Few industries illustrate India’s economic transformation better than the automobile sector. In less than a decade, manufacturers have had to prepare simultaneously for electric vehicles, flex-fuel technologies, higher ethanol-blending targets, stricter emission standards, connected mobility,...
In authoritarian countries, the state is often either monitoring online communications or has the ability to shut them down in a political crisis. But activists are increasingly turning to mesh networks as alternative, decentralized tools...
Across Southeast Asia, illegal cryptocurrency miners are stealing vast amounts of electricity, straining national grids, and exposing links to organized crime. A raid in Malaysia last week exposed how cryptocurrency mining is becoming entangled with electricity theft and organized crime across...
The Scale of the Appetite : India is now the world’s third-largest oil consumer, burning through approximately 5.99 million barrels of petroleum per day a figure that continues to climb even as the global energy...
The southwest monsoon has always occupied a special place in India’s economic history. Even today, despite rapid industrialisation, technological progress and the emergence of a diversified economy, the arrival of the monsoon continues to influence...
Rising consumption is increasingly a reflection of rising private costs, not rising well-being—making aggregates a fragile guide to lived welfare. India’s latest consumption numbers tell a comforting story. Household spending is rising, rural–urban gaps are...
Wildfires are raging across Europe, Canada and beyond. To successfully fight these fires, speed is essential. A German startup uses satellite data and AI to spot fires early. In July, hundreds of firefighters are battling...
History is an eloquent witness to humanity’s relationship with technology. Time and again, every major technological breakthrough has made certain forms of labour redundant while empowering others. The spinning jenny transformed the textile industry, the...
The latest assessments of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank suggest that the defining challenge of the coming decade is not merely sustaining GDP growth, but improving its quality,...
When Brent crude crossed $126 per barrel in early March 2026, the world took notice. Oil ministers convened. Finance ministries scrambled. But in the warehouses of urea traders in Kandla, in the paddy fields of...
With China dominating every step of the solar energy production chain, governments in India and Europe are looking to reduce their overreliance on a single supplier. In December 2025, Italy awarded more than 1.1 gigawatts...
Wars are fought on battlefields, but their deepest economic consequences are often felt far beyond them. Long before military conflicts subside, commodity markets—including energy—become unsettled, shipping routes grow uncertain, and financial markets in India and...