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Explained: How Google kept Chrome after its biggest antitrust showdown

The US court spared Chrome in Google's monopoly case, tightening rules on deals and data but stopping short of breaking up its massive ad business

Why India's GST began with so many slabs and why it's being simplified now

The GST Council has cut slabs from five to two, aiming to reduce compliance costs, simplify taxation, and align India's indirect tax regime with global practice

Best of BS Opinion: A quest for chips, cleaner air, and global leverage

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Best of BS Opinion: Fragile flames of reform, farming and markets

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TV leads ad spends in 2025 as print bounces back, digital shrinks

Television remained the biggest gainer in the first half of 2025, with per-channel ad spends climbing 27 per cent compared to the same period in 2024

Explained: How housing allowances for MPs set off deadly Indonesia protests

Outrage over Indonesian MPs' housing perks has unleashed deadly protests across the nation, exposing deep anger over corruption, governance and the role of security forces

Beyond the bullet train: Japan's expanding role in India's infrastructure

India and Japan ramp up ties with a $67 billion investment plan as Tokyo's funding footprint grows beyond bullet trains to metros, freight corridors, bridges, and water projects

Best of BS Opinion: India's global ties, trade battles, and health debates

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Best of BS Opinion: Of AI grief, political gambles, and data wars

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China's latest sci-fi drone signals next phase in defence innovation

The flying prototype, resembling a UFO spotted by a US carrier a decade ago, blends hover and cruise abilities, joining a string of new Chinese advances in naval and air technology

Best of BS Opinion: India's growth and creativity tied by old knots

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Whatever happened to the metaverse dream that was meant to change tech?

Once billed as the next internet, the metaverse is now a patchwork of gaming, AR, and enterprise tools, which is far from the trillion-dollar vision tech giants once promised

Best of BS Opinion: India's test in trade, democracy, and diplomacy

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North India's hill states are flooding again. Is rain the only culprit?

Above-normal monsoon rains have battered Himachal, J&K, Uttarakhand and Punjab but experts say poor planning, fragile infra and slow progress on climate resilience worsened the devastation

Explained: What are digital services taxes and why Trump is furious

As US President Donald Trump warns of additional tariffs, here's what digital services taxes mean, how they work across countries, and why US tech firms like Google and Amazon are most affected

From July 2017 to Diwali 2025: India's evolving GST journey explained

As PM Modi promises a fresh round of GST reforms, here's a look at how India's biggest tax reform began in 2017 and how it has shaped the economy over the years

Best of BS Opinion: India's Sisyphean climb towards free speech and growth

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Best of BS Opinion: How policies, markets and culture leave their mark

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India's gaming ban vs the world: How other nations regulate online gambling

As India bans real-money gaming, nations from Britain to China show contrasting approaches of regulation, restrictions or outright prohibition

Fossil fuels will not disappear soon, say experts at BS Infra Summit

Despite rapid growth in renewables, experts at the BS Infra Summit highlighted that India's dependence on fossil fuels will still persist for the foreseeable decades