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The soil, the water, all our natural ecosystems – the very bedrock on which we thrive – is crumbling and fast – an economic wake-up call of colossal dimensions. By some estimates, global GDP is precariously dependent on the services which nature provides, to an extent of measured value of more than 150 trillion dollars annually. Economies shake when nature fails. It has just taken a tragedy to nature – the breakdown of wild pollination to fisheries inside the seas, for example – to wipe trillions of dollars off worldwide GDP in a matter of years. The Gargantuan Ecological Account We have abused biodiversity and ecosystem services for long, treating it as a free-of-charge unlimited resource we are building our industrial empires on. In response, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), one of the largest global biodiversity and ecological agreements, adopted in December 2022 at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Canada set out a global roadmap for preserving biodiversity and achieving a world living in harmony with nature by 2050. The GBF includes four goals for 2050 and 23 targets for 2030, aiming to halt and reverse biodiversity loss – a monumental task that will require an extra $200 billion capital every year till 2030, according to UN Secretary-General’s Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. Despite the urgency, the amount spent worldwide on biodiversity is still pathetic. The EU, perceived as a leader, is no better, significantly lagging its own biodiversity budget. This is particularly bad news. Continuing this effort desperately needs supplemental funding – a lot...
Elon Musk’s Starlink is set to transform India’s digital landscape by delivering high-speed satellite internet to rural regions, but faces new competition as Vodafone’s BlueBird aims to bring satellite broadband directly to smartphones. The race for India’s satcom market intensifies, with affordability and innovation at the forefront. Starlink’s entry marks a pivotal shift in India’s connectivity, leveraging a vast constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to deliver broadband to underserved and remote areas, following recent regulatory approval to operate in the country. Vodafone’s BlueBird, using AST SpaceMobile’s technology, could disrupt Starlink by enabling satellite-to-mobile broadband on existing 4G/5G smartphones—eliminating the need for expensive hardware and lowering barriers to entry for millions of users. Affordability remains a major challenge: Starlink’s projected pricing—₹3,000–₹4,200 per month with a ₹33,000 equipment fee—may limit adoption in price-sensitive India, especially when compared to terrestrial broadband and emerging smartphone-based satellite solutions Elon Musk’s Starlink is poised to transform India’s satellite communications (satcom) services in the country with its constellation of nearly 7000 satellites currently in orbit, beaming high-speed, low-latency internet to millions of users worldwide. While delivering connectivity to India’s unconnected rural heartland, it can also prove to be disruptive to the existing terrestrial service providers. The sheer number of satellites in the constellation allows Starlink to offer coverage to virtually any location on the planet, including remote and rural areas where terrestrial infrastructure is lacking. But Starlink itself could face disruption from Vodafone’s BlueBird services that offers satcom in existing smartphones. While Indian telecom players like Jio and Airtel are planning alliances with Starlink...
Software development has evolved from strict rule-following to intelligent systems that learn and even create on their own. This shift, championed by Andrej Karpathy, is transforming not just how we build software—but also how we think about trust, ethics, and human oversight in a world where code can now write itself. A New Era of Creativity and Adaptation: Software 3.0 marks a leap from traditional, rule-based programming to AI-driven systems that learn, adapt, and even innovate—much like a master chef inventing new dishes for every guest. Promise Meets Peril: While this revolution democratizes development and unlocks unprecedented personalization, it also introduces risks: AI’s “black box” nature, hallucinations, and security vulnerabilities make transparency and accountability more challenging than ever. Human Oversight Remains Essential: As AI takes on a more autonomous role, strong ethical guardrails and vigilant human supervision are crucial to ensure fairness, reliability, and trust in the software that increasingly shapes our world. The evolution of software development from writing code that explicitly defined every step a computer should take (Software 1.0); to instead of explicitly programming rules, where we provide data and algorithms that allow the system to learn those rules itself (Software 2.0); and now fast-forward to the current phase where AI dynamically shapes applications based on data and user interaction (Software 3.0) is revolutionizing the world. In many ways while this has democratized software development it also demands a huge change in mindset, strong ethical guardrails, and the essential element of ensuring human oversight. Simply put, Software 3. 0 is all about...
From theoretical possibility to a thriving criminal enterprise, ransomware has come a long way. Read on to know more: According to a recent survey, ransomware payments have nearly doubled $1.5 million over the past year, with the highest-earning organisations the most likely to pay attackers. These ransomware attacks, characterised by hackers encrypting sensitive data and demanding ransoms for its release, have become increasingly common and sophisticated, affecting governments, businesses, and individuals alike and posing an emerging threat to cryptocurrencies, particularly Ethereum. Figure 1: Global ransomware damage costs and forecasts; Source: World Economic Forum/The Conversation The Proliferation of Ransomware Ransomware attacks have become so frequent that they often fail to make significant headlines. However, exceptions occur, such as the May and June 2023 attack exploiting a vulnerability in the Moveit file transfer app, which garnered widespread attention due to its high-profile victims, including British Airways, the BBC, and Boots. This alarming trend is exemplified by the fact that the average ransomware payment by UK organisations in 2023 was even higher, at US$2.1 million. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the UK thus issued new guidance in 2022, urging organisations to bolster their cybersecurity defences amid concerns of state-sponsored cyberattacks linked to the conflict in Ukraine. These attacks, frequently involving Russia, have highlighted the geopolitical implications of ransomware. Ransomware attacks can have diverse and severe financial and societal impacts, affecting various sectors, including government, healthcare, education, and small businesses. The May 2023 Dallas City Government attack, for instance, disrupted hearings, trials, and jury duty, leading to...
You want to succeed, surround yourself with the right kind of people who will support and encourage you all the way. Be with people who have utmost conviction and patience. The battle is never lost until you’ve abandon your vision. But what if you’re really exhausted physically, mentally, and most of all emotionally? Here are some sources of motivation to prompt you in reaching the peak of accomplishment. “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence” Philip Reyes Let me share with you one of my favorite quotes, as stated in that quote, there are three key factors to achieve massive success in your life: Urban life in the city Never ever think of giving up. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Take all negative words out of your mental dictionary and focus on the solutions with utmost conviction and patience. The battle is never lost until you’ve abandon your vision. Martial arts figure prominently in many Asian cultures, and the first known traces. Seeing trends before they start Success needs hard work. Don’t listen to these ‘get rich quick’ schemes. You need to build your character and work hard on yourself and your business to achieve greatness. Work hard and work smart. Do the right things and do them in the right way. Don’t procrastinate. Take bold actions. Work long hours and craft your legacy. Learning from failure Successful people do not see failures as failures. They see them as important learning lessons. Lessons that are capable...
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