Natural gas markets, which are well supplied in 2023, are likely to be oversupplied from 2025 onwards as Methane Hydrate harvesting becomes increasingly commercially viable
Unless other players enter the market, we may be heading from one cartel-led crisis to another. IEA recognizes this threat and points out that the urgent challenge is to increase the pace of new clean energy projects, especially in many emerging and developing economies outside China
From air pollution to degrading soil nutrients to depleting groundwater levels, North India is facing ecological disasters on multiple fronts. This is where India needs to make the shift to regenerative farming sooner than later. It will also help both the soil and the air if, instead of stubble burning, farmers are taught techniques to produce biochar
The company’s US revenues are projected to move closer to $900 million in FY24 and $1 billion in FY25, up from $148 million in FY15
Public and private sector can go on investing indefinitely, but the payoffs from their investment spree are contingent on the state of the social infrastructure
Organic growth takes time and may increase the operating expenses of small finance banks. In a scramble for deposits and intensive competition in lending, SFBs have to look for inorganic growth.
Five of the world's 10 fastest-growing economies continue to be based in Africa and at least several more on the continent over the next two years are poised to outperform the world
The technology is very general, its future uses are hard to predict, and some harms could be the fault of the users, not the company behind the service. It is unrealistic to expect bureaucrats, few of whom have any AI expertise, to figure out answers to these questions. And licensing regimes have an unfortunate tendency to devolve into bureaucratic or political squabbling
The recent decision of IT companies to halt hiring is just one chapter in the ever-evolving story of the job market. Making fungible use of one's skill set and exploring sectors such as automotive, manufacturing, chemical, construction, robotics, healthcare, and renewable energy is not a statement of hope but a factual representation of where engineers and their skills are needed, on ground
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: The special case of expiry-day strategies, SEBI needs to nip the scam in the bud, global steel output loses momentum, implications of Nawaz Sharif’s return, and more
The likes of Uber, Airbnb and Amazon are unlocking billions of dollars in value by improving customer experience through predicting expected behaviour and improving productivity. Uber will predict the next time you place a ride, Airbnb is already preventing party-house reservations through AI, and Amazon is building a ChatGPT-style search experience. This is just the start
Mega-deals in the US make sense, but it’s not obvious why European groups should scale up too
China’s continuing economic stress is showing up in steel output, with the country’s output declining 5.6 percent in September
Dissenting views are often seen as challenging the leader’s competence and knowledge, and therefore a threat to the leader’s position. However, dissenters are usually among the more committed and competent employees. Change towards organisations developing processes and practices to invite, duly consider and celebrate dissenting perspectives needs to start with leaders
Nawaz Sharif is trying to become Pakistan’s prime minister for the fourth time. But that would depend on whether the military would keep rival Imran Khan locked up long enough. If successful, Sharif might try his hand at improving relations with India and please the US by involving Pakistan in the Iranian affair
FAO estimates that rice prices were 28% higher in September this year than in 2022. Of 15 countries that imported over 100,000 metric tons of non-Basmatic rice from India in 2022, nine were in sub-Saharan Africa. Rising food prices in these regions doesn't help India's pitch to become a leader of the Global South
If Israelis and Palestinians start to acknowledge each other's pain, a path to peace is possible. Israel just might be able to turn the current tragedy into a pivot that breaks the cycle of war
Qatar’s China deals not only give Doha a bandwagon relationship with a rising superpower that has begun to establish itself in the Middle East and West Asia, but they also offer considerable regional and global geo-economic and geopolitical clout
One reason that conventional vehicles are so profitable at the moment is precisely that investment in them is being wound down. Product lines are getting simplified and R&D pared back. That reduces the cost base and lifts profit margins — but if transition to EVs gets delayed, IC engine product offering risk becoming stale
A cursory search on any social media site will get us innumerable ‘educators’ and finfluencers actively courting viewers. The fact that finfluencers can easily swindle the public must be dealt with by SEBI effectively
On expiry day, we find out which options expire in-the-money and which ones expire worthless or out-of-the-money
The number of robots deployed on factory floors has gone up sharply in China, much faster than in any other country in the world. Between 2017 and 2021, robot density, defined as the number of robots per 10,000 employees in manufacturing, went up from 97 to 322 in China, that is more than trebled
Possible higher recovery of evaded GST in FY23-24 is not a comfort but a concern
The chief minister’s deft handling of the ethnically related refugees from Myanmar and Manipur, and the resulting sub-nationalism, may help the ruling MNF
The government’s Periodic Labour Force Survey says the average workweek was 42.5 hours in April-June 2023, compared to 52.6 hours in April-June 2018
