As India stands on the precipice of a definitive regulatory framework for digital assets, the government’s approach appears to be coalescing around a "middle path." According to recent reports, the forthcoming cryptocurrency legislation aims to categorize digital tokens as financial assets while simultaneously restricting their functionality as a medium of exchange or legal tender. This […]
The Evolution of India’s Data Protection Landscape: From Sovereignty to Pragmatism
By Editorial Analysis Since the landmark 2017 Supreme Court judgment in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, which elevated privacy to a fundamental right, the Indian government has faced mounting pressure to codify a comprehensive data protection regime. However, the path to legislative enactment has been anything but linear. As the government pivots […]
The Sovereignty Mandate: Why Anthropic’s Access Restrictions are a Wake-Up Call for Global AI Strategy
MUMBAI – The digital landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift, moving from an era of globalized, borderless software consumption to one defined by the hard realities of "AI Sovereignty." A renewed, urgent conversation has gripped the technology sector following recent restrictions on access to some of Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence models. The move, which […]