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RBI's conflicting objectives: Focus on inflation, growth over exchange rate

The law mandates the RBI's primary objective is maintaining price stability, keeping an eye on growth. It does not mention managing the exchange rate

Reviving manufacturing growth: Balancing govt and corporation roles

Ensuring manufacturing growth consistent with our development aims requires the government becoming less entrepreneurial and the corporations becoming much more entrepreneurial

State debt dynamics: Strict fiscal rules needed to reverse disparities

The RBI's frequent intervention to cap spreads in bond markets of heavily indebted states also leads to market indiscipline

World trade at risk: Trump's drive for reciprocity will undermine trade

Without the MFN principle, investigation into rules of origin might have to be applied to every single shipment

Best of BS Opinion: How can government best deal with regulations

We look at today's editorial and opinions in the backdrop of regulatory perspectives across sectors such as markets, agriculture and banking

Jeffrey Toobin's book explores the dubious history of presidential pardons

In some ways, Toobin's book is impeccably timed. In December, President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

Trump's 'reciprocal tariffs' may complicate US duty rate structure

Prime Minister Modi is only the fourth leader of a country, after Japan, Israel and Jordon to meet Trump in his second term to discuss a range of issues including tariffs

Task before new boards: Boosting India's global standing in key commodities

The Indian turmeric industry, however, needs to brace itself up to capitalise on the emerging opportunities in the world bazaar in the face of escalating competition from several new players

Running episodic deregulation: Every project must clear three questions

Reasoning about regulation involves comparing the costs and benefits. Full freedom allows the people to pursue economic efficiency

In a tight spot: Sustained stock market correction will test investors

The NSE500 is up just 2.9 per cent and the midcaps have returned a meagre 2.5 per cent return in the same period, while the smallcaps are down 3.3 per cent

New phase in India-US ties: India will have to deal with unpredictability

Mr Modi's visit will have attempted to convey that, unlike the troublesome Europeans, India is a far more congenial partner for an America being remade by a second Trump term

AI's oxygen: Undersea cables and satellites drive digital connectivity

India's data transmission capacity is expected to quadruple when new undersea cables are activated in 2025 to connect the country to key world markets

Consumer protection: Flat sale to third party illegal if agreement valid

The State Commission found that termination of the agreement through a lawyer's notice was illegal; a registered agreement can only be annulled through another registered document

Is 'one state, one RRB' plan right solution for struggling banks?

Do we need RRBs? Regional rural banks are fraught with problems, from financial to governance issues

Celebrities never fade away: How their creative works keep them alive

Dead celebrities remain valuable because their creative works - art, music, movies, or books continue to generate exponential value through actual sales, through royalties, licensing deals

What is MAGAnomics? The economics behind Trump's 'America First'

A reckoning is in order, not just with Trumpism but with the assumptions that made it possible in the first place

Best of BS Opinion: To understand MAGAnomics, one must go beyond economics

Today's columns encompass economics, politics, and cultural phenomena to bring you a rich mix of reading material.

Trump's reciprocal tariffs: A US gamble that could disrupt global trade

India could reduce its tariffs to zero on these products in exchange for the U.S. doing the same, which would be an immediate benefit for India

Release for grief: When sincerity matters more than words themselves

Loss is humanity's lot, but as Gibson reaches urgently for their best gifts - love, humour, creation - we see it ought to be a connecting idea rather than an isolating one

Varying constants of Delhi: New power equations after BJP's return

The BJP is mindful that on the ground the AAP still exists. And so does the Congress. In 14 seats of the Delhi Assembly, the Congress got more votes than the margin of defeat of the AAP