Abhijeet Kumar

Why taxes on petrol and diesel remain India's most reliable revenue cushion

Petrol and diesel remain outside the GST framework, giving governments flexibility to impose excise duty, cess and VAT without the constraints of tax sharing

Best of BS Opinion: Governance reforms advance but execution gaps persist

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Beyond Bengaluru, startups are rising but big capital remains unconvinced

A recent report shows that more than 68,000 startups are now headquartered outside key startup hubs like Bengaluru and Delhi, yet they attracted only 2.1 per cent of capital deployed in India between

What are AI tokens and why China is winning the global pricing race

AI tokens are not just a technical unit but the basis of pricing, as companies charge per token, making every prompt and response a measurable cost in global AI competition

Best of BS Opinion: Job crisis and oil shocks converge on India's economy

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As RCB, RR become billion-dollar teams, can franchise economics keep up?

As RCB and Rajasthan Royals hit billion-dollar valuations, investors are betting on scale and scarcity but the real test lies in cash flows, growth and exit strategies

Best of BS Opinion: West Asia war, trade rifts, and India's pharma moment

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Xi wants Chinese officials to drink less and it's hurting global wine trade

China's push to curb official drinking and weakening demand are leaving global wine producers with excess inventory, falling prices and shrinking export markets

From FTX to Binance: Why crypto's biggest names are facing jail time

Since 2021, several prominent crypto leaders worldwide have been arrested or convicted for fraud, money laundering, and compliance failures, exposing structural risks in the fast-growing industry

Best of BS Opinion: Policy push at home, volatility rising across the world

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Iran war upends markets: Why gold, bonds and stocks are moving differently

In the wake of the West Asian crisis, markets are defying typical patterns as equities fall, bond yields rise and gold weakens, signalling a shift in investor behaviour amid oil shocks and rate concer

Beyond fuel: How your daily life depends on oil flowing through Hormuz

Crude prices are rising amid the Iran-US-Israel war, but oil's role extends far beyond fuel, shaping plastics, fertilisers, electronics and everyday essentials across modern life

Best of BS Opinion: HDFC governance crisis and a widening West Asian war

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Best of BS Opinion: Between data and intent, a war redraws India's choices

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US begins Strait of Hormuz reopening push with war planes, but risks remain

US and allies have reportedly deployed A-10 jets and Apache helicopters to target Iranian boats, drones and missiles, but mines and hidden assets mean reopening Hormuz could still take weeks

'Grave miscalculation': Why Oman flagged US foreign policy misstep in Iran

Oman's foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, has said that the United States allowed itself to be drawn into a war that could have been avoided through diplomacy

Best of BS Opinion: India's test of trust in audits, education, finance

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How China's CIPS could gain from Iran war and challenge dollar grip

As Iran crisis disrupts key trade routes, China's expanded payment system now offers a pathway to settle transactions outside the dollar system, though its scale remains limited

What is the '19th-century rule' shipping firms are invoking amid Iran war?

Global carriers such as MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd have told customers they may discharge containers at alternative ports, invoking a long-standing maritime contract clause

Best of BS Opinion: WTO test, Apple at 50, and doubts over S&P inclusion

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