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Best of BS Opinion: RBI faces twin inflation risks as uncertainty swirls

Today's Opinion highlights the RBI's policy choices, soaring IPL franchise valuations, fiscal challenges, climate targets and a timely examination of contemporary China

Updated On: 03 Jun 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Why India must leave retrospective taxes behind

From retrospective taxation and quality reforms to polymer notes, exam glitches and middle-class stress, today's opinion pages examine key policy challenges

Updated On: 02 Jun 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: HDFC Bank must emphatically address all concerns

Hello and welcome to BS Opinion, a wrap of editorials and columns on today's Opinion page

Updated On: 01 Jun 2026 | 6:20 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Quad relevance, fuel pricing, and a Cockroach Party

From the implications of warming US-China ties and the future of the Quad to fuel-pricing reforms, SpaceX governance and youth discontent, here are today's key opinion pieces

Updated On: 30 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Water stress, IIP reforms, and the Quad's quandary

Today's BS Opinion examines India's deepening water stress, the revised IIP framework, Middle East-linked growth risks, the Quad's evolving strategy, and a review of The Liver Doctor

Updated On: 29 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: IBC@10, consumer 'value logic', Big Tech's feudalism

BS Opinion today examines the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code at 10, decentralisation challenges, evolving consumer behaviour, and the decline in Big Tech platform quality

Updated On: 28 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Quad drift, EV push, FTA push, and consumer demand

From the Quad's strategic uncertainty and India's EV transition to trade reform challenges and AI's impact on education, today's BS Opinion examines key global and domestic shifts

Updated On: 27 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Renewable energy can make India resilient to oil shocks

From oil shocks and rupee pressure to SpaceX's mega IPO and India's jobs challenge, here are the key takeaways from today's BS Opinion page

Updated On: 26 May 2026 | 6:30 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: RBI's surplus transfer will not ease fiscal pressure

Hello and welcome to BS Opinion, a wrap of editorials and columns on today's Opinion page.

Updated On: 25 May 2026 | 6:30 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Reforms will deliver 10x, A 'balanced' CM and more

From reform over austerity to 1973 echoes and brands chasing tattoo culture, today's BS Opinion tracks power and identity

Updated On: 23 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: India-Nordic Summit marks wider shift in foreign policy

Today's opinion wrap examines the Bajaj group's legacy, India's Nordic outreach, oil trade vulnerabilities, the US Federal Reserve's independence and a book on Chapal Bhaduri

Updated On: 22 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Govt must allow greater price adjustments

From rising oil pressures and coal gasification to urban housing reform and RBI policy, today's BS Opinion explores the economic and structural challenges shaping India's future

Updated On: 21 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Centre, states face strong fiscal headwinds

From Bharti Airtel's succession planning and AI-driven cyber risks to the economic fallout of the West Asia conflict and India's investment needs - here are today's top opinion pieces

Updated On: 20 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

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

Updated On: 19 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

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

Updated On: 18 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Can middle powers prevent transactional geopolitics?

From the rise of transactional geopolitics to oil shock risks and Pakistan's strategic missteps, BS Opinion examines the global uncertainties shaping politics and business

Updated On: 16 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Time to treat gold as a structural factor in economy

Today's BS Opinion wrap looks at gold imports and forex pressures, judicial infrastructure gaps, financing the Viksit Bharat dream, coal gasification, and Japan's wartime history

Updated On: 15 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: India must push ahead on reforms agenda

Today's BS Opinion examines India's regulatory hurdles, the NEET-UG crisis, rising fiscal stress from welfare promises, corporate governance failures, and China under Xi Jinping

Updated On: 14 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: PM Modi issues a fiscal call to arms

From Modi's austerity appeal and India's learning crisis to geopolitical trade shifts, AI accountability and public health reforms - here are today's key Opinion takeaways

Updated On: 13 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Beyond appeals, measuring govt compensation and more

From Hormuz risks to US tariff battles, today's opinions explore markets, governance failures, fiscal transparency and Islamic history

Updated On: 12 May 2026 | 6:15 AM IST