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Best of BS Opinion: Edtech reality check, content boom, and IBC concerns
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today
 "Best of BS Opinion: Edtech reality check, content boom, and IBC concerns")
When resolution becomes recovery: Shift towards enforcement framework
The IBC was designed to address collective action problems and prevent a race for enforcement that destroys going-concern value
Annual reports that matter: Why companies must go beyond compliance
As Indian companies prepare their FY26 annual reports, they should treat the process as more than a compliance exercise
 "Annual reports that matter: Why companies must go beyond compliance")
Creative opportunities: India's AVGC sector moves up the value chain
The larger opportunity lies in the rapid expansion of the AVGC ecosystem. India's media & entertainment sector was estimated at around ₹2.5 trn in 2024 and is projected to reach about ₹3 trn by 2027
 "Creative opportunities: India's AVGC sector moves up the value chain")
Testing times for edtech sector: Deals and funding remain scarce
The latest deal is UpGrad's second offer in two months
 "Testing times for edtech sector: Deals and funding remain scarce")
RBI's clarity of communication will be as critical as the policy itself
In inflation-targeting economies such as India, communication is a key instrument of monetary policy
 "RBI's clarity of communication will be as critical as the policy itself")
India should join other middle powers to protect the global rule of law
The principal medium-term, geopolitics-related challenge that India will face is the drift of the US towards becoming an isolated and arrogant global power, or, more accurately, a global bully
 "India should join other middle powers to protect the global rule of law")
Cost asymmetry: Shift in modern warfighting an opportunity for Indian firms
The star for the Iranian side has been the Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which carries a 25-kg warhead and costs less than $30,000 to make
 "Cost asymmetry: Shift in modern warfighting an opportunity for Indian firms")
Sustaining stability: Fallout of Iran war must be managed sensibly
Last week, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a ₹1 trillion economic stabilisation fund to enable India navigate such global headwinds
 "Sustaining stability: Fallout of Iran war must be managed sensibly")
Death and dignity: SC euthanasia judgement marks significant progress
The Supreme Court's decision allowing passive euthanasia for Harish Rana highlights India's evolving right-to-die framework-while exposing gaps in state systems to implement living wills
 "Death and dignity: SC euthanasia judgement marks significant progress")
Plan B for tariffs: USTR investigations are aimed at restricting imports
After the courts blocked earlier tariffs, the Trump administration turns to Section 301 probes to justify new duties-putting India and other major trading partners under scrutiny
 "Plan B for tariffs: USTR investigations are aimed at restricting imports")
Livestock and fisheries emerge as powerful challengers to crop farming
India's farm sector is steadily shifting from cereals to high-value segments like horticulture, livestock, and fisheries - sectors now emerging as key drivers of rural incomes
 "Livestock and fisheries emerge as powerful challengers to crop farming")
Stabilising the Indian economy: Why currency depreciation is a good idea
Inflation targeting plus floating exchange rate plus open capital account
 "Stabilising the Indian economy: Why currency depreciation is a good idea")
When markets fall: Should you worry or invest more amid volatility?
History shows that sharp falls are not unusual. Since 1980, the Indian stock market has corrected by more than 30 per cent on eight occasions
 "When markets fall: Should you worry or invest more amid volatility?")
Trade and govt respond to Gulf war disruptions in shipping, energy
As the Iran conflict threatens shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, exporters step up risk management while the government moves to cushion trade and energy shocks
 "Trade and govt respond to Gulf war disruptions in shipping, energy")
Of mis-selling and insurance for all by 2047: A bancassurance reality check
How to make bancassurance a genuine vehicle for financial security rather than a source of grievance and distrust
 "Of mis-selling and insurance for all by 2047: A bancassurance reality check")
Where 2 billion voters reside: Measuring democracy in the subcontinent
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity
 "Where 2 billion voters reside: Measuring democracy in the subcontinent")
Best of BS Opinion: Iran-Israel conflict revives India's energy worries
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today
 "Best of BS Opinion: Iran-Israel conflict revives India's energy worries")
Iran war highlights why India must rethink its energy dependencies
If there is one piece of advice India must take from Donald Trump, it is 'drill, baby, drill'
When bots buy and humans consume: The future of brands in an AI age
In the age of AI decision-makers, brands that will thrive are those that double down on the one thing machines cannot manufacture - meaning
 "When bots buy and humans consume: The future of brands in an AI age")