Bs Number Wise

Viksit Bharat target has a low manufacturing value-addition problem

Top export sectors remain vulnerable due to high reliance on imported components

Bad loans at a decade low, but stress in agriculture sector persists

While public sector banks have cleaned up their balance sheets to match private peers overall, private lenders now hold a higher share of bad debt in retail loans

India's natural diamond exports decline amid rise of lab-grown gems

From January to May, the volume of lab-grown diamond exports exceeded natural diamond shipments

Bihar succeeds, and slips, in closing school education gap with Kerala

Bihar is retaining teachers and reducing dropout rates but needs to improve school enrolment

Flawed subsidy targeting, discoms trigger fiscal strain for Tamil Nadu

State's outstanding debt and liabilities reached almost ₹10 trillion in FY26

Indian women are living longer than men but good health eludes them

Gap between lifespan and health span presents a critical challenge for a rapidly ageing population

The paradox of Indian states chasing growth as fertility rates decline

Declining birth rates have not guaranteed widespread improvements in living standards

G-sec tax break announcement yet to make an impression on foreign investors

FPIs pull out nearly ₹13,000 crore in June and the rupee continues to be under pressure

Facing the home truth about cockroaches: Most live far away from humans

A majority of species live in natural ecosystems and India has a rich variety of them

In keeping election promises,Vijay's welfare & fiscal discipline challenge

Tamil Nadu is prosperous but it cannot afford to be profligate with spending

Matching international trends, media acquisitions move online in India

More digital media companies are being set up and bought than TV and newspaper businesses

H-1B visa workers are not undercutting US peers; they aren't cheap labour

Salaries of foreign professionals are higher than those of their American counterparts, particularly in the tech industry

Value dips as staff rises: The curious case of unincorporated manufacturing

Productivity per worker in small-scale manufacturing declines as firms hire more staff, according to a new government report

Half-truth in Trump's 'hellhole' remark on how Indians get US citizenship

Green Card approvals for Indians relatively are evenly split between professional merit and family-sponsored routes

Datanomics: Formal labour tag hides reality of industrial workers in India

Millions of them don't have clear job contracts and safety benefits

How polling calendars dictate Indian political parties' Google ad spends

Digital campaign budgets surge and recede in lockstep with state and national election cycles

Trump's Liberation Day tariffs help US reduce trade deficit with countries

But the February Supreme Court reversal of his decision has put future gains in doubt

Case overload? 71% of NIA investigations rely on anti-terror law UAPA

As the agency faces a mounting judicial bottleneck, its heavy reliance on the controversial law is fuelling concerns

Money in, money out: Negative net inflows pull down India's FDI status

Rising repatriation is outpacing overseas spending.

From education to work, transgender community's marginalisation is stark

Parliament passes controversial Bill as data reveals a systemic cycle of exclusion for transgender persons