Best of BS Opinion: New idea from India, BJP is as secure as a big bank and more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to be applauded for choosing to highlight the values ​​of democracy and freedom as “India’s civilizational ethic” at the G7 summit and for adopting the “Open Societies Declaration” defending ” freedom of speech, both online and offline, protecting democracies and helping people to live free from fear and oppression ”. In this context, our main editorial argues that it would be helpful for the government to take inspiration from the prime minister and urgently adopt an agenda to deliver on these commitments given that India has seen a sharp drop in global free speech indexes. Read here

After West Bengal, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah acknowledged that the next run on their bank could be in Uttar Pradesh, writes Vir Sanghvi

The RBI may be prone to higher inflation at this point, with the view that this will help increase output and employment.

However, on many occasions the overall experience in the past on such a path has not been good, notes Gurbachan Singh

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