauge what an individual patient requires.

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Overcoming the strains facing cybersecurityedit

Tech Radar

In fact, according to recent research from Bitdefender, six in every ten businesses have suffered a data breach in the last three years. And, by the end of July 2019 almost a quarter of infosec professionals revealed that the company they work for had suffered a data breach in the first six months of the year alone.

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Opinion | We should leapfrog our way out of the telecom messedit

Live Mint

The government could push for any operator to take the lead in 5G by giving away spectrum at concessional rates or even free. 5G isnt about voice or data, but about Augmented and Virtual Reality, smart cities and the Internet of Things (IoT), all of which offer a base for new markets to spring up that could be a source of large future tax revenues for the government.

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Cyber threats to IoT in 2020edit

Tech Radar

Smart home devices offer more access points than ever before wireless lights, thermostats, home security sensors, intelligent streetlights, smart meters, and many more. These millions of sensors and devices present a great opportunity for hackAdd Newers, and a great vulnerability to us all. The Internet of Things allows us to carry out activities far easier and faster than ever before.

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Artificial intelligence is coming for white collar jobs in US labour marketedit

Business Standard

Artificial intelligence is coming for Americas high paid professions as it creates winners and losers across the labor market like never before. White collar jobs and better educated occupations along with production workers are among the most susceptible to AIs spread into the economy, according to a Brookings Institution report Wednesday that draws on a new analysis of patent data by Stanford University graduate student Michael Webb.

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AI and data analytics can bring possible client solutions at amazing speededit

Live Mint

We have immense value for bilinguals those who have in depth understanding of their industry and have learnt how to harness digital. These larger shifts across industries, which are driven by digital technologies, mean that the skills people need in the workforce also need to evolve.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Metro wants 15,000 e-autos for last-mile, has approached SCedit

The Indian Express

Currently, the feeder fleet comprises 174 non-AC MIDI buses and around 1,000 e-rickshaws, which serve Metro commuters coming out of around 11 stations across Delhi-NCR. Metro has also tied up with cab aggregators Ola and Uber, under which kiosks have come up at certain stations for assisting passengers in booking cabs and autos.

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KSEB to start 6 charging stations in 3 monthsedit

English Mathrubhumi

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will set up e-charging stations in six corporations in the state within three months. With this, people need not be hesitant to buy electric vehicles just because there are no charging stations.

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Govt Spends Rs 175 Cr for Purchase of Heavy Electric Vehiclesedit

Saur Energy

The Government of India has spent Rs 175 crore for the purchase of electric buses under the second phase of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme.

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Govt may grant 20% parking reservation for evehiclesedit

The New Indian Express

In a major push to encourage electric vehicles (evehicles) in Karnataka, the state government is mulling on expanding the existing 10 per cent of parking space allotted for evehicles by 10 per cent, said Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, Department of Commerce & Industries.

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Electric Vehicles will account for over a half of all passenger vehicle sales by 2040edit

The Economic Times

By Anshul Joshi

It noted that battery prices continue to keep falling. As a result, it is expected that there will be a price parity between electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion vehicles (ICE) by the mid2020s in most segments, although there is wide variation between geographies and vehicle segments.

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E-bus Suppliers Quote High Prices for Tenders Under FAME II Schemeedit

The Economic Times

BYD-Olectra, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and PMI Electro Mobility Solutions are among manufacturers in the fray to supply and operate the electric buses for different state departments. ET had on November 6 reported that BYD-backed Olectra is eyeing e-bus tenders in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Odisha and is the lone bidder in Uttarakhand and Jaipur, while top domestic player Tata Motors has bid for tenders issued by Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.

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Industry News: Future of Work

The Future of Work Autonomous back officesedit

BW Smart Cities

By Sanjay Nambiar

Now to explain an autonomous back office given the above scenario. I strongly feel that if processes in back office business operations like finance, procurement, HR etc. are properly reimagined and run by intelligent and autonomous machines (with a heavy infusion of artificial intelligence), a dramatically different way of working will emerge over the next few years which would require reskilling large workforces for completely new kinds of jobs, that may not exist today but will do so in the coming years.

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Overcoming the learning block for the future of workedit

People Matters

The future of work is bound to appear daunting to the unprepared people leader. As experts from across different sectors gathered under one roof at the People Matters and ACCA Roundtable Discussion, they put on their thinking caps to tackle one of the major challenges facing people managers, HR professionals, and L&D leadershow to best leverage continuous learning to prepare for the future.

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Getting ready for the road ahead: How the future workplace will evolveedit

CNBC TV18

The future of our jobs/careers is uncertain and nebulous. No one can see into the future and predict with any accuracy and certainty what is going to happen in the workplace, and how much robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, and any other enhanced technologies that might develop, will alter it. We are all hoping it does so for the better and not for the worse!

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Flexible Workplace Demand To Jump 5Times To 130140 Million Sq Ft By 2025: Reportedit

Business World

Anshul Jain, Country Head & Managing DirectorIndia, C&W, We did a survey and found out that 57 per cent of respondents had a positive view on coworking, and they said that their exposure to coworking spaces is going to increase, and that could be up to 25 per cent of the spaces that corporates occupy across the world could actually move into coworking or flex spaces by the end of 2025.

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Machines replace humans: Artificial intelligence used at Federal Bank for hiring processedit

The New Indian Express

Federal Bank is transforming its traditional HR practices by shifting almost the entire hiring process to a tool driven on artificial intelligence arguably a first in the domestic banking space.

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64% workers globally would trust a robot manager more than their human bossedit

The Print

But a new survey shows some workers have much friendlier views toward AI. Oracle and Future Workplace found 82% of workers believe robot managers are better at certain tasks such as maintaining work schedules and providing unbiased information than their human counterparts.

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Industry News: Education

How Does AI Impact Engineering Educationedit

EET India

What is clear, however, is that traditional academia models for incorporating CS/EE projects into overall STEM goals are sorely in need of an update. Software education programs based on traditional high level languages may be so outdated that they could well be scrapped used only as a means of providing programmers with historical background.

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