Opinion

Opinion: El Nino Is Set To Further Disrupt India's $300 Billion Farm Economy

The interaction between the numerous factors affecting the monsoon isn't fully understood, but it's unlikely that El Nino, first declared just a few weeks ago, is the key driver of its late onset.

Hormuz Is The Hidden Risk To The AI Economy

A world where we can cook up AI videos in seconds from the apps on our phones might seem remote from the physical realities of warfare in the seaways of the Persian Gulf. In fact, they're closely intertwined.

Opinion | Here's The Bad Climate News You Missed This Year

It might have seemed in 2025 that every piece of bad news for the global climate and energy transition had some sort of connection to President Donald Trump. If only it were so simple.

Opinion | A City Without Water Is A Harbinger Of A Thirsty Planet

In Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus valley, the first urban settlements were built around irrigated farmland. Flooded terrace fields for rice, corn and quinoa accompanied the spread of civilization in East Asia and the Americas.

Opinion| Musk And Gates Were Both Wrong On The Future Of Trucks

To hear Bill Gates tell it, the electric drivetrains that have transformed the passenger vehicle industry over the past decade have no chance of repeating the trick in heavy trucks.

Opinion: Electric Aircraft May Have More Potential Than We Thought

Batteries are doing such a great job replacing petroleum in car engines that it's natural to think they might do the same in the skies.

Opinion: The Year's Worst Climate News You Haven't Heard About

It was a year when the world experienced its hottest 12 months on record.

Opinion: India Is Encouraging The Heatwaves That Will Cripple It

Back in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the country would install 175 gigawatts of wind, solar, and small-scale hydro power by the end of last year. In practice, the country fell roughly 31% short.

Opinion: India's Heatwaves Are Testing The Limits Of Human Survival

New Delhi feels like it is on fire. The heat comes off the road in blistering waves, and the water that flows from the cold tap is too hot to touch. Daytime temperatures have hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit).

Opinion: The Pandemic Will Be More Deadly This Year - Look At India

Covid-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what's happening in India.

Opinion: How Saudi Arabia Can Thrive In A Post-Oil World

On the face of it, no country has more to lose from the transition away from fossil fuels than Saudi Arabia. Before the discovery of oil, it barely existed as a nation.

Opinion: Google And Facebook Lose A Battle To Win The War

When prospectors made what was the biggest oil discovery in history at Texas' Spindletop well in 1901, the world's premier oil monopolist was absent from the scene. Standard Oil Co., a decade away from being split up in an antitrust suit, was content to sit back and let smaller local rivals establish themselves.

Opinion: Jet Airways Could Be Dangerous Buy For Tata Sons

Jet Airways has built up a substantial position in country's domestic aviation market.

Opinion: As Trump Attacks China On Currency Policy, India Largely Spared

What's more notable is what wasn't said in the report, which tends to reflect how geopolitical considerations end up trumping raw economics.

Opinions: Why Toyota And Suzuki Need Each Other In India: Foreign Media

The world's biggest carmaker is a bit player in a country that's forecast to become the third-biggest auto market by 2020.