Opinion

Italy and India: A strategic partnership for the Indo-Mediterranean

'Made in Italy' has always been synonymous with excellence worldwide, and today it finds a natural synergy with the high-quality goals of the 'Make in India' initiative

Invisible crisis: AI-powered cyber-attacks can endanger financial stability

The IMF warns that AI-powered cyberattacks could threaten global financial stability, exposing vulnerabilities in digital payment systems and banking infrastructure

Right signals from Airtel: Next-gen must ensure professional functioning

Sunil Bharti Mittal's phased succession roadmap aims to ensure leadership continuity, shareholding stability, and long-term growth at Bharti Airtel

Financing India's growth story needs new institutional investment vehicles

Four institutional initiatives could materially accelerate the investment surge needed for the next phase of growth

Not just an external threat: India faces strong fiscal headwinds within

More attention needs to be paid to fiscal implications of the West Asian conflict for the Union and state governments

The many shades of a bull market: What they mean for FII, retail flows

How many bull markets India has had, and why this has implications for FII, retail flows

Best of BS Opinion: FTA strains, virus alerts, and market reform debate

From steel trade tensions and global health preparedness to the future of securities-market oversight, today's Opinion page tracks the risks shaping policy debates

The power of prices in times of crisis: Don't suppress market signals

Economies adjust to shocks through prices. The role of policymakers is not to suppress those signals

Future-ready market regulation needs expertise, credibility, consultation

Effective regulation requires consultation, expertise, incentives, and institutional credibility

Viral fears: Hantavirus and Ebola raise global health threat perceptions

The question is how far India is at risk, especially given India's public-health delivery mechanisms and the cocktail of unidentified viruses that circulate through its cities each summer and monsoon

Steel walls: India should resist delays in implementing landmark FTAs

The embattled Labour government of Keir Starmer needs to show that it is willing to defend British jobs and industries

Best of BS Opinion: Donald Trump gives up, how AI can help humanity & more

From Trump's China stalemate and fuel-price shocks to market risks and AI scepticism - today's Opinion page tracks a world under pressure

Optical illusions: Gains from Trump-Xi summit were underwhelming

The fact that the Beijing-Moscow axis remains as sturdy as ever is a compelling sign of the US' waning influence over large swathes of global geopolitics

Real challenge beyond tariffs: Technology and compliance capability

New global trade reports highlight that technological capability and regulatory compliance - not just tariffs - are becoming the key drivers of trade competitiveness

Bonds, barrels and bulls: Indian markets brace for emerging risks

To Indian investors, a sharply rising bond yield in the US may sound like an obscure statistic from a distant financial universe. In reality, it is the gravitational constant of global finance

Trump's Beijing trip shows his bid to corner China has hit a stalemate

Part of the problem for Mr Trump is that he has focused on too many things simultaneously

Missing the woods for the trees? Why bank boards need a governance reset

For years, many bank boards drifted into operational minutiae-approving individual loans, vetting vendors, weighing in on promotions of executives - instead of setting up policies

Course correction: The impact of fuel price hikes needs to be managed

The general concern over price increases is valid. The pressure of higher prices is the hardest on the poorest sections of society

Insurance claim repudiated for lack of link between insured risk and loss

The National Commission concluded that the collapse of the building could not be attributed to an insured risk: heavy rain, flood, inundation, storm, and so on

UPI changed how India pays; it can drive the future of borrowing

Scale in digital public infra can now support broader economic outcomes, with UPI transactions offering a timely, contextual view