Page 5 - Opinion

When timing market hurts more than it helps investors over the long term

Market timing is a mirage. Nobody can repeatedly know when the market will fall, when the danger has passed, and when it is safe to return

AI and humans are bonding with machines in the factory of the future

AI is reshaping factories by enabling closer collaboration between humans and machines, boosting efficiency while redefining workforce roles and industrial operations

Much ado about Tata Sons listing? What RBI amendment really means

RBI's June 24 second amendment of registration, exemptions and framework for scale-based regulation relates to the criteria of upper layer NBFCs. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with Tata Sons

Diaspora's global success: What India can learn from its overseas achievers

The global success of the Indian diaspora suggests that expanding meritocracy, opportunity and fair competition at home could accelerate India's rise as a leading economy

How Congress lost nationalism: Rethinking the party's post-2014 path

The Congress party's abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists

Best of BS Opinion: The core must evolve before the moment passes

A brand that survives for decades does so not by freezing itself in the past, but by refreshing its meaning without losing its core

25 years of A R Rahman's Airtel jingle: A timeless lesson in branding

You don't need lyrics to know it. You don't need a screen to see it

Incumbency and its enemies: Cong faces uphill battle in Himachal Pradesh

In the throes of a financial crisis, the state's ruling Congress government has little to be triumphant about as Assembly elections approach next year

Reform delayed is reform denied: Time to make reforms part of everyday life

We have missed the bus before, but now reforms must become part of everyday conversation

250 years of US state capitalism and myth of America's free-market model

This story begins not with Barack Obama's health-care program, or even with Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s, but with the very first US administration, under George Washington

The magical realism of the American dream: Birthright, belonging and hope

Americans have always been at odds with each other - often viciously - over who belongs to their promised land

Road to Viksit Bharat runs through a strengthened NIPUN Bharat

Doubling down on the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy will yield long-lasting growth multipliers

Best of BS Opinion: Direction and delivery are not the same

From AI and EVs to cooperative banks and data governance, India's transformation will depend less on ambition and more on effective institutions and execution

The great data game: Why data sovereignty matters more than ever before

The contest for data has only just begun. Those who govern it will shape the future

Renewing the cooperative promise

UCBs need to combine their cooperative values with contemporary capabilities

Improving incentives: Delhi's new EV policy needed more efficiency

Delhi's EV Policy 2.0 aims to accelerate electric mobility, but its success hinges on charging infrastructure, clean power and coordinated action across the NCR

Fallen on hard times: AI pressure is mounting on the Indian IT industry

AI-led disruption, weak client spending and the rise of GCCs are reshaping India's IT sector, weighing on earnings, hiring and stock valuations

Best of BS Opinion: Resilience depends on adapting better

From capital flows and climate risks to telecom regulation and corporate governance, today's opinion package explores why institutions must evolve to meet new realities

Mercury rising: Fossil-fuel dependence is powering heatwaves in Europe

Europe's deadly heatwaves expose the dangers of fossil-fuel dependence, underscoring the urgent need to accelerate the transition to renewable energy worldwide

Emerging challenges: India needs to do more to attract stable capital flows

Falling oil prices offer India short-term relief, but the RBI warns that geopolitical tensions and shifting global capital flows continue to pose financial stability risks