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Best of BS Opinion: India's jobs market faces a starkly different future

From India's changing employment landscape and Mamata Banerjee's political decline to Muslim marginalisation and the IPL's future, here are the top opinion picks

Bengal boomerang: How Mamata's overreach helped create her toughest rival

In defeat, Mamata Banerjee must ask herself why her world lies in ruins around her feet

Policymakers need to take note of India's rapidly-shifting jobs landscape

No electoral cataclysm can magically create jobs and change the state of affairs, unless we can come to terms with reality

Is the glut of 200+ scores built on flat pitches eroding brand IPL?

IPL risks becoming WWE with bats, with matches being reduced to a 'see ball, hit ball' spectacle

World Cup out of focus: Broadcast uncertainty grows over FIFA rights

As FIFA's steep broadcasting demands threaten World Cup telecast in India, memories return of Doordarshan's role in shaping the country's football fandom

Best of BS Opinion: Vodafone must quickly raise capital, improve services

From Vodafone Idea's financial struggles and Bengal's political tensions to oil market reactions during the Iran conflict, here are the top opinions of the day

Somnath and Bharat's unconquerable spirit

PM Modi says Somnath symbolises India's unconquerable civilisational spirit and unity across generations

Should India and the Gulf elevate their relationship to a strategic one?

Against a backdrop of broken alliances and misaligned interests, India's relationship with West Asia is fundamentally different

Oil markets pricing levels ignores disruption, could have dire consequences

In the past, smaller shortfalls in supply had caused much larger increases in oil prices

Lost cause: Mamata Banerjee's defiance risks stoking lawlessness in Bengal

Ms Banerjee's contention is that the election has not been conducted fairly and that central forces were misused to capture booths and influence the outcome

Hope for Vodafone Idea: The telco must quickly raise capital

The government has supported Vi in many ways so that the sector does not slip into a duopoly

Best of BS Opinion: Credit guarantee scheme will help small businesses

Today's opinion wrap explores the economic fallout of the West Asia conflict, digital governance reforms, telecom disaster preparedness and the growing role of AI in policymaking

Trai's long tryst with emergency calls still remains a work in progress

This historical context is worth recalling amid the overwhelming response to the government's latest mobile siren experiment as a disaster management measure

West Asia conflict, oil shock push India into 'reverse Goldilocks' position

The rupee has breached 95 against the dollar and is amongst the weakest currencies in Asia

Digital governance: Administrative reforms can boost productivity

India's push for ease of doing business over the past decade, particularly the 98-point action plan launched in 2015 by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and the World Bank,

Liquidity support: Credit guarantee scheme will help small businesses

Given the credit guarantee, banks will be less reluctant to lend, particularly to MSMEs

Revamped NITI Aayog, PMEAC can aid in deciphering state of India's economy

It is time the country had access to a larger and a more varied range of assessments of the Indian economy

Best of BS Opinion: Government must expedite board appointments at PSBs

Today's Opinion wrap tracks RBI's bank board concerns, India's satellite strides, gaps in economic guidance, China's consumption debate, and a memoir on rural farming journeys

Empty chairs: Government should not delay board appointments at PSBs

Over the years, the government has made significant intervention in institutionalising the appointment processes. But of late, action seems to have lagged

Watching the earth: Drishti signals India's push for sovereign space power

GalaxEye claims it has signed distribution partnerships across over 20 countries, even before full commissioning