India, Nov. 12 -- If there has been one silver lining in the Covid crisis, then it has to be technology. With the pandemic-lockdown, things would have ground to a halt had it not been for that one thing. Ecommerce stepped up and filled in the vacuum created by shutdowns and social distancing in the market. Drones were used for sanitization in Delhi and aided the police to monitor the lockdown in Punjab. Contact tracing meant that governments could keep track of citizens who had Covid. Israel sent alerts to those who were in proximity to Covid infected thanks to the wonders of GPS.

Video collaboration zoomed and ensured that offices would engage with each other as best as they could, meetings and decision making would continue and the com...