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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

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.

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

Less than tremendous

Donald Trump's first visit was strong on optics

Payments problem

Removal of MDR will affect innovation in fintech

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

The year of deals

Initial trends in the new year will likely prove forecasters wrong on deal activity in 2020

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

Best of BS Opinion: Trump's India visit, coronavirus outbreak, and more

Why aren't more economists coming back to put down roots in this country?

Tapping talent

There really is no point in cribbing about the standard of Indian football despite its 1.3 billion-plus population

Is 'black history month' pride or marketing?

Is all this true "pride" and support for America's coloured folks?

One man's meat is another's poison

Chronicles of life in China devote chapter and verse to the ongoing battle between government authorities and consumers

Best of BS Opinion: Rocky road for highways, India's census, and more

The Budget contained no hint of the S-word and the looming crisis in the telecom industry over paying adjusted gross revenue dues is unlikely to help, nor will growing tax terrorism

Best of BS Opinion: What lessons can India learn from a buffalo race

Writers examine how to reform GST, the corporate sector's apolitical stance, Sebi's new rules for investment advisors and the draft pesticides Bill

Best of BS Opinion: Enmeshing of social and economic undercurrents

Dependence on the judiciary is mainly due to constituents of Indian society becoming more assertive and unable to evolve resolution mechanisms