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Is GenAI causing a Manchester moment for IT services?

Rising GenAI adoption could erode India's IT labour arbitrage model and pressure service revenues, unless firms pivot to IP, product innovation, and higher-value tech

GST reforms: Suggestions to boost ease of doing business and reduce costs

There should be no restrictions on taking input tax credit (ITC), on the essential principle that once tax is paid, it should either be refunded or go into the ITC chain

Best of BS Opinion: Promises of big reforms, failed talks, and new ideas

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High-tech touch-up for beauty industry: AR and AI redefine makeovers

Different shades of makeup, nail polish, eye shadow and hairstyles can be experimented with by using personal smartphone cameras

Giving soybean its due: 2026 Year of Soy may put sector on growth path

An appropriate response, by way of favourable policies and programmes to boost the production and consumption of soybean, is imperative to prop up this sector

Building a better GST: New reforms mark progress, but more is needed

The call for a single rate correctly identifies this multiplicity as a central problem

Alaskan encounter: Only Russian President Putin gained from the meeting

At most, it offers more compelling evidence of the US's abdication of its role as a principled interlocutor in global conflicts

Reforms for growth: Independence Day announcements can go a long way

Among biggest announcements was the formation of a task force for next-generation reforms, which would evaluate all laws, rules, and procedures related to economic activities in a time-bound manner

Consumer protection: Insurer penalised for unjust insurance claim denial

The National Commission dismissed the argument that only the horse was covered and not the trailer, calling it 'palpably amusing and fantastic'

The Karnataka Bank saga: A clash of egos and cultures in old private banks

Karnataka Bank was founded by a group of agriculturists, lawyers and businessmen, led by BR Vysaray Achar, to promote economic development in the South Canara region. It has no identified promoter

Best of BS Opinion: Myanmar tensions, Dubai's Malathon, and Sindoor lessons

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IAF vs PAF: War of doctrines and the question of aircraft downings

Now that both the IAF and PAF have made their formal claims of having shot down the other's aircraft in the 87-hour, predominantly aerial conflagration in May, we can ask a larger question

Politics straddling borders: Bipartisan engagement key for Northeast

With so much happening in the Northeast, more political engagement that is seen to be bipartisan is essential. What remains of 2025 and 2026 promises to be an eventful period for the region

Heat no excuse at Dubai's Mallathon: Creative solution for summer exercise

The city has turned its shopping malls into indoor walking and jogging tracks every morning to encourage people not to give up on exercise during the scorching summer months - an idea worth emulating

Truths out of reach: The science of randomness and unpredictable outcomes

Randomness resists such comfort. We toss coins, shuffle cards, pick names from hats - yet much of it is an illusion

IBC Amendment: More clarity, less reform, focuses on incremental fixes

By sidestepping deeper structural issues and leaning on delegated legislation, it offers incremental fixes where the system needs a transformative overhaul

Best of BS Opinion: India at 79: A test of resilience, reform, reckoning

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Turning insult into inspiration: A call for bold national reforms

If we want to turn insult into inspiration, we must rekindle the hunger for bold, meaningful reforms among our people

Not just 'friendly critics': Independent directors need more accountability

This era of the sinecure may be changing, however, with Sebi and the courts increasingly holding independent directors liable for corporate malfeasance

Independence Day resolve: India must work to strengthen its institutions

What India achieves in the coming years and decades will depend a lot on how its politics and governance evolve