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Steel ministry's order on compliance for inputs can hurt downstream users

The latest order gives a table listing 144 steel items with their IS and the inputs and their IS for making 124 of those items

Seeding the rice success: Technology and policy power India's rise

Since India is also the world's second-largest producer, exporter of wheat, it merits to be counted among the world's major food grain powerhouses, and a key player in the international food market

Technological shift: Internet search moves from browser to bots, SEO to GEO

Marketers are turning to generative engine optimisation, which uses GenAI to create and optimise content for improved search engine ranking

A class apart: Indian universities gaining ground, shows latest QS rankings

Notably, India had eight new entrants this year to the QS rankings, the highest number of new additions by any country

Attractive listing: Sebi eases IPO, delisting norms for startups, PSUs

The clarifications regarding the issuance of employee stock ownership plans (Esops) in startups have brought relief to founders

An early autopsy of capitalism: La Berge dissects the office machine

Set in the years just before the turn of the millennium, it recounts the time La Berge, now a writer and English professor, spent in the corporate world, helping a Fortune 500 company prepare for Y2K

Good show by banks as most register a rise in profit, but challenges ahead

Overall, public sector banks have put up a better show than private banks on most parameters

With a loyal voter base, Nitish Kumar remains invaluable NDA member for now

Now it's all jibes about his chameleon-like politics and fading grip on the administration. But there was a time Nitish had the BJP trembling in the state

Blended finance in India: Scaling up needs regulatory clarity and capital

The UN Financing for Development conference offers a pivotal platform to reimagine blended finance for the decade ahead

Best of BS Opinion: When the past and the future hold us in mid-air

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

In the app world, the seven deadly sins have found new digital avatars

The moot question is whether a digital business can be built from The Seven Gifts of Grace: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Knowledge, Piety, Fortitude, and Fear of the Lord

Fed must prepare to act swiftly if economic data starts going sideways

Given all of the uncertainty, Powell is right to stay in wait-and-see mode, but he can't linger there too long once the data breaks

Diminish, deter, de-hyphenate: The 3D solution for India's Pakistan problem

China and Pakistan are in a tight strategic alliance. India must deal with them one at a time, but be prepared in case they decide to collude

Proteas' WTC win is redemption for unsung black players who went before

South Africa has long chased Desmond Tutu's vision. On June 14 at Lord's, it finally felt within reach

Despite China's ambitions, renminbi in no position to topple dollar

The Donald Trump administration is pushing the United States (US) into uncharted territory in so many ways that it's difficult to gauge where and how things will eventually settle

Best of BS Opinion: Why policy must shelter everyone without favour

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

Smart glasses: Can the Apple's new device change how we capture moments?

For smart glasses to get past the chasm, brands will have to do a lot more than just lower prices, though that will help. They will have to actively create use case scenarios

Women see reversal of China's one-child policy as more state pressure

Instead of viewing it as encouragement to have more children, women see the modification in China's one-child policy as government pressure to reverse the declining birth rate

For the sake of air safety, DGCA's institutional design needs an overhaul

From first principles, we know that there are market failures that motivate state intervention. There may be a problem of market power in a small oligopoly of airlines

Backed by private capital, India's nuclear energy set for transformation

India's nuclear journey is all set to enter its most transformative phase - that too by inviting private capital to participate in scaling up nuclear power to 100 Gw by 2047