Editorial Comment

Beyond the tracks

Freight corridors' efficiency gains must be maximised

Next phase for UPI

Modest charges will enable healthy growth

Pacing the AI frontier

Self-regulation will be challenging

Record reserves

Liquidity and bank lending will need careful management

Showy summitry

Outcomes of the Brics summit exceeded expectations

Regulatory clarity

RBI has cleared the decks for the listing of Tata Sons

A new wave

Govt must clear the way for satellite communication

Open up for business

India must address trade barriers

A dose of innovation

Pharma sector needs a supportive environment

Mounting cost of a stalemate

India must again prepare for higher oil prices

Red alert

Stringent food labelling is a good first step

Mission mineral

India needs to build processing capabilities

All fall down

Ill-financed municipalities are endangering citizens

Rules for growth

India needs fewer and simpler regulations

The cost of rising sea

Where coastal land is sinking at the same time as oceans are rising, the effective increase in relative sea level is considerably greater

The wrong cure

The fact that Beijing stands isolated on this issue is a signifier of the fact that it has consistently refused to address these concerns, and is now in fact denying that they even exist

False nine, true champion

Messi exits the national team in a blaze of glory

Yielding trouble

Rising bond yields can create risks

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