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Best of BS Opinion: When the warning sirens start getting too familiar

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

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana: Beyond the decadal journey to empower India

Most beneficiaries of PMMY are first-generation entrepreneurs with humble beginnings that have been able to break free from the financial constraints faced by them

The limits of disclosure regime: Penalising industry, confusing investors

Like any other organisation facing public outcry, perception management becomes the regulator's foremost priority

Road map for efficiency: India must rethink its transport strategy

Proper transport planning can address infrastructure bottlenecks by facilitating larger-scale, pan-Indian connectivity

Developing disorder: China's step set to shake up supplies of rare earths

It has been known since at least 2010 that China has been seeking a monopoly on certain critical minerals, and that it would also be willing to use this monopoly for the purposes of economic coercion

India must watch out for GDP growth with third chance at doorstep

Having missed two chances to boost manufacturing, India can't afford to miss the third one now at its doorstep

A new Plaza Accord? Dollar's depreciation now needs no global agreement

Trump-era whispers of a 'Mar-a-Lago Accord' echo the 1985 Plaza Accord, but global realities, shifting alliances and a weaker dollar complicate any such grand bargain

Best of BS Opinion: UPI glitches, dollar doubts and Biden's decline

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Climate change sidelined as America pivots to fossil-fuel-heavy future

This is not the time to bury our heads in the sand and think that the Donald Trump administration's energy policy will not lead to massive changes in their world and ours

Operation rescue teams increasingly relying on robots in disaster zones

A wireless flying robot inspired by bumblebees, another that mimics jumping insects, and one that can go beneath collapsed buildings will help rescue teams

Banker's Trust: An 8-minute video and a general manager's promotion

Follow the rule book, don't take any initiative, don't try to be innovative. With such vigilance shackles, will public sector banks ever be able to compete with private sector banks?

Best of BS Opinion: The politics of protest, power, and punchlines

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Maga meets resistance and ridicule as anti-Trump sentiment builds

The anti-Trump sentiment is building up for sure, but it still has a long way to go

Trump tariffs aimed at 'America First' are making China great again

For now, Asian nations are falling in line to negotiate their way out of his tariffs. In the long term, they'll work toward strengthening cooperation with each other

When 2 elephants fight: India eyes opportunity in US-China trade war

At the very least, there might be things India can make for the US markets that the Chinese can't compete with, given these tariffs

The past and the present of new CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby

Ensuring that the CPI(M) remains the largest Hindu party in Kerala - leaving little space for the BJP - is Mr Baby's central priority

The comic red line: What defines boundaries of comedians' free expression?

Jesters of the past enjoyed immunity. Today's comedians navigate power, backlash, and blurred lines

India's untapped data goldmine is a key strategic asset for India

Why expanding domestic data capacity is not just an economic need, but a strategic asset for India's technological, geopolitical, and security resilience

Trump tariffs: Who will have the last laugh amid policy flip-flops?

Mr Trump may temper his approach from time to time, but to think that he will change his basic philosophy is delusional

It is not over: Trump's tariff pause does not fundamentally change much

A tariff pause doesn't fundamentally change much