Opinion

Opinion | India's Graduate Nightmare: Why The Brightest Youth Are Now The Most Unemployed

Who can blame Gen Z for their frustrations when over six in 10 youth in India are unemployed? According to data now, the more educated you are, the likelier you are to face joblessness.

Opinion | In An AI-Anchored World Order, Tech Capital Alone Can't Price Our Future

This is proof of a new revolution in technology-led capital investment that has caused the emergence of what is an AI-anchored world order.

Opinion | Forget Coding. The World's Hottest Jobs Now Belong To Plumbers, Electricians

As many as 85% of companies in blue-collar industries say they have unfilled vacancies - even as world's most talented coders and engineers are going unemployed.

Opinion | The China Shock 2.0 May Already Be Here

According to the IMF, China's total non-financial sector debt has climbed to roughly 313% of GDP and is projected to reach 323% by 2026.

Opinion | Twisha Sharma: Why India's Wealthiest Women Are Still Dying In 'Respectable' Marriages

Data show that women belonging to the lowest and highest wealth quintiles have equally been exposed to physical violence. Clearly, educational backgrounds and social status are no bar.

Opinion | UAE Can Now Easily Meet An Old American 'Demand'. But There's A Casualty: Saudi

Though the timing of the UAE's actions appears paradoxical at first, a deeper evaluation reveals the strategy.

In Numbers: How Has India Kept Fuel Prices Low Even As Europe Sees 70% Spikes?

India imports 88% of its crude. Why then is it not seeing massive price hikes for fuel and LPG?

Opinion | The $2 Trillion Wipeout: How The Market Exposed Gold's Biggest Lie

In a world defined by 4% yields, algorithmic liquidity, and leveraged balance sheets, the traditional assumption that war automatically benefits gold no longer holds.

Opinion | Amid Growing LPG Crisis, Why Your Piped Gas May Be The Real Winner

While LPG distribution falters amid the Hormuz crisis, PNG supplies to households in major cities continue largely uninterrupted. Will it last?

Opinion | A $10 Billion Threat: How Exposed India Really May Be To Middle East's Oil Crisis

Every $10 increase in the price of Brent crude could widen India's current account deficit by roughly 0.3 to 0.4% of GDP, translating into over USD 10 billion in additional import expenditure.

Opinion | Delhi Scorpio Tragedy: Why These Four States Top The Hit-And-Run List

The share of hit-and-run cases in total road fatalities has expanded from roughly 13-14% to nearly 18%, indicating that fleeing the scene has become a pattern in a growing proportion of fatal crashes.

Opinion | 95% Of Gen-AI Projects Are Failing - And Markets Can Smell The Fear

Many firms are struggling to display profits from their AI investment. A new MIT study revealed that approximately 95% of generative AI business efforts are failing, with only 5% achieving meaningful revenue growth.

Opinion | Straight Talk: Just How Big Is The Effect Of Trump Tariffs On India?

Despite headline growth figures signalling resilience, India's informal sector, which employs hundreds of millions, remains exposed to external shocks and structural weaknesses.

Opinion | Cheap Oil, Heavy Costs: How India's China-Russia Embrace Could Backfire

For a country squeezed by US tariffs, Western protectionism, and secondary sanctions, the immediate temptation to hedge through the RIC axis is undeniable. But the gains from this may well lead to strategic entrapment.

Opinion | Great American Exodus: Indian Scholars Are Fleeing US - But To Where?

As US politics under Trump drives out young researchers, India has an opportunity to lure its brightest scientific minds back. Tamil Nadu is leading the way, but a national strategy is urgently needed.

Opinion | Iran-Israel Escalation, And The Question Of 'Oil'

Oil could easily rocket past $120 per barrel. Shipping lanes may need to be rerouted thousands of miles around the Cape of Good Hope.

Opinion | Trump Just Changed The Very Meaning Of Tariffs

Both Trump and Biden have used tariffs to cater to domestic constituencies, proving how deeply embedded they are in electoral strategies.