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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicBloomberg Opinion

Topic: Bloomberg Opinion

India is resigned to a new status quo with China

India may be willing, for now, to be China’s market again, but will never be easy in that role unless Beijing becomes its market in turn.

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

What would it take for a European reset to succeed?

Insulted and bullied by Donald Trump, European leaders are asking where they go from here. The right choice isn’t to kneel or fight back, but to disengage.

History taker, not a history maker, Europe is entering the age of humiliation

The US (or China) acts. Europe reacts. The US (or China) moves decisively. The EU debates and dithers. It’s a broader pattern.

Forget DeepSeek, dying alone is China’s latest tech obsession

The bluntly named “Are You Dead?” platform is plain. Users, largely people living alone, tap to confirm they are still alive. Miss two days and an emergency contact gets notified.

Fear comes to India’s property developers

It’s only extreme wealth inequality that had kept the market propped up last year.

Go ahead and resent boomers, but do it for the right reasons

Younger generations have ample reason to be upset with boomers — for getting bigger retirement benefits and leaving behind lots of debt. But these issues do not elicit much anger.

India is cornered by China’s lock on tech

Indian corporate chiefs—from Ambani to Adani—are looking to China as a solution to their tech deficit. And China views India as a market where it can offload some excess production.

The Effort to Stop AI Nudes Is Missing a Deterrent

There’s another kind of damage that is being overlooked in the discourse: what this technology does to the people who create these images.

In ICE protests, an opportunity for Democrats, but with red flags

Recent history should remind Democrats that the energy behind such movements can be fickle. The racial reckoning of 2020 is but one example.

On Camera

India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

More states giving out cash transfers. They aren’t substitutes for investments: Economic Survey

Number of states implementing unconditional cash transfers increased fivefold between FY23 and FY26, half of them estimated to be in revenue deficit, report says.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.