New Delhi, July 30 -- In a world increasingly powered by digital infrastructure, geopolitics can cajole tech giants to bring a business to a halt with the flip of a switch. Nayara Energy learnt this the hard way even though Microsoft restored its services two days later. Mint explains:

Nayara Energy, an Indian refinery company, is part-owned - less than 50% - by Russia's Rosneft Oil Company. Tech giant Microsoft abruptly suspended its core communication and productivity tools that Nayara uses to comply with European Union (EU) sanctions.

In response, Nayara filed a case in the Delhi High Court on Monday, alleging that its fully paid-up licences for services such as Outlook and Teams were suddenly revoked and access to its own business d...