Page 11 - Editorial Comment

Safety with affordability: New rules on medical devices should balance them

Imports should be restricted to original manufacturers or certified partners, while devices that are too old or have exceeded usage thresholds should be barred

From rivals to partners: Sino-Indian relations see a cautious reset

The fact that an article on the Xi-Modi meet appeared on the front page of the China Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's mouthpiece, suggests a significant shift in Beijing's outlook

Faltering ties with US drive deeper bilateral ties between India, Japan

Modi's Tokyo visit boosts India-Japan ties with 21 pacts, $67 bn investment push, and deeper cooperation amid US trade tensions and Indo-Pacific challenges

Among the challenges ahead for India, trade is the biggest risk to growth

Nearly all segments of the economy supported growth in the first quarter

Down the learning curve: Govt schools need greater accountability

But the steadily deteriorating standard of government schools has played a key role in providing the impetus for this preference

Enabling growth: Why structural reforms are needed in manufacturing

The deeper challenge lies in the sector's role in the economy. Despite years of policy attention, manufacturing contributes just 17% of gross domestic product and only about 12 per cent of jobs

Weaponising morality: New Bill threatens to upend legal principles

The 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill inverts legal principles

Tariff trials: India needs to diversify markets, increase competitiveness

Since the US accounts for nearly one-fifth of India's exports, the consequences for exporters are severe

Food for Gaza: India has a role to play as a compassionate power

By the IPC's estimates, half a million people, or a quarter of the Palestinian population in Gaza, is suffering from famine

A reasonable request: RBI should allow Indian banks to finance M&As

Restrictions on bank finance for M&As have had some perverse and unintended consequences.

Dangerous provisions: Stop misuse of sedition, defamation against media

The only remedy to this sort of overreach by those who should know better lies through court action and legal reform

Maverick diplomacy: The US ambassador's appointment is problematic

Though Mr Gor has not been known to articulate views on trade, he is unlikely to deviate from Mr Trump's position once he shifts into the Roosevelt House

Policy models will need to evolve as OpenAI, others make their India play

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has argued that this is, in some sense, a test launch into its second-largest market, and it will roll out similar plans worldwide

The RBI's monetary policy framework has worked well, change not required

The trend-inflation rate has hovered close to the target, except mostly in times of excess volatility, and the credibility of the central bank has visibly strengthened

Nuclear energy can help power India's economic growth, private push welcome

For decades, state control was justified by concerns over radiation safety, misuse of nuclear material, and strategic security

Govt must bite the bullet on land reforms to ease manufacturing growth

How to make land available quickly and cheaply for development, without alienating landowners or eroding their rights, remains a point of contention

Black box to sandbox: Framework needed for safe AI adoption in finance

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) introduced "FEAT" (fairness, ethics, accountability, and transparency) principles in 2018

Govt should have considered forward-looking options for money games

Predictably, the move has sent the online gaming industry into a tizzy. As reports suggest, there are thousands of high-skill jobs at stake

India can tango with China, but must watch its step with cold realism

The Chinese minister was expansive about deepening ties, declaring that the setbacks they faced in the past few years were not in China's interests

India must reduce average tariffs, and also keep engaging with the US

It has been argued that the American consumer buys Indian goods and India uses the dollars it gets to buy discounted Russian crude oil, which is refined and sold across the world