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Best of BS Opinion: Trade barriers, bulldozers, and Indian boardrooms

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Nose in, fingers out: The board's mandate to avoid governance lapses

It is fundamentally bad governance to be on both the "buy" and "sell" sides at the same time

Best of BS Opinion: Navigating new frontiers in tech, policy, and economy

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Turning the tables on policy uncertainty amid Trump tariff flip-flops

Will anything change in India against the backdrop of the Donald Trump administration keeping the whole world on tenterhooks over tariffs - a step or a misstep that has tanked stock markets globally

Best of BS Opinion: Unravelling the layers of today's biggest challenges

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Localising politics and power must be a global governance priority

The world, India included, must push power to the lowest levels of governance to avoid popular alienation from the political process

Expanding storage for green energy key to 24-hour electricity in India

There are several energy storage solutions, but more reliable and significant at a grid level are battery storage and Pumped Hydropower Energy Storage

Time for Vodafone Idea to act: Management must aim to raise capital

Over the weekend, the government converted the telco's dues into equity shares at a premium, perhaps to keep its stake below 50 per cent and avoid turning Vi into a PSU

Emerging challenges for RBI: The central bank will need to keep adapting

In terms of challenges, the unpredictability of the US trade policy, or policy in general, which has increased global uncertainties, will keep the risk on the external front elevated

Mandating storage for rooftop solar may backfire without clarity

Solar's daytime-only output is well-known, and using storage to get power during other periods, especially the evening peak, seems like an obvious solution

Companies seek growth momentum: BS1000 analyses financial performance

Companies with higher FSI ranking have stronger balance sheets, better profit to cashflow conversion, high return on capital, and also reward their shareholders with generous equity dividends

Best of BS Opinion: How India can turn policy setbacks into gains

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Defence tech: A case for collaboration with India's industry base

India needs to identify its choice of advanced tech, which can serve military and commercial applications. More importantly, India should aspire to become a creator of tech

Time for Indian manufacturing to step up as Trump tariffs reshape trade

While all nations are bracing themselves for the impact, leaders of different countries have reacted differently

Are regulators becoming managers? Concerns grow over autonomy risks

Regulators are increasingly asserting control over MD appointments by rejecting candidate panels submitted by regulated entities, curtailing proposed tenures, and altering remuneration structures

Best of BS Opinion: US tariff risks, India's police reforms, and Bitcoin

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Smart mining feeds tech's hunger for rare earths and critical minerals

Mining's next phase of growth is being shaped by the very technologies that use what it digs out from the Earth. Technology is making mining greener and safer

Maintaining law and order: Police forces urgently need legal training

The disturbing point about the findings of this study is that these extreme approaches to law and order persist more than seven decades since Independence

US reciprocal tariffs: Implications for India's global trade partnerships

India is concerned specifically about the reciprocal tariffs the US has threatened to impose on April 2

External risks: US trade policy may affect economic growth in FY26

According to the National Statistics Office's second advance estimates, the Indian economy is estimated to have grown 6.5 per cent in FY25