 "Best of BS Opinion: The 5G opportunity, IPL beyond a boundary, and more")
With the Union Cabinet approving the much-awaited airwave auction for ultra-fast mobile internet networks, India is soon set to join the league of 5G-enabled nations. But a lower pricing of spectrum would have given the troubled telecom sector a further fillip, the top edit points out. Read it here
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Vanita Kohli-Khandekar explains why the economics of the Indian Premier League make no sense. Read it here
The second edit points to tweaks that could make the IPL a constructive part of the domestic cricketing eco-system. Read it here
Aakar Patel argues that India has been considerably diminished abroad by its internal actions against minorities. Read it here
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