Bs Opinion
The missing link to net zero
A net-zero target without sector transition plans and transition finance is a destination with no map
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Mask up
Like other kinds of seasonal flu, H1N1 flourishes in humid weather
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Limits of 'Economic D-Day'
Beijing is the customer of almost 90 per cent of Iran's exports of crude oil and it supplies Tehran much-needed infrastructure support and dual-use technologies
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Focus on regulation
Caps on contracts are only a partial solution for dealing with oligopoly in India's airports
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Reimagining skilling, not reengineering
A reimagined skilling system must be built around the changing world of work: What is changing, how fast, and how to responds to rapid changes, and counterintuitive shifts
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India needs a grid revolution
The focus must shift from the visible spectacle of capacity addition to the invisible architecture of grid management
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Fixing the foundations
India needs to strengthen teaching infrastructure
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Increasing telecom tariffs
Operators must not leave those looking for basic services
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Best of BS Opinion: Power without guardrails becomes a risk
Power needs limits, markets need protection, development needs ecological restraint, capital narratives need scrutiny, and technology needs human oversight
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A new kind of China Shock
What makes the Chinese export surge today different from its first, in the 2000s?
Ignore the FPI pessimism
For much of the past decade, the Indian investment proposition was almost self-evident
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Development vs conservation
Kaziranga is famed for the one-horned rhinoceros; it has 2,613 of them, accounting for two-thirds of the world's population of this species
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A losing proposition
Indian households at the net level lost more than ₹2 trillion in the equity derivatives segment of the stock market over the past two years
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No listed bank has even 1% net NPA: A milestone for asset quality
This is a rare phenomenon in the Indian banking industry. What's more, nine banks have half a per cent or more net NPAs
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Wow! No listed bank has even 1% net NPA
This is a rare phenomenon in the Indian banking industry. What's more, nine banks have half a per cent or more net NPAs
Tintin or Asterix? Two ways of seeing the world through comic-book genius
Tintin makes us curious. Asterix makes us irreverent. Tintin tells us to discover the world. Asterix reminds us not to take its powerful people too seriously
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Munir, power, and paranoia
At some point, Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That's the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late '50s. Munir's case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia
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Statesmen versus CEO: Institutions above individuals
Corporate leaders' half-life has shrunk over the past few decades. That is the Tata experience as well
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IndAS 117: A paradigm shift for insurance sector financial reporting
Ind AS 117, Insurance Sector, Life Insurance, IFRS 17, HDFC Life
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The politics of ridicule
From cartoons and songs to viral memes, ridicule can become a potent political weapon, damaging reputations in ways that carefully crafted campaigns often cannot
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