Abhijeet Kumar

MPC meeting: RBI ups GDP forecast to 7.3%, inflation outlook drops sharply

RBI cuts the repo rate to 5.25%, revises FY26 GDP growth to 7.3%, and lowers its inflation forecast to 2%, signalling stronger momentum and easing food-price pressures

Best of BS Opinion: Staying watchful as the systems shift around us

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Dream11 exits fantasy gaming, pivots to sports-entertainment platform

The redesigned platform will offer creator-led live match watch-alongs, features for fans to react and exchange comments in real time, and free-to-play fantasy sports

India's pilot fatigue rules explained: Why FDTL is disrupting flight schedules

India's tighter FDTL pilot fatigue norms have triggered cancellations and delays, exposing crew shortages, roster stress and a fresh debate over safety, planning and preparedness

Putin in Delhi: Body doubles, anti-drone tech and a five-layer cordon here

As Vladimir Putin visits New Delhi for the India-Russia summit, Indian and Russian agencies have rolled out a five-layer security grid with sanitised routes, drones, jammers and the Aurus Senat convoy

Best of BS Opinion: When today's players keep blaming yesterday's script

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China issues new PLA discipline guidelines underlining political loyalty

Revised PLA discipline rules effective January 1, 2026, tighten political control, expand anti-corruption checks and bar "erroneous" political remarks across the military

Best of BS Opinion: Policy heat, tech pushback, and strategic moves

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Chinese firms are finding ways to dodge Beijing's rare-earth export control

Chinese companies are redesigning magnets, rethinking manufacturing processes and changing how products are shipped, to maintain access to Western buyers but without breaking the law

Europe's green push cuts emissions, but can its economy bear the cost now?

Europe's drive to cut emissions has delivered big climate gains, but soaring energy costs, factory closures and political backlash are forcing a tough choice between ecological ambition and economic s

Best of BS Opinion: Turning up the music while the smoke thickens around us

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Aravalli row: Why a 100-metre rule has triggered a mountain of concerns

The SC's acceptance of a 100-metre hill rule has alarmed experts who fear it could exclude large parts of the Aravallis from protection, affecting mining limits, forest cover and groundwater security

How flying from Delhi or Mumbai airports may soon get more expensive

A recalculation of airport asset values has left Delhi and Mumbai airports seeking major tariff recovery, which may raise the risk of steep fee hikes for flyers and higher operating costs for airlines

Best of BS Opinion: Who ends the awkward silence after an argument?

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Why IMF says India's $5 trillion economy goal may take longer than expected

According to the IMF's updated outlook, India is projected to surpass the $4 trillion threshold in FY26 and expand to roughly $4.96 trillion by FY28, just short of the $5 trillion milestone

Best of BS Opinion: When the engines roar but the wheels refuse to move

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Another Deloitte report accused of AI-made citations, this time in Canada

Fresh allegations of AI-made citations in a Canadian report deepen questions over Deloitte's evidence checks, weeks after similar issues surfaced in Australia

Best of BS Opinion: Moving cautiously like a street under VIP movement

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Why China's electric trucks are becoming world's biggest diesel disruptor

China's rapid adoption of electric heavy trucks is already denting diesel use and could reset global fuel-demand trajectories faster than analysts expected

India to build HAMMER strike system with France. What this weapon can do

Rather than functioning as a traditional missile, the HAMMER is a modular guidance-and-propulsion kit attached to unguided bombs, enabling precision strikes for the Rafale and Tejas from stand-off ran