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Best of BS Opinion: When smooth systems are hiding fragile realities

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Will AI pay off the West's debts? Don't bet on a tech-led rescue

To be sure, a wildly upbeat assessment of AI's potential impact on economic growth has propelled asset markets higher over the last few years

A herculean task: The Gaza peace plan will fail without US troops

Do the US, and its allies from the Arab world and Europe, have the required determination to buy that admission ticket and help implement the tenuous ceasefire?

Lights, camera, Diwali: How global TV shows spotlight the festival

Numerous Indian films and television series have featured Diwali over the years, many of which have also gained popularity outside India

Public criticism of predecessors: Rare, but India is not immune to it

Outside clubs, cooperative societies, and politics, public criticism of companies is rare - but India is not immune to it

The AI gold rush: Investments surge, but gains in GDP are only guesstimates

Huge investments are being committed to AI-related infrastructure, but the technology's positive effects on labour market and GDP are only guesstimates

Best of BS Opinion: It's time to stop ghosting your own potential

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Project choice key for Urban Challenge Fund and future of Indian cities

Closely linked to real estate redevelopment is mobility, and the UCF's transport projects should complement rather than duplicate existing corridors

India's pharma regulatory failures point to a deeper structural flaw

These are not independent, random occurrences. They are all pointers to a larger, more fundamental issue

Building capacity: Data centres in India to improve AI capabilities

These centres are physical facilities housing the computing and networking equipment required to collect, process, store, and distribute data

India's waterways rediscovered: Charting a new course for Viksit Bharat

India has over 14,500 km of navigable waterways, and 111 are declared national waterways, as against mere five until 2014

MNC listing in India has a strong message on market depth, resilience

But now large companies are voluntarily listing in India, a development that must be welcomed

Best of BS Opinion: Forging a spine of steel in a forever shifting world

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India's tryst with shipbuilding: Govt rolls out ₹70,000 crore revival plan

India and Brazil are among countries facing the steepest tariffs imposed by the US

Tamed prices, tight leash: The hidden cost of India's inflation win

To judge how well FIT has worked, we must first ask how inflation was lowered

A decade after Paris summit, the world's climate promises lie in ruins

The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 legitimised the evisceration of the UN climate framework - and history may repeat itself at COP 30 in Belem

How GatiShakti Public could rewire India's infrastructure playbook

The GatiShakti framework, launched in 2021, sought to correct this by integrating geospatial data across the transport, energy, logistics, and urban sectors

EPFO's returns shine brighter than bonds, but are they built to last?

The EPFO manages or oversees a retirement corpus worth about ₹25 trillion, which is expected to grow sharply as India's workforce becomes more formalised

Best of BS Opinion: How the world keeps fumbling its gift deliveries

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Don't relax MPS requirements: Easing rules won't aid corporate governance

The Indian capital market's growth has been truly impressive in recent times. Since 2019, the market cap-to-GDP ratio has increased from 81% to 135%