Abhijeet Kumar

Union Budget 2026: Tracking what Budget 2025 promised and delivered

With the Union Budget 2026 around the corner, here is a status check on Budget 2025 promises, from tax reforms and insurance FDI to manufacturing, gig workers and innovation funding

Best of BS Opinion: The long pause following every strong announcement

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Best of BS Opinion: Energy bets, AI rules and growing market risks

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Best of BS Opinion: A sinking ship and a crew mesmerised by the stars above

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Best of BS Opinion: When small clues expose larger systemic drift

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8 in 10 flyers encounter surprise charges while booking airline tickets

A new survey found that 80% passengers in India experience some dark pattern, including forced add-ons, and bait and switch behaviour while booking or managing flights on airline apps or websites

Trump eyes chance to make CNN serve his agenda. Netflix stands in the way

Trump has declared he 'would be involved' in deciding whether Netflix's proposed acquisition should move forward and the White House is signalling openness to a Paramount-Skydance victory

How cars, batteries and low-cost goods shaped China's $1tn trade surplus

China's global goods surplus has surged past $1 trillion, driven by booming auto and battery exports, and a competitive edge from weak domestic demand and currency dynamics

Best of BS Opinion: Sparks of growth but mounting shadows of strain

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China pushes India-US closer; tariffs, Pakistan strain ties: D Jaishankar

At a Congressional hearing, ORF's Dhruva Jaishankar said China is accelerating India-US coordination, but tensions over tariffs and US-Pakistan engagement weighs on diplomatic momentum

Did the US commit a war crime at sea? Decoding the Pete Hegseth strike row

US lawmakers are probing a September 2 strike on an alleged drug boat off Venezuela and a reported second blast on survivors, raising questions on authority, war powers and the law of armed conflict

Did China try to move Dutch chip technology home? Inside the Nexperia row

In September this year, Dutch authorities seized Nexperia, a chipmaker owned by Chinese firm Wingtech, citing fears that key research and intellectual property would be moved to China

Best of BS Opinion: When the tents collapse and the beasts run free

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AI investment in auto industry may collapse by 2029, warns report

A new Gartner report has predicted that by 2029, only 5 per cent of automakers will maintain strong AI investment growth, starkly less than the 95 per cent currently engaged

Best of BS Opinion: When oversight blinks, small cracks turn dangerous

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Is Apple facing a Tim Cook succession test as leadership churn accelerates?

Apple is seeing rare top-level churn as AI setbacks, design reshuffles and succession questions collide, raising doubts about whether it can reinvent itself for the post-iPhone era

Best of BS Opinion: Putin's visit, CBAM pressure and rooftop solar's future

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Best of BS Opinion: Figuring out where sensibility ends and folly begins

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IndiGo crisis sends fares spiralling, Delhi routes cross ₹1 lakh threshold

Stranded flyers face brunt of IndiGo turmoil: Following flight cancellations, airfares of Air India, Akasa, Spicejet rise exponentially, dealing a double blow

IndiGo disruption puts DGCA in focus: What it is and what it actually does

After IndiGo's mass cancellations, DGCA's one-time FDTL exemption has sparked fresh questions about who the regulator is, what it oversees, and how safety rules are drafted and rolled back