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Campus calls: Pressures on US universities could be India's opportunity

With notable exceptions, the state of higher education in India leaves much to be desired

Continuity and change: Bureaucratic rejig signals shift in economic focus

To begin with, there appears to be a crackdown on the practice of secretaries holding dual charges for several months

Resource allocation: Finance Commission needs to address multiple issues

The second important issue raised by some states was that of the increased use of cesses and surcharges by the Union

Best of BS Opinion: Fiscal fights, market machines, and policy pain

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

Steel: Strategic backbone of India's industrial growth, eco transformation

The steel industry contributes directly over 2% of India's GDP

Trading with machine: Algorithms now dominate all parts of financial mkts

Arbitrages of tiny price imperfections, and responses to news flow, such as quarterly results, are now controlled almost entirely by silicon

The US dollar can weaken but still remain the world's reserve currency

As a hegemon, the US no longer derives its hegemonic powers from manufacturing and goods

RBI's gold loan norms welcome, but NBFC-bank parity is essential

It is essential to understand that the very purpose of the existence of NBFCs is to issue loans that banks, with their fragile capital structure, cannot issue

RBI draft directions for exports envisage more powers to authorised dealers

In a significant departure from the practice of giving detailed guidelines, the draft direction merely provides a list of RBI regulations that authorised dealers (ADs) must follow

Best of BS Opinion: India has a long way to go in catching up to China

Our editorials and columns today look at both India's internal situation in light of global uncertainties, as well as its potential in replacing China in manufacturing

US-China trade war: Counting chickens in India's opportunity talk

Beneath the optimism lies a more sobering reality

The forgotten consumer: How trade policy ignores the largest interest group

Trade policy, whether in the US or India, is made without taking the largest interest group into account

Transition time: IT services sector to see new winners and losers

American retailers - such as Best Buy, Walmart, and Target - have indicated that higher prices are affecting their sales

Favourable outlook: A good monsoon may lead to growth-enhancing steps

Despite improvements in irrigation coverage, precipitation during the southwest monsoon remains crucial for agricultural production

Name-based search: Key to unlocking unclaimed assets across sectors

A dedicated authority - focused on returning these assets - would be better positioned to overcome the psychological resistance that regulators have, to enabling searches based on names

What's needed to fight rising threat of money mules in digital age

India is tackling the menace with collaboration, information sharing, technology, stringent monitoring of accounts, and consumer education

What came first, chicken or egg? The promotion puzzle at a mortgage firm

More than half of whistleblowing complaints made in 2024 were HR-related, according to a recent survey by Safecall, a whistleblowing software and services provider

A history of exclusion: Rewatching Jabbar Patel's 'Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar'

The controversy over 'Phule', the recent biopic of Jyotirao and Savitribhai Phule, raises concerns over film censorship in India

To beat Modi, Opposition needs new ideas-not nostalgia and caste math

Stuck in the past, the Opposition is recycling slogans while Modi scripts a new political grammar

Civil service for Viksit Bharat in the vision of Sardar Patel and Ambedkar

BR Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, also envisioned an independent civil service as a cornerstone of a democratic and efficient governance system in India