Page 2 - Editorial Comment

The art of 'diplotainment'

The Trump-Xi summit yielded few substantive gains

Containing costs

Irdai's proposals will help reduce mis-selling

Why India travels

Policy needs to look beyond hotels and airports

A question of independence

The Election Commission urgently needs internal reform

Plan for everyone

Trai's direction will increase teledensity

Keep banks open

Rotation of staff can be considered

Imperfect providence

India needs a more open retirement-saving framework

Thin power buffer

The country needs a more flexible and resilient system

A new growth strategy

India must plan for a changing global economic environment

Dorms to degrees

India needs a well-regulated student-housing market

Warsh on the job

Global uncertainty and interest rates may remain elevated

The next frontier

Digital-payment trail can improve risk assessment for lending

Rules beyond borders

Beijing has started making laws for the world

A dose of innovation

Pharma sector needs a supportive environment

Mounting cost of a stalemate

India must again prepare for higher oil prices

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 product guys

It gave up work on creating an Apple-branded electric vehicle - a decade-long effort called Project Titan - in 2024, even though it poured cash into the project and recruited aggressively

Terms of engagement

If Meta is forced to abandon the engagement-algorithm for its most committed users, and if other platforms follow suit, the industry will undergo a tectonic shift

Rising forex reserves

Besides the uncertainty in West Asia, India must also be prepared for shifts in global financial conditions