India, Dec. 15 -- A year of momentous upheaval where the Covid crisis took everyone by storm, the lockdown led to great technology innovations and Big Tech continued to flourish amid the recession.

A for App Bans: The Covid crisis led to a certain amount of disillusionment with China and the border dispute with India followed. The Indian government started with a succession of Chinese app bans. The US government, having security and trade issues of their own, followed suit. While the app battle between the US and China was that of equals, it remains to be seen if all this gives a fillip to the Indian app industry.

B for Bitcoin's low & high: When Bitcoin was introduced in 2008, many established players called it a fraud, but it was embr...