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Singapore’s digital economy grew to SG$144.1 billion in 2025, accounting for 19.3% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), up from 18.8% in 2024.  

Pratik Shetty, Vice President and Head of Growth & Marketing at Flipkart, believes the evolution of e-commerce has brought an old consumer behaviour back in a new form. Flipkart is responding by attempting to make the platform itself more discovery-led. Shetty says the company has been increasing the role of video within its app and…

s a discipline, history is facing both an extraordinary opportunity and a serious challenge. We have entered an age in which a machine can search millions of pages, translate languages, recognise handwriting, arrange information, summarise books, suggest references and produce fluent prose within seconds. A student can ask a machine about the Mughal Empire, the…

An industry report published by students in an MIT aerospace entrepreneurship class lays out guidance for aspiring space leaders and investors. Rachel Ornitz|Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Publication Date: October 2, 2026

2026 report documents 23 years of impact and examines how finance, technology, and environmental markets can create lasting value across air, land, and water.

As economists, the way we look at the economy is out of date. This blurs our understanding of what’s going on and it is a big constraint on effective policy-making.

In a Winona State University biology lab, freshman Chayse Pulvermacher was isolating the DNA of an apple and then pipetting it into a special gel to see if she could identify it. The process is full of skills she hopes will help her land a job after college.

Kyrgyzstan’s high economic growth rates have yet to be matched by a comparable increase in economic efficiency. From 2021 to 2025, the country’s economy grew by an average of about 10 percent a year, while average labor productivity growth stood at 5.7 percent.

Dubai Chamber Dubai Chamber and Oraseya advance funding for seven tech startups Seven founders pitched growth plans to investors Several advanced to Oraseya’s next evaluation stage Stock video by Denys Gromov

Dubai, UAE – Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, recently organised a dedicated pitching session in collaboration with Oraseya Capital, the investment arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ), aimed at enhancing funding opportunities for technology startups.