The financial industry has experienced a lot of disruption from mobile banking to digital currencies. FinTechs, which took off right after the Global Financial Crisis, have been part of our lives owing to their flexibility and ability to efficiently deliver financial services by using technology solutions while offering a better customer experience. Of late, there...

The window is closing fast if the recent Emissions Gap Report 2022 is any indication. The report found the international community falling far short of the Paris agreement goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5 degree C in place, while stressing the need for significant steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the United...

India’s geospatial economy is all set to touch USD 8 billion by 2025 at a growth rate of 12.8 per cent. By then, this sector will generate jobs for more than 1 million people. Defence and intelligence, water resources and irrigation, construction, and utilities have been fuelling the geospatial market growth in the country. At...

After shifting to reshoring from offshoring, ‘friendshoring’ seems to be the buzzword for the trade world, especially the United States. The world’s largest economy is planning to do business only with its ‘trusted allies’ or countries with ‘shared values’ amid the shift from an interconnected to a multi-polar world faced with disrupted supply chains, energy...

The startup ecosystem, which has emerged as the 3rd largest globally as of August 3, 2022, is expected to power India’s ‘techade’. Currently, there are 66,000 DPIIT-recognised startups with more than 100 unicorns or startups with a valuation of over USD 1 billion each. India has seen over 20,000 per cent growth in the number...

Nature with its mystical and cosmic powers is certainly capable to mend imbalances be it in the form of ecological (natural disasters; climate change), geographical (population, pandemics), economic (boom and bust, market re-corrections ) or evidentially plays a critical role in our personal life developments (facing crossroads) Today late Gen Ys and early Gen Zs...

India’s entrepreneurial spirit is gaining momentum with the rapidly expanding start-up ecosystem, the third-largest in the world after the US and China, according to the recently released Economic Survey 2021-22. Government-backing along with increased investor confidence and technology breakthroughs have transformed the start-up scene with the total number of such recognised entities in the country...

Blue Economy, the sixth dimension of the vision for ‘New India by 2030’, can help the country rewrite its growth story post-pandemic. A sunrise sector, it is centered around oceans for economic activities, ranging from shipping, offshore oil and gas, and fishing to tourism. This economic philosophy was first introduced by Prof Gunter Paul in...

Falling interest rates pushed more money from bonds to equities, especially in start-ups in the past two years, fuelling their valuations manifold. Now, when the central banks all over the world are beginning to tighten interest rates to curb inflation, rising interest rates may see a reversal in their fortunes if not tackled properly. On...

We have been conversant with the engaging worlds of e-commerce and social media…however imagine if they co-exist with each other? Imagine if brands or SME’s or MSME’s or micro entrepreneurs could use these two weapons to get the best of both worlds. Social commerce is the name, harnessing social media as a medium to sell...