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Best of BS Opinion: A fascinating chart, champion nation and more

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

A fascinating chart

Compared to China and Africa, India is remarkably well positioned on multiple fronts

Champion nation

Chess ecosystem offers lessons for others sports

Digital infra: Pushing chips hard

Despite India's growing contribution to end-user demand, the country remains a passive consumer, vulnerable to geopolitical tensions that could disrupt the supply chain

B-READY for business

India's investment culture needs strengthening

Polling in India: Triumph of tech

Online voting could reduce costs associated with transporting and safeguarding booth materials and EVMs and potentially expedite vote-counting processes

An election snapshot: No wave, voter apathy and a dead candidate

The BJP's Moradabad candidate is now no more. Even if the dead candidate wins in Moradabad, the BJP will be one seat less in UP till the re-election

Lower-middle-income trap

Without structural transformation in India's workforce, growth will necessarily sputter in the future

Best of BS Opinion: Global IT spend bottoming out, looming oil risk, more

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

Looming oil risk

Volatility in crude oil markets threatens macro stability

Global IT spend bottoming out

Near-term outlook muted; medium-term offers hope

Are MF stress tests of any use?

These are usually found among small and midcaps. It is not easy to find such stocks, especially after a strong bull market

Retirement: Embrace holistic planning

Comprehensive planning would include managing anxiety, identity loss, and loneliness; creating a comprehensive health routine; tackling social and relationship issues

Spirit of Marrakech can help reform WTO

The WTO dispute settlement mechanism was made dysfunctional by the refusal of the US to appoint judges

When the RBI listens and communicates to bring change in the system

Regulation-making has become collaborative with changes first being brought in the form of a discussion paper or a draft circular

Five-day week not there yet, but bank wage settlement has a lot for bankers

While the wait for a five-day week gets longer, the most interesting developments that make the agreement progressive and humane relate to leave

Best of BS Opinion: Gaza model of AI, Change and future-readiness, more

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

Sustaining the India growth story

But could India really overtake China and the United States to become the world's largest economy by the end of this century, as some predict?

Six states to watch

While this election looks predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states

Change and future-readiness

Profits and growth are the oxygen of business. It is possible to get 'too much' and damage the enterprise irreparably