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Lessons from soybean: Time to broaden India's biotech push in crops

India needs to develop its biotechnology capacity for crops like soybean as it has done for rice

Why India must rethink its use of quality control orders in trade policy

QCOs should protect against irreversible harm, not shield big firms or suppress imports under the guise of standards, especially as India embraces global integration

Best of BS Opinion: Patching roads, not rerouting paths

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Bhushan Power and Steel case: A test for India's insolvency regime

In a major reversal, the Supreme Court ruled that the resolution plan for BPSL, approved by the committee of creditors (CoC) and cleared by both the insolvency and the appellate tribunals

A holistic assessment of states' performance across seven pillars

This study evaluates states on seven pillars, including economic, fiscal, social, and financial development

Best of BS Opinion: Labour data, judicial ethics, and Trump's trade moves

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Donald Trump's tariff deals: End of the beginning in global standoff

Many experts thought that Mr Trump's aim was to lock China out of the global trade chains by striking major deals with big, long-term trading partners and allies. They were wrong

After the 'pause': Trump's trade threat shows how it benefits everyone

China had been left out of the original comprehensive list of countries being hit with what Mr Trump inaccurately described as "reciprocal" tariffs

Labour participation: Revamped PLFS data should help policymaking

The unemployment rate in urban areas stood at 6.5 per cent as against 4.5 per cent in rural areas

Judges and civil servants: A post-retirement job remains a grey area

For government posts, there is no cooling-off period. Yet, the Union government under different political regimes has either waived or altered the rules to suit the occasion

When DFS Secretary Nagaraju played the role of King Vikramaditya

Customer service and excellence are buzzwords in the Indian financial system now. Both the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are writing a new chapter in Indian banking

Policy lessons from data gaps in Covid death toll and Maha Kumbh mumbers

Newly released data implies that the health care system coped very badly. The likely under-allocation of resources due to undercounting suggests it may also cope poorly in the next major health crisis

Why 2025 feels like 2012 as Kohli, Rohit retire from Test cricket

Australian tours appear to have a decisive role in concluding the careers of Indian batting greats

Pak's 7-year itch resurfaces, but is India's deterrence enough this time?

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to a severe, predictable 7-year itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about these many years of deterrence on average

'Purposeful' deergha ayush: Long life is no virtue for an incapable company

Deergha ayush must be both biological and operating with a deep purpose

Best of BS Opinion: Seeing the shifts, struggles, and silences clearly

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Do expert committees matter? A discarded draft law reveals their influence

SRAs are a major author of law in India today. They have been given the power to legislate - that is, to write legal instruments that demand certain behaviour of private persons

Govt needs to reinterpret viability gap funding for building social infra

Public spending on social infrastructure is constrained by the government's commitment to fiscal consolidation

Best of BS Opinion: Tracking shifts in judiciary, trade, and policy

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One for the roads: Sustainable transport needs policy recalibration

This sub-sector accounts for 87-90 per cent of the emission from the transportation sector, and for about a third of urban air pollution