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India's data collection needs to go local to capture finer details

As the economy becomes more regionally differentiated, national and state averages are no longer enough to track growth

Updated On: 22 Apr 2026 | 8:17 PM IST

Let the rupee move freely: RBI intervention risks more harm than good

Let the rupee move freely: RBI intervention risks more harm than good

Updated On: 22 Apr 2026 | 6:30 PM IST

India's buffers can steady markets, but hard policy choices lie ahead

India's buffers can steady markets, but hard policy choices lie ahead

Updated On: 22 Apr 2026 | 5:04 PM IST

Parliamentary committees on insurance must expand scope, sharpen focus

As India's insurance sector evolves, experts call for a dedicated parliamentary panel to address emerging risks, consumer protection and regulatory gaps

Updated On: 22 Apr 2026 | 5:01 PM IST

Can tax officials access emails and social media under new tax rules 2025?

Section 247 under the new Act allows authorised officers to access computer systems or virtual spaces, but strictly during search and survey operations where there is credible evidence

Updated On: 23 Mar 2026 | 3:50 PM IST

Thailand's ex-PM Shinawatra to serve 1 year in prison for past convictions

The court was investigating whether officials had mishandled his return to Thailand in 2023

Updated On: 20 Feb 2026 | 8:21 PM IST

SC review signals a long-overdue rethink on protecting the Aravallis

Perhaps the apex court should have gone further in its review. Following its orders, the government has issued a complete ban on all new mining licences across the entire Aravalli range

Updated On: 09 Jan 2026 | 12:28 PM IST

Budget 2026 must aim to fix the weak link in India's R&D ecosystem

Restoring weighted tax deductions and adopting a petty patents regime can foster firm-level innovative activity critical for competitiveness

Updated On: 08 Jan 2026 | 8:05 PM IST

When the randomness of monetary policy

The real issue may be that the RBI does not really subscribe to the mandate it has been given, and the govt, in a pre-election year, quietly supports such agnosticism, writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 30 Sep 2025 | 3:18 PM IST

From aspirational to exhausted: Rethinking India's middle class story

A fragmented, fatigued population can't fuel economic growth the old way

Updated On: 30 Jul 2025 | 7:31 PM IST

Mihir S Sharma: Demonetisation difficulties will be here for a while

Vegetable prices have crashed because of a shortage of cash at mandis

Updated On: 30 Jul 2025 | 7:26 PM IST

India Inc's family feuds serve as both cautionary tale and policy cue

India Inc needs a new social compact that balances family control and public interest to ensure market resilience and its own

Updated On: 30 Jul 2025 | 7:16 PM IST

Ekta ka Maha Kumbh: I believe this is the dawn of a new era, says PM Modi

For 45 days, I witnessed crores of people from every corner of the country making their way to the Sangam. The wave of emotions at the confluence kept rising

Updated On: 30 Jun 2025 | 6:41 PM IST

Indian refiners purchase more US crude ahead of proposed trade talks in May

India's trade deficit widened more than expected in March, as oil imports jumped more than 60 per cent from a month earlier

Updated On: 17 Jun 2025 | 1:05 PM IST

Why did investors dump Bajaj Finance shares post Q4 results? Stock tanks 6%

Bajaj Finance shares: Bajaj Finance stock has "limited catalysts" for any meaningful upside in the stock in the near-term, said analysts

Updated On: 17 Jun 2025 | 1:03 PM IST

Best of BS Opinion: How we manage change can turn the future around

Today's columnists assess change, and the various forms it takes - from Trump's flip-flops to changing the ideal of what a company should do, to the Indian cricket team's leadership churn

Updated On: 20 May 2025 | 4:11 PM IST

Apple Vision 'Air': Affordable and lightweight headset may launch this year

Reportedly, this lighter Vision headset may not operate independently and could instead require a connection to an iPhone or Mac to function

Updated On: 30 Apr 2025 | 1:13 PM IST

DeepSeek demand shrinking: Baidu founder notes shift away from text-only AI

Chinese tech major Baidu launched Ernie 4.5 Turbo and X1 Turbo, which feature multimodal capabilities including text, image, audio and video

Updated On: 30 Apr 2025 | 1:13 PM IST

Narendra Modi: The UK and India should leverage their tech prowess

The present India-UK cooperation in science and technology is driven by 'high quality' and 'high impact' research partnerships

Updated On: 25 Mar 2025 | 3:45 PM IST

Union Budget 2025: More of the same with similar outcomes expected

Every single feature of India's lower middle-income status remains intact

Updated On: 01 Feb 2025 | 6:17 PM IST