Abhijeet Kumar

Why Dhanteras remains India's biggest gold-buying day despite record prices

As gold prices peak, Indian households still spend big on Dhanteras, showing how faith and finance continue to shape the country's festive buying patterns

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Bihar election 2025: Will voters end the state's decade-long liquor ban?

Bihar's decade-old liquor ban has cost lives, drained revenues, and fuelled illicit trade-now it's a central election issue with parties divided on repeal or reform

Saudi Arabia, US in talks for defence pact ahead of MBS' Washington visit

Riyadh and Washington are negotiating a deal similar to the recent US-Qatar pact, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman prepares for a key visit to Washington next month

Best of BS Opinion: It's time to stop ghosting your own potential

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The spending season: What Diwali reveals about India's consumer mood

As the country prepares for the Diwali festival, credit card swipes, UPI transfers and gold sales from previous years reveal how people feel about their wallets and their future

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Delhi's Diwali goes green: Inside how US and China regulate their fireworks

The Supreme Court said that Delhi residents will be allowed to burst only certified low-emission crackers between October 18 and 21, from 6 pm to 10 pm, including on Diwali and the day before

Best of BS Opinion: How the world keeps fumbling its gift deliveries

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Beijing sanctions Korean shipbuilder giant as US-China tensions escalate

China's commerce ministry accused Hanwha Ocean's US units of violating its anti-foreign sanctions law and warned of further countermeasures against countries backing discriminatory restrictions

Best of BS Opinion: How the world is composing a new playlist for progress

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China switches trade files to WPS-only format, shutting out MS Word

China's Commerce Ministry issued new documents on rare earth export controls which couldn't be opened using MS Word or any other American word processor but only with homegrown software, WPS Office

As gold prices hit record highs, what history says about what happens next

As the gold rally continues with prices breaking record highs, here's a look at similar historical examples where gold surged, what caused that surge and what happened after

Best of BS Opinion: The making of power, art, and equality in 2025

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Meet Maria Corina Machado, who pipped Trump to win 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her decades-long, non-violent fight to restore democracy under Nicolas Maduro's repressive regime

In Xi's China tycoons are vanishing, and Liuzhi may be the reason why

A growing number of China's top bosses are vanishing into Liuzhi, a secretive detention system where anti-corruption drives, blacklists, and bankruptcy laws converge to punish business failure

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Radico Khaitan gets temporary relief in 'Kashmyr' trademark dispute

The Chandigarh HC stayed an injunction order against Radico Khaitan in the 'Kashmyr' trademark dispute filed by Piccadilly, allowing the company to continue business operations till the next hearing

Pfizer-Trump deal: What it means for drug prices and pharma giants in US

Pfizer has pledged to make some medicines available at lower prices for the Medicaid programme and in return gained relief from immediate import tariffs

Best of BS Opinion: Power, resistance and the global ring losing its bounce

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