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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%

A new beginning: Geopolitical shifts drive the reset in Indo-Canadian ties

For all the visible diplomatic affability, hard geopolitical realities have dictated the swiftness with which both sides have worked to revive relations

Uncertainty continues: IMF highlights risks beyond trade, investment

It is worth noting that tariffs are not the only uncertainty. Policy changes related to immigration, for instance, will also affect growth in both advanced and low-income countries

The forex chest's swell: Valuation gains to lift India's reserves

But when capital flows are volatile, as has happened this financial year, even financing a low CAD can become challenging and put pressure on the currency

2D materials: India's chance to leapfrog in the semiconductor race

India must prioritise 2D materials to leapfrog in semiconductors, quantum computing, and energy tech, securing strategic IP, economic growth, and global influence

A clean slate for India and Canada: Time to revive ties and reset strategy

It is an opportunity for both India and Canada to make gains from the crisis that the world is going through by reaffirming trust in each other

Best of BS Opinion: How the world is composing a new playlist for progress

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The global internet challenge: AI era demands new governance consensus

The role of governments in influencing policy choices in internet governance has now been established. The previously dominant role of the US government has been diluted

High-voltage reforms: Draft power law could be a game changer for sector

Most significantly, the amendments propose to allow distribution licensees to supply power through shared networks.

A Nobel for innovation: Without a creative culture, growth will not happen

The lesson from last year's Nobel, which was awarded to scholars of institutional economics, was that long-term growth emerges from the institutional basis of an economy