As two Indian states, Maharashtra and Haryana, go to the polls on Monday, the Election Commission of India, media platforms, and others gear up for an onslaught on smear and misinformation campaigns. A public outcry has forced many news and social-media networks to monitor their content closely and has also galvanised the authorities, but it’s a hydra-headed menace.
As two Indian states, Maharashtra and Haryana, go to the polls on Monday, the Election Commission of India, media platforms, and others gear up for an onslaught on smear and misinformation campaigns. A public outcry has forced many news and social-media networks to monitor their content closely and has also galvanised the authorities, but it’s a hydra-headed menace.
Gone are the days when only the army, air force, and the navy fought in a war. Today, the focus has turned to hybrid warfare, in which the Internet and electronics are deadly weapons. While India has the manpower to fight in conventional military conflicts, experts feel it lacks the preparedness to take on its aggressive neighbours in a hybrid war.
The WeWork meltdown has put co-working business models under the lens globally. Indian co-working startups are de-risking and cautiously scaling up. They are wooing SMEs and large enterprises with satellite offices and ancillary services, and building revenue-sharing models. But nobody has quite cracked it yet.
YouTube for the longest time has been the de facto destination for DIY video content and has a giant global footprint. India is a big market and is now at the centre of the platform’s global march to test the waters in new business categories, including subscriptions and original content. Can it make the journey from user-generated content to brand-generated content, taking on the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime?
Lenskart intends to penetrate underserved rural markets with low-priced glasses and replicate its India story in expensive overseas markets like Singapore. But both opportunities and pitfalls lie ahead for the eyewear company as it seeks to execute ambitious plans.
