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Consequences of cheap electricity

Opportunities are opening up in energy-intensive sectors

AI is powering telecom, not just satellites

While satellite connectivity makes headlines, agentic AI is quietly transforming telecom into intelligent, self-healing networks

Modi at 25: Small signs, big challenge

Multiple headwinds make the turbulence Mr Modi is battling as he steps into his 26th year in public office. This has brought the three-point Modi proposition under the greatest pressure since 2014

The making of brand Shashi Tharoor

The story of the man who makes you open a dictionary before breakfast is a masterclass in accidental differentiation

When the crops wilt

The drought is almost providential for the ruling party as it postpones the hour of reckoning

Musk is not worth pandering to

India has good reason to keep satellite communications under the control of operators subject to Indian laws and security oversight

The world is not the map

A UN-backed push for more accurate world maps highlights how every map involves compromises-and how the way we depict the Earth can shape our view of the world

Tata rift echoes beyond Bombay House

A bigger stake once secured control, but businesses now see the need for a new playbook

Geopolitical risks and monetary policy

Central banks need to factor in geopolitical risks before they materialise, not treat them as a sideshow

Airline safety grounded in terra firma

Air passengers pay for their safety in the skies one way or another - even though the real solution lies in the hands of politicians

Little-known stops on the road to GST

Indirect-tax reform is still a work in progress, but from no tax on services to GST, India has come a long way since 1976

From Gujarat's agrarian miracle to India's farm transformation

Modi's 25-year political journey has reshaped India's agricultural policy, from Gujarat's water and power model to direct farm support and diversification

The missing half of India's tech policy

As the government deploys public capital into frontier technologies, its expert investment committees need two improvements to deliver the intended outcomes

Giving a push to process reforms

Tomorrow's GST Council meeting may be less exciting, but no less important than the last one

Best of Business Standard Opinion: How to convert possibility into outcomes

Opening the door creates opportunity, show these pieces. But what happens beyond it depends on the capability to walk through

This RBI cycle looks different

For the repo rate to remain an effective signal, the weighted average call rate needs to be aligned with it

The search for good writing

How industry support is adding muscle to the writing process

Banking for Viksit Bharat

A very costly clean-up with no accountability has been completed, but much deeper reforms are needed

Best of Business Standard Opinion: Intention vs transmission in policy

These pieces show that intentions matter, but transmission decides what survives the journey from policy, price or principle to the real world

New Fema rules bring small service exporters into the reporting net

On October 1, the RBI updated a Master Direction consolidating various reports/ forms required to be submitted under Fema