Category: Digital Economy
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Accelerating Local Currency Trade Infrastructure: BRICS’ Strategic Shift Away from Dollar Dominance
In recent years, BRICS members have steadily advanced efforts to reduce their dependence on the U.S. dollar in cross-border trade. The momentum has accelerated in 2025, with new developments in digital payment systems, increased use of local currencies in settlements, and enhanced lending practices by the New Development Bank (NDB).…
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The Future of B2C Export Aggregators from India: From Parcel Pushers to Compliance Platforms
India’s next export growth spurt won’t come from a few superstar brands—it’ll come from thousands of micro-exporters selling directly to consumers worldwide. The connective tissue between these sellers and foreign buyers is the B2C export aggregator: a player that bundles storefronts, payments, compliance, logistics, and after-sales into one operating stack.…
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Apple’s Strategic Pivot: iPhone 17 Manufacturing Expands to India
Apple’s decision to assemble all four models of the upcoming iPhone 17 in India marks a historic shift in the global electronics supply chain. For the first time, the tech giant is set to roll out its flagship device entirely from Indian production lines, spanning five facilities, including Tata Group’s…
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Innovation Deficit and Digital Sovereignty: Why India Must Bridge the Gap Now
India’s ambition to become a global technology powerhouse is often celebrated in headlines, but the reality beneath the surface is more sobering. Despite its talent pool and thriving startup culture, India has yet to produce tech giants on the scale of Nvidia, TSMC, or OpenAI. Structural weaknesses in research commercialisation,…
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Chip Shockwaves: How Semiconductor Tariffs Threaten India’s Manufacturing Ecosystem and Consumer Economy
The recent announcement of a proposed 100% tariff on imported semiconductors by former U.S. President Donald Trump has triggered alarm bells across the global supply chain—and India is no exception. Although aimed primarily at curbing dependency on foreign chipmakers and bringing manufacturing back to the U.S., the ripple effects of…
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The Rise of Digital Currencies and Their Potential Impact on Traditional Financial Systems
Over the last decade, digital currencies—especially cryptocurrencies—have moved from being niche technological experiments to increasingly important components of the global financial landscape. Bitcoin, launched in 2009, was the first significant step in this transformation, but the ecosystem has since expanded to include thousands of cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs),…
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Indian IT in Transition: Facing the Heat from AI, Global Uncertainty, and Shrinking Demand
India’s IT sector, once the poster child of economic liberalization and global competitiveness, is now at a critical crossroads. The once-consistent trajectory of double-digit growth, vast campus hirings, and global expansions is facing disruption from a perfect storm: global macroeconomic headwinds, declining client IT budgets, disruptive AI technologies, and the…
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The Complex Path to AI at Scale: Why Adoption Isn’t as Easy as the Hype Suggests
The world is buzzing with excitement about Artificial Intelligence (AI), from consumer apps to enterprise software, and even public governance. But beneath this digital enthusiasm lies a sobering truth—scaling AI isn’t easy. It’s hard, complex, and fraught with challenges that span ethics, accuracy, public trust, and organizational change. As the…
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How AI Agents Are Transforming Workplaces: Rethinking Skills, Management, and Inclusion
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly through the development of intelligent agents and digital workers, is fundamentally reshaping the workplace. These AI systems are no longer confined to automating repetitive tasks—they are now entering domains once considered the sole preserve of humans: collaboration, communication, management, and even mentorship.…
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When Intelligence Becomes Ubiquitous: The Coming Disruption by AI and AGI
The world is on the cusp of an epoch-defining shift—one not just of technology, but of human identity, work, and power. A growing consensus, sometimes referred to as the San Francisco consensus, is emerging among the world’s leading AI research labs: that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)—a system as capable as…
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