DIGIPIN: The aim is to provide “Address-as-a-Service” (AaaS) — a smart solution to manage address data and enable smooth, secure interactions between citizens, government bodies, and private organisations. #DigitalIndia zeenews.india.com/technology/goo…

“…the extreme poverty rate had declined from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23. The number of people living in extreme poverty also fell sharply during this period from 344.47 million in 2011-12 to 75.24 million in 2022-23.” #ViksitBharat timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/despite-…

Top #global #risks; a thought-provoking, relevant list via Visual Capitalist

The grandeur of The Cholas. Vision beyond horizons, legacy beyond generations, architecture beyond space and time. Gangaikonda Chozhapuram. #IncredibleIndia

This is the “factory of the future” and India needs much more than a ‘PLI-equivalent’ of manufacturing to significantly increase its share of the market. Combined with growth in renewable energy and re-invigorating the real-estate sector, this will be huge. #DigitalIndia

Gartner’s latest #AI hype cycle puts #GenAI in “trough of disillusionment”. In many ways, this is reflective of businesses trying to leapfrog into magic solutions to their basic problems- unorganised data, chaotic processes and meaningless job roles.

One of the most sensible takes yet on the US tariff impact and its consequences. A crisis like this requires decisive and urgent reforms to accelerate domestic consumption for e.g., among other things.

For some, it’s always weekend! #streetphotography #shotoniphone

A time to reflect, for there’s always light after dark.

A most beautiful story for the weekend: Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo13 safely back to Earth (remember the Tom Hanks movie?), dies aged 97. He went to the moon twice, sadly without landing. bbc.com/news/articles/…

How well Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa - an Indian Chess master and a World champion explains the importance of applying “ VIBHUTI “ - the sacred ash on his forehead 👇🏽👇🏽 Sanatan Sanskriti ❤️

It's time to buy India, not sell, says Jefferies' Wood. “…it is now too late to cut India with valuations now back near the 10-year average 63% PE (price-earnings) premium over emerging market peers," timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india…

🚨 IIT Madras develops India’s first silicon photonics-based quantum random generator and licenses it.

A sleepy, stretchy weekend. #ChennaiRains #IndiAves

India is the fastest-growing major economy. An important reason behind this is macro-economic stability.