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From vivad to samvad, to gain vishwas
The culture of 'collect first, correct later' needs to change
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India, an alternative supply hub for the globe?
As the world economy grapples with the outbreak of coronavirus, India must take on the challenge to present itself as a worthy contender
Manipulating individual atoms
The results of a new experiment by a team from the University of Otago can have huge applications in nanotechnology in the future
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Stress-testing global economy
Global response to coronavirus remains uncertain
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Best of BS Opinion: Why is it wrong to say Trump's visit has no substance?
Why has the global response to coronavirus been so uncertain? Is the point about a business having a higher social purpose real? Or is it management fluff?
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Business with purpose: Real or fluff?
A story of hunter-gatherers, planters and rainforests
Reduce regulatory risk for growth
The recognition of this problem is a welcome development. Regulatory overreach and higher risk perceptions are a major concern, constraining business growth that need to be addressed.
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A visit like no other
It would be wrong to say there was no substance to Trump's India tour. In fact, the mutual pay-off was significant.
A framework of fear
The risk of roping in bank officials whenever there is a fraud at the borrower's end is a stringent deterrent to bank officials taking credit decisions
Best of BS Opinion: Trump's India visit, unease of doing business, and more
The US president came and went. Apart from strengthening India-US relations, there isn't much to be enthused about
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Unease of doing business
The battle between the government and the telecom companies over how their adjusted gross revenues (AGR) should be calculated has gone on for several years.
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Prognostications about the US elections
There could be two out-of-the-box announcements ahead of the election to outline the Republican policy in Asia
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Less than tremendous
Donald Trump's first visit was strong on optics
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Payments problem
Removal of MDR will affect innovation in fintech
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Pushing the pedal on asset recycling
Incentivise states to deliver on the infrastructure agenda
Best of BS Opinion: Deal activity in 2020, job slowdown, and more
Ways of selecting people for constitutional positions should be diversified
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The year of deals
Initial trends in the new year will likely prove forecasters wrong on deal activity in 2020
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Deepfake: An existential threat to our information dissemination systems
Deepfake's proliferation poses huge challenges
'Yes, it's rational' doesn't mean it works
Devising a strategy that will outperform the broader markets all the time based on thorough back-testing of models is like creating a 'scientific forest'
Shekhar Gupta: The India-US nuclear deal of 2008 gave us six major gains
Why the India-US nuclear deal is the biggest achievement of the turnaround between the two countries. It also helped India's political economy by exposing and demolishing the Left
