Author name: Ananta Kar

Ananta is wrapping up her postgraduate studies in Comparative Literature whilst juggling a solid two-year writing career. She cut her teeth as a sports journalist before discovering her true passion: India's exploding gaming scene. These days, she's obsessed with how gaming culture is reshaping the country, and her academic research chops bring unexpected depth to every piece. Whether dissecting esports trends or exploring biologics in India, renewable energy, electric Vehicles & Smart Transportation topics, Ananta writes with the curiosity of a researcher and the energy of someone who genuinely loves what they do.

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India’s E-Commerce Funding Reaches $1.3 Billion as Women Founders Shatter Records

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India’s consumer-tech sector just proved skeptics spectacularly wrong. Despite global market corrections and investor caution, B2C e-commerce raised $1.3 billion in 2025 alone. The Tracxn B2C E-Commerce Report released in October 2025 reveals cumulative funding now exceeds $57 billion, confirming India’s position among the world’s most dynamic consumer-technology markets. But the numbers tell only half […]

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India’s E-Commerce Explosion: Racing Towards $211.6 Billion in 2025

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India’s digital shopping revolution has just hit escape velocity. The country’s e-commerce market will reach ₹17.7 trillion ($211.6 billion) by year-end, according to GlobalData’s 2025 outlook. This isn’t gradual growth—it’s an exponential transformation reshaping how 900 million internet users purchase everything from groceries to electronics. Smartphone adoption, improved logistics networks, digital payment ubiquity, and favorable

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India’s Gambling Crackdown: How ₹1.8 Lakh Crore Ban Triggers Gaming Revolution

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India just obliterated its entire ₹1.8 lakh crore online gambling industry overnight. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 didn’t merely regulate—it annihilated real-money gaming completely. Effective 1st October, the legislation bans all games involving monetary stakes, imposing three-year imprisonment terms and fines exceeding ₹1 crore for violations. Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

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100,000 Fintech Attendees in Mumbai—and Nobody Mentioned Crypto: India’s Strategic Silence on Digital Assets

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The world’s largest fintech summit just happened in Mumbai with 100,000 attendees and 800 speakers—and cryptocurrency was explicitly banned from conversation. Event guidelines instructed speakers to “please refrain from political, crypto, religious, or personal comments during the event or on stage,” according to Reuters. This silence occurred while Bitcoin hit fresh all-time highs and global

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China’s WTO Complaint Against India’s EV Subsidies: When the World’s Biggest Battery Maker Gets Nervous

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China controls 70% of global electric vehicle production—and has just filed a World Trade Organization complaint because India dared to build its own EV industry. Beijing’s October 20th, 2025 filing marks its first trade confrontation with India in nearly a decade, targeting India’s Production Linked Incentive schemes. These programmes—totalling over ₹44,000 crore—aim to accelerate domestic

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India’s 680 Million Gamers Just Became Advertising’s Most Valuable Audience—Here’s Why Brands Are Pivoting

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Advertisers have just discovered that Indian gamers are more valuable than television viewers, social media scrollers, and newspaper readers combined—and the numbers prove it. India’s gaming industry reached ₹33,243 crore (approximately $4.4 billion) in 2024, growing at a 15% compound annual growth rate through the next decade. Over 680 million smartphone users now game regularly,

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India’s Healthcare Revolution Skips Hospitals: How Startups Are Building Clinics in Your Neighbourhood

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India’s healthcare system has just bypassed hospitals entirely, moving care directly into homes, workplaces, and neighborhood clinics through digital infrastructure most patients didn’t know existed. Healthtech startups raised ₹68,724 crore in the first half of 2025 alone, representing a 462% rise in monthly funding since April. This capital surge isn’t funding more hospital beds—it’s building

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Fashion and Beauty’s Digital Gamble: Why 76% of Customers Will Abandon Brands That Don’t Know Them

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Fashion and beauty brands have just discovered that their customers have zero patience for generic experiences—and the numbers prove it’s existential. McKinsey’s State of Beauty 2025 report reveals that 71% of consumers now expect brands to deliver customized interactions, whilst 76% will switch brands if those expectations aren’t met immediately. This isn’t a gradual preference

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India’s Gaming Industry Just Lost Real-Money Games—and Found Something Better: eSports, IP, and Hybrid Revenue

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The 2025 ban on real-money gaming looked like an extinction event for India’s gaming industry—until companies discovered they had been building on unstable foundations anyway. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill eliminated cash-stake games overnight, forcing developers and publishers into complete business model transformations within months. What appeared catastrophic actually accelerated evolution toward

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India’s Gaming Boom: How ₹33,243 Crore Creates Advertiser Paradise

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The country’s gaming industry has exploded into a ₹33,243 crore (approximately $4.5 billion) phenomenon that fundamentally reshapes how advertisers reach consumers. This isn’t merely an entertainment evolution—it represents a seismic shift in marketing strategy, where immersive experiences replace passive viewing. Digital penetration, smartphone ubiquity, affordable internet, and gaming’s social acceptance have converged to create India’s

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