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The ambitious Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), which has been launched in five pilot cities, could completely transform ecommerce in India. Like the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the ONDC is developing an open digital network with an architecture designed to let all types of e-retail apps and platforms “talk” to each other in the same way that the UPI allows every payment app to seamlessly transfer funds. The ONDC has many implications for the digital ecosystem and its data flow.

Tata Neu has turned out to be an instant hit among customers and also is high on the list of most downloaded apps. The super app, which ranked 48th on the App Annie list of most downloaded apps in the country across segments on Google Play a day after it was launched (April 8), jumped to the second spot by April 11, a place behind social e-commerce app Meesho, which is at the top for weeks in a row.

Sustainable Development Project aims to have a state of society where living conditions and resources are utilized to continue to meet human needs without disturbing the ecology and stability of the natural system. It is a methodological process that organizes human development along with sustaining the ability of natural resources and eco system services on which the economy and society depend.

The ongoing Russian Ukrainian war since February 24, 2022 is again derailing the world economy which is struggling to take-off after three phases of the Covid-19 pandemic. On the 12^th day of Russia and Ukraine conflict, oil prices have soared to $135 per barrel, fuelling further the inflation in the war torn world.

In 2021, Facebook was renamed "Meta Platforms" and its chairman Mark Zuckerberg declared a company commitment to developing a metaverse. While the facebook rebrands to Meta, this has made Metaverse the new buzz word in the business and social world. Some Experts compare Metaverse in 2022 to where Internet was in 1970s in US. Clearly a lot lies ahead! And some experts are already taking about its negative impact.

The UK hosted the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 13 November 2021.Speaking at the Global Climate Change conference, UN Secretary General António Guterres demanded that people stop "treating nature like a toilet" he sharply criticised continued use of fossil fuels, saying "we are digging our own graves".

The coal crisis brings a sense of déjà vu as the storyline seems similar to what happens when there is a shortage of sugar or onions. The difference is that the shortage of farm products is normally due to crop failure while the reasons for coal shortage are more human-made.

India is on the verge of a power crisis as the stock of coal at country’s thermal power plants has hit at critically low levels. Many power plants are operating with zero reserve stock or with stocks that could last just a few days. Many States have resorted to load-shedding to save power.