INDIA
OPINION | Who owns India’s cloud, and other existential questions for a digital democracy
India risks digital colonisation as foreign firms control its data and infrastructure. To ensure true sovereignty, it must build indigenous tech, enforce data laws, and capture value from its digital economy
BUSINESS
OPINION | India’s Digital Competition Bill: Mirage of fair play or a path to innovation?
The Digital Competition Bill aims to level the playing field for startups but risks stifling innovation. It requires tailored, phased modifications to foster growth and competition
INDIA
Job Hugging: The silent threat to India’s skill ambition
India's educated youth face underemployment, with limited formal sector absorption. Job-hugging stifles innovation, wage growth, and skill upgrades, threatening economic dynamism amid automation and a stagnant talent market
INDIA
TCS Layoffs: Ghosted by HR, hunted by algorithms
TCS layoffs aren’t pink slips, but neon signs flashing: “Adapt or Evaporate.” The new playbook? Forget tenure, flaunt agility. The key is to acquire transferable assets like negotiation skills, resilience, systems thinking, and stakeholder orchestration
INDIA
India’s Misinformation Crisis: Deepfakes, bots, and broken trust
India faces a growing threat from digital misinformation, driven by deepfakes, bot factories, and poor media literacy. Urgent action is needed through regulation, education, tech innovation, and global cooperation
BUSINESS
Work hours don’t matter, results do
The shift to remote work demands new productivity metrics focused on results, trust, and innovation. Traditional office culture is replaced by task-oriented assessments, AI integration, and peer/customer feedback, reshaping how businesses measure success in the modern workplace
BUDGET
Can Budget 2025 help remove the ‘no-vacancy’ boards?
As the Union Budget 2025 nears, the youth expects a focus on job creation, viewing it as a societal imperative. Here are a few ideas that may help the Finance Minister to tackle employment challenges
BUSINESS
From Memes to Markets: Gen-Z is redefining the future
Gen-Z, born between 1996 and 2010, is revolutionising the workforce and marketplace with their tech-savvy nature, distinct habits, and preferences, reshaping industries and societal norms, and signalling a shift towards a more adaptable, value-driven, and tech-centric world
