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India has several growth engines

At points last year, some economists reckoned that AI-related investment was adding more to American growth than all consumer spending combined

India's tightrope walk on Brics finance

The Brics summit next week will test India's ability to navigate the changing currency landscape as it seeks to de-risk from the dollar

No fear of the future

Those who know AI the best fear it the most, but somehow the rest of us don't

The GDP number puzzle

It may take a while to develop a gut feel for the methodology, but looking beyond GDP to the Li Keqiang approach may offer some answers

The great premiumisation of everything: When ordinary isn't enough

Biscuits need terroir, detergent needs botanical cred and water needs provenance. Even the mundane must now arrive with an origin story

Beyond compliance, the real test

Good governance and effective assurance enable sound decisions

Defence FDI rules belong to a different era

As defence and space startups develop globally competitive capabilities, should India create a national-security screening mechanism for foreign investment?

False nine, true champion

Messi exits the national team in a blaze of glory

Yielding trouble

Rising bond yields can create risks

Needed: A 'give it up' on gold

The case for educating citizens about India's obsession with gold

Refocus PLI towards exports

Wider reforms, not picking winners are the answer

Questions behind the twin crises

While there has been fuzziness around the reasons precipitating the twin crises, within days of each other last month, a closer look will show a functional arbitrariness in both cases

Message from Bishkek

If the summit underlined a critical international message, it was the emergence of China and President Xi Jinping in particular as a powerful competing sphere of influence

Macroeconomic management

The Iran war and disruption in energy supplies, resulting in higher prices, created the possibility of an expansion in the CAD

The paradox of a 'women-friendly' sector

Rural women continue to spend nearly 286 minutes per day on household chores and caregiving - almost seven times more than men

Data centres aren't India's water villain

India's water crisis has been created by decades of treating water as free. Prosecuting the newest useralone would be a policy failure

Himalayan blunders

The fact that the Himalayas are also a zone of high seismic activity adds to the instability and unpredictability of this phenomenon

Innovative acquisitions

Comparing AI's infrastructural significance to landmark inventions like steam engine and the internet, Mr Chandrasekaran pointed out that AI was an opportunity that would unlock demand

Best of BS Opinion: Durable progress depends on systems that work

Numbers, brands and ideas may all signal progress, but it's systems, these pieces tell us, that actually decide the durability of progress

The Growth Surprise: Another blockbuster GDP print for India

India's economy has shown resilience despite tariffs and the West Asia conflict, with strong domestic demand, healthier balance sheets and investment supporting growth