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Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

The end of Nato is coming: Trans-Atlantic security under renewed strain

No President has created so much doubt about America's commitment to trans-Atlantic security

Arijit Basu quits HDB Financial, appointed chairman of IndusInd Bank

Sunil Mehta to step down from the helm of IndusInd following completion of his term on Jan 30

A fresh transaction: Visa readies India swipe of debit-cum-credit card

Visa plans to bring its dual debit-credit card to India, letting users switch funding sources via a single 16-digit credential, after strong success in Japan

IndusInd Bank's Q3FY26 results: Net profit slumps 91% to ₹128 crore

Sunil Mehta to step down as chairman and director

Forex reserves rise $14 billion in best week in 10 months: RBI data

At $701 billion, reserves at 13-week high; shy of all-time high of $705 billion

Christine Lagarde isn't on 'the same page' as Carney over ruptured world

Davos leaders push back against Mark Carney's warning of a disintegrating world, stressing that global interdependence still anchors growth and trade

Rupee falls to new low of 91.96 per dollar due to sustained FPI outflow

Market participants said exporters are staying cautious as trade talks remain stalled, reducing dollar inflows

At $43.2 billion, record outflows from global equity funds in a week

Global equity funds see record $43.2 billion weekly outflows as heavy selling in US and Chinese stocks outweighs inflows elsewhere

Market selloff on FPI exodus erases ₹16 trillion mcap in a week

Nifty logs worst weekly fall since Sept; FPI monthly outflows highest since Aug

Myntra's Bansal, Flipkart's former exec Ranjan to launch edtech firm

Myntra co-founder Mukesh Bansal and ex-Google executive Peeyush Ranjan have launched Fermi, an AI-first STEM edtech platform targeting India and the US

Persistent Systems eyes expansion in Europe, to cut reliance on US market

Persistent Systems plans to scale up its Europe business to diversify revenues away from the US, as macroeconomic uncertainty, muted IT spending and sector-wide volatility continue to challenge growth

Massive armada moving towards Iran, says Trump amid deadly protests

Death toll in protest crackdown tops 5,000

Payments major revenue contributor for PhonePe, Paytm diversified

Despite similar toplines, Paytm and PhonePe differ sharply in revenue mix, with PhonePe heavily reliant on payments while Paytm draws more from financial services

UAE trilateral may not break Ukraine logjam despite renewed peace talks

Zelenskyy resisting Russia's demand to cede Donetsk region

JSW Steel Q3FY26 results: Net profit surges 198.3% to ₹2,139 crore

JSW Steel's Q3FY26 net profit jumped nearly three-fold to ₹2,139 crore, driven by a one-time tax gain from the Bhushan Power-JFE Steel joint venture

Supreme Court seeks status report from CBI, ED on probe into RCom group

The plea contends that the FIR registered by the CBI in August 2025, along with parallel ED proceedings, addresses only a limited portion of the alleged wrongdoing

Coforge CEO Sudhir Singh expects PE investor to open new growth channels

Coforge CEO Sudhir Singh says Advent International's board entry and the Encora acquisition will open new growth channels as deal momentum and AI-led demand stay strong

Gujarat, Odisha power discoms lead this year's performance rankings

Gujarat's power utilities and Odisha's private discoms emerged as top performers in the latest power ministry rankings, while utilities in Telangana and Jharkhand featured among the weakest performers

Amazon to cut thousands more jobs in efforts to streamline bureaucracy

The cuts, conducted in rounds on either side of Amazon's busy holiday quarter, echo layoffs the Seattle-based company instituted in late 2022 and early 2023 that ultimately snared about 27,000 people