Data

The demand for experts who ensure that AI models are free of bias is exploding

An official statement said digitalisation of international trade could be an effective solution towards achieving cost reduction in trade and trade finance

Chinese officials have in recent years emphasised the need to strengthen their control over the valuable data generated by swaths of the economy, including its internet industry

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India's GDP growth fell in the negative zone in 2020. The next year, growth numbers threw a surprise. The sudden jump in GDP growth was due to the previous year's low base. Let's know more about it

Documents were to be open for public comments till September 21, civil society groups protest 'removal'

The Railways has floated a tender to hire a consultant to monetise its passenger and freight customer data with the aim to generate revenue up to Rs 1,000 crore, but sources said it may be withdrawn amid concerns over privacy issues. While many on social media, including advocacy groups have raised concerns over violation of data privacy issues, government sources have clarified that the consultant would advise the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on steps to improve its existing business and plan strategies to monetise future opportunities. While the Railways has not officially commented on the tender, highly placed sources said it will be withdrawn "considering the fact that the Data Protection Bill has not been finalised". According to the tender document, the data to be studied will include information captured by the transporter's various public facing applications such as "name, age, mobile number, gender, address, e-mail ID, class of journey, payment ..

Draft plan focuses on improving institutional framework for government data sharing and principles on privacy

Company postpones quarterly results scheduled on May 30

AA ecosystem is a UPI moment for the lending ecosystem as it will allow sharing of data seamlessly and fast and without the need for physical documents.

It is estimated that the cloud industry consumes more power than many nation states, and it is a bigger emitter than the global aviation industry

Several players are planning to invest in small and large data centres in India, as computing and data demands rise

Portal data.gov.in is difficult to negotiate and it is outdated, defeating the purpose of understanding economy and policy

Trustworthy data, then, should be a resolution for 2022

Sebi has restructured its advisory committee on market data that recommends policy measures pertaining to areas like securities market data access and privacy. Rejigging its market data advisory committee, Sebi has said the panel will now be chaired by S Sahoo, Professor at National Law University, Delhi and former chairperson, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), as per the latest information with the regulator. The 20-member committee was earlier headed by Madhabi Puri Buch, ex-whole time member of Sebi. Apart from Sahoo, the panel has CEOs of stock exchanges and depositories, representatives of various stakeholders and senior officials of Sebi as members. Members of the committee include Ashlesh Gosain, Regional Head South Asia, Bloomberg LP, Mumbai; Reena Garg Scientist F & Head (Electronic & Information Technology Department) at BIS; Kiran Shetty, CEO and Regional Head - India & South Asia at SWIFT India; Ganesh Ramakishnan Professor, Department of ...

The idea is to bring academia and industry together to address skills gap in the new age technologies

Locale.ai works with customers like Bounce, Dunzo and Omni, a Costa Rican taxi firm, to deliver insights and analytics on their location data.

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According to the report, Indians have 52 per cent proficiency in ML and 54 per cent in mathematical skills.