Abhijeet Kumar

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

What Pakistan's AMRAAM missile deal with US mean for its air power

A modified US arms contract now includes Pakistan among buyers of Raytheon's AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, signalling renewed military ties between Washington and Islamabad

Best of BS Opinion: Breathing easy, but the dance will have to wait

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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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No fake faces: Tinder rolls out face check selfie verification in India

With the new feature, new Tinder users will now be required to complete a video selfie as part of their account setup, which will be compared with their profile photos to confirm that the user is real

Deloitte's AI fiasco: Why chatbots hallucinate and who else got caught

As Deloitte returns part of its fee for a flawed AI-assisted government report in Australia, the case spotlights how generative AI fabricates facts and how it's not the first time this has happened

How GIFT City's new forex settlement system can be a game-changer for India

The new real-time foreign currency settlement system situates GIFT City among global financial centres like Hong Kong and Tokyo, with a promise of faster transactions and better liquidity

Bihar elections 2025: Key parties, issues, and electoral shifts explained

From Nitish Kumar's 'sushasan' to Tejashwi's job promise, Bihar's elections since 2005 tell a story of shifting alliances, changing issues and the state's long battle between caste and governance

Best of BS Opinion: India's crusader spirit and the swords that betray it

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Can Ola's rare-earth-free motor power India's self-reliant EV revolution?

By replacing rare-earth magnets with ferrite, Ola aims to make EVs cheaper, locally sourced, and less reliant on Chinese supply chains. But key engineering hurdles remain