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Best of BS Opinion: India's choices in a world of shifting alliances

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Lessons from Europe: 'Kissing the ring' doesn't win Donald Trump's support

What could India take away from Alaska and Washington? One, pandering to an egotistical leader is self-defeating. It opens the path to serial humiliation

India can tango with China, but must watch its step with cold realism

The Chinese minister was expansive about deepening ties, declaring that the setbacks they faced in the past few years were not in China's interests

India must reduce average tariffs, and also keep engaging with the US

It has been argued that the American consumer buys Indian goods and India uses the dollars it gets to buy discounted Russian crude oil, which is refined and sold across the world

Shaping the Urban Challenge Fund: Seven steps to strengthen delivery

Making cities engines of growth will take more than money. Here are seven steps to strengthen the delivery of the Budget's Urban Challenge Fund

Best of BS Opinion: India's journey through farms, courts, and climate

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Govt must resolve SEZ units' problems arising from definition of 'services'

SEZ service exports face DTA payment disputes, GST relief linked to strict compliance, and CBIC eases customs with a single all-India electronic bond system

Justice delayed: Fast-track special courts still aren't fast enough

Many existing courts struggle with severe staffing shortages, procedural inefficiencies, and inadequate infrastructure

Powering farms: Scaling up PM-KUSUM is smart climate and energy strategy

With about ₹34,000 crore earmarked, the scheme envisages the setting up of 1.4 million standalone solar agricultural pumps and the solarisation of 3.5 million grid-connected agriculture pumps

Trump tariff shock: A wakeup call for India as challenges intensify

The crisis may not be as visible this time as in 1991, but the stakes are just as high

Global climate failure: COP30 must push developed nations on mitigation

At COP 30 this November, the primary goal must be to increase pressure on developed countries to move faster and more credibly on climate mitigation

Turbocharging India: Assuming global economic leadership

Higher tariffs could render many Indian products uncompetitive in US markets and bring unfavourable repercussions to the domestic economy

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