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Stop-start in currency volatility: Markets deliver consistent daily shifts

Policymakers can get export growth for some time through subsidies, whether a production-linked incentive or a falsified exchange rate

Looking back to look ahead to 2025: Economy, climate, and politics

The public space is now privatised. It is not that democracy is dead, but that it has been fundamentally modified

Consumer protection: Challenges of prolonged litigation, low compensation

Since no expert evidence was provided, the National Commission held that a "manufacturing defect" had not been established, but the repeated major repairs constituted a "deficiency in service"

Assembly lines adopt flexible robotics to meet rising consumer expectations

These systems can be deployed across various industries ranging from pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods to the automotive sector

The urge to throw a stone

In Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light, the symbolic protest of two working-class women echoes a rich and radical tradition in Indian cinema

Best of BS Opinion: Fresh takes on generations, politics, and more

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Generation Beta: Born into climate change and shifting demographics

Unlike Gen Z, who witnessed the transition from analogue to digital technology, Gen Beta will grow up in a highly technologically integrated world

Novak Djokovic's achievements overshadowed in debate over tennis' GOAT

The unanswerable question, of course, is whether Djokovic is the GOAT. That's a complex issue over which fans will forever bicker

Covid's lessons ignored: The world risks repeating past mistakes

The vaccines allowed Covid to be treated as an aberration, but we must not forget what it really was: A preview of the kind of planetary challenges that await us

Rethinking the woman voter: A growing force reshaping India's politics

In Bihar Nitish Kumar has reaped a huge dividend from the votes of women over the years, especially from low-income groups

Will Trump fire the Fed chief? Speculation grows over Powell's future

Mr Trump's antagonism towards Mr Powell is baffling, given that Mr Powell has been doing an excellent job

Best of BS Opinion: Rupee, climate, and policies: Falling apples of change

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A flexible approach: Orderly rupee depreciation should be allowed

The rupee has a lot of catching up to do because its slide has been postponed when compared to its peer currencies and competitors

Hot button issue: How the scale of climate challenge is increasing

The World Meteorological Organization has said that 2024 was globally the warmest on record, exceeding the Paris Agreement threshold

Next steps in fiscal management: Road map needed for debt, deficit targets

The Central government debt is projected to decline from 58.1 per cent of GDP in 2023-24 to 56.8 per cent in 2024-25

Three wishes for 2025: Tech innovation, reforms, and idea-driven politics

Industry must invest in technology and international sales, economic policy must focus on structural change and productivity, and politics on ideas

India's economic challenges in 2025: Reforms key to sustained growth

To achieve Viksit Bharat, India must tackle slowing growth and global headwinds

Best of BS Opinion: Fiscal dilemmas, digital divides, and strategy

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Quad cooperation: Balancing power in a shifting Indo-Pacific landscape

Balancing security and diplomacy, India navigates Quad, Asean, and Brics dynamics

India's $30 trillion dream: Digital economy and rural telecom hold the key

Viksit Bharat by 2047 requires bridging rural telecom gaps and boosting digital growth