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Why UAE’s jobseekers are having trouble negotiating higher pay
The country has it all—a growing economy, an influx of global firms and more—but it can't crack the salary game.
22 Oct 2025
Why international students are flocking to the UAE
A whole new wave of students is arriving from geographies and demographics never seen before in the Emirates, drawn not just by opportunity but also because of geopolitical and economic crises back home.
15 May 2025
Mubadala acquires a stake in Nord Anglia Education for $600 million
The investment company joins a consortium that plans to expand the UK-based private school operator’s footprint across the Middle East.
17 Apr 2025
Can India’s kirana stores survive the quick-commerce disruption?
India’s neighbourhood shops withstood organized retail and e-commerce, but quick commerce’s speed and shifting consumer behaviour might finally break their resilience.
10 Nov 2024
Explained: Why aren’t IIT graduates getting hired from campus?
Passing one of the toughest exams in the world to get into an IIT is no longer enough.
20 Oct 2024
How India’s LinkedIn for women never took off
Mumbai-based leap.club wanted to become the ultimate online platform for professional women. It has now moved away from that idea and opened up a club in Bandra.
16 Oct 2024
Karnataka’s proposed job quota could hurt India’s Silicon Valley
Even if the bill is not implemented, its introduction has already cast a shadow on the future of startups in Bengaluru.
21 Jul 2024
The case of Quikr - Part II
A three-part series that documents the rise and fall of Quikr so you don’t make the same mistakes this startup did.
16 Feb 2024
Karnataka’s Pavagada solar park fails locals, India’s renewable energy goals
The park, one of the world’s largest, has failed to transcend caste and gender barriers in bringing jobs and other economic benefits for the locals.
07 Sept 2023
Apna finds there’s no money in a blue-collar LinkedIn
Having raised $170 million in the pandemic frenzy, the job board startup has struggled to get anyone to pay, and now wants to enter Naukri’s turf.
06 Mar 2023