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Best of BS Opinion: Trust, regulation, and the limits of one-handed claps
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today
 "Best of BS Opinion: Trust, regulation, and the limits of one-handed claps")
Move fast on high-speed rail: India must define its own path and strategy
Well, the transformational agenda now is clearly high-speed rail (HSR); and once again, we should be careful not to confuse leapfrogging technology development with elitism
 "Move fast on high-speed rail: India must define its own path and strategy")
Dark enlightenment: Washington's geopolitical shifts, their impact on India
Democracy with its notion of checks and balances is rejected as an outdated system that retards technological advancement
 "Dark enlightenment: Washington's geopolitical shifts, their impact on India")
Best of BS Opinion: Are we repeating the economic mistakes of the past?
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today
 "Best of BS Opinion: Are we repeating the economic mistakes of the past?")
Artificial intelligence for a Viksit Bharat: Paris to Delhi via Washington
If India's position on AI opportunities was closer to the United States, its views on sustainability were perhaps closer to Europe
 "Artificial intelligence for a Viksit Bharat: Paris to Delhi via Washington")
RBI's conflicting objectives: Focus on inflation, growth over exchange rate
The law mandates the RBI's primary objective is maintaining price stability, keeping an eye on growth. It does not mention managing the exchange rate
 "RBI's conflicting objectives: Focus on inflation, growth over exchange rate")
Reviving manufacturing growth: Balancing govt and corporation roles
Ensuring manufacturing growth consistent with our development aims requires the government becoming less entrepreneurial and the corporations becoming much more entrepreneurial
 "Reviving manufacturing growth: Balancing govt and corporation roles")
State debt dynamics: Strict fiscal rules needed to reverse disparities
The RBI's frequent intervention to cap spreads in bond markets of heavily indebted states also leads to market indiscipline
 "State debt dynamics: Strict fiscal rules needed to reverse disparities")
World trade at risk: Trump's drive for reciprocity will undermine trade
Without the MFN principle, investigation into rules of origin might have to be applied to every single shipment
 "World trade at risk: Trump's drive for reciprocity will undermine trade")
Trump's 'reciprocal tariffs' may complicate US duty rate structure
Prime Minister Modi is only the fourth leader of a country, after Japan, Israel and Jordon to meet Trump in his second term to discuss a range of issues including tariffs
 "Trump's 'reciprocal tariffs' may complicate US duty rate structure")
Task before new boards: Boosting India's global standing in key commodities
The Indian turmeric industry, however, needs to brace itself up to capitalise on the emerging opportunities in the world bazaar in the face of escalating competition from several new players
 "Task before new boards: Boosting India's global standing in key commodities")
Running episodic deregulation: Every project must clear three questions
Reasoning about regulation involves comparing the costs and benefits. Full freedom allows the people to pursue economic efficiency
 "Running episodic deregulation: Every project must clear three questions")
AI's oxygen: Undersea cables and satellites drive digital connectivity
India's data transmission capacity is expected to quadruple when new undersea cables are activated in 2025 to connect the country to key world markets
 "AI's oxygen: Undersea cables and satellites drive digital connectivity")
Consumer protection: Flat sale to third party illegal if agreement valid
The State Commission found that termination of the agreement through a lawyer's notice was illegal; a registered agreement can only be annulled through another registered document
 "Consumer protection: Flat sale to third party illegal if agreement valid")
Celebrities never fade away: How their creative works keep them alive
Dead celebrities remain valuable because their creative works - art, music, movies, or books continue to generate exponential value through actual sales, through royalties, licensing deals
 "Celebrities never fade away: How their creative works keep them alive")
What is MAGAnomics? The economics behind Trump's 'America First'
A reckoning is in order, not just with Trumpism but with the assumptions that made it possible in the first place
 "What is MAGAnomics? The economics behind Trump's 'America First'")
Trump's reciprocal tariffs: A US gamble that could disrupt global trade
India could reduce its tariffs to zero on these products in exchange for the U.S. doing the same, which would be an immediate benefit for India
 "Trump's reciprocal tariffs: A US gamble that could disrupt global trade")
Release for grief: When sincerity matters more than words themselves
Loss is humanity's lot, but as Gibson reaches urgently for their best gifts - love, humour, creation - we see it ought to be a connecting idea rather than an isolating one
 "Release for grief: When sincerity matters more than words themselves")
Varying constants of Delhi: New power equations after BJP's return
The BJP is mindful that on the ground the AAP still exists. And so does the Congress. In 14 seats of the Delhi Assembly, the Congress got more votes than the margin of defeat of the AAP
 "Varying constants of Delhi: New power equations after BJP's return")
Deep state, shallow state, non-state: The rise of conspiracy theories
From bhikshus of Ashokan 3rd century BC and medieval Sufis to Oxfam, Omidyar and Soros now, non-state actors have any real power only when they work in conjunction with a real state
 "Deep state, shallow state, non-state: The rise of conspiracy theories")