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INDIA TODAY MOOD OF THE NATION 2025

THE GREAT GST RESET • Touted as the biggest tax reform since the GST implementation in 2017, the latest overhaul will ease consumer spending and make businesses more competitive. But revenue risks cloud the gains

MIXED FEELINGS

SALT WARS

SMART AGENTS OF CHANGE • It’s the buzzword in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and among the top technology trends of 2025. If digital assistants needed only a voice command to switch channels on the television, or turn on the air-conditioner, AI agents aim beyond such simple automation. They are designed to write software code, put together a spreadsheet from a chunk of data and even sift through employee resumes. And tech companies are racing to roll out AI agent platforms. How will this new tech trend play out? Here’s what a recent survey by IT firm Capgemini shows.

MODI STRIKES A BALANCE AT TIANJIN • Modi, Putin and Xi meeting in China caused tremors in the West, but there’s no reason to expect a breakthrough in ties

THE COLD WAR IN THE MAHAYUTI • As Fadnavis cuts a seething Shinde down to size, the Mahayuti’s cold war comes to boiling point

Bhajan Lal Chants the Battle Hymn • Beset by an ensemble of political and administrative challenges, the Rajasthan CM strives to build a halo

FRONTMAN AND THE FIRST-TIME VOTER • The BJP is pushing its younger leaders to court the youth, even as Modi speaks directly to aspirational youngsters and women, while the RSS quietly does the groundwork

FAITH VERSUS CONSERVATION • It’s faith vs conservation, as pilgrim throngs inside tiger reserves begin to pose a threat to the ecology

If the Goal is Too Far, Mend it Like Majhi • The grassroots CM takes the ball from Naveen Patnaik’s famed sports policy and flicks it to the countryside. Rural Odisha will reap the bonanza

Crash Course in CHAOS THEORY • A new online admission system throws Gujarat’s college season out of gear, hits lakhs of students

BURDEN OF TRUMP TARIFFS • EXPORTS WORTH `4.2 LAKH CRORE TO THE U.S. AND COUNTLESS JOBS ARE IN PERIL. THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ENTERING NEW MARKETS

TRADE TROUBLES • On Aug. 27, the US officially imposed an additional 25% cess on Indian goods, adding to the existing 25% reciprocal tariffs

BOLT FROM THE BLUE • Trade barriers block Indian engineering goods in the US, forcing exporters to new markets and risking job losses

LOSING THE THREAD • As US tariffs make their goods costlier, apparel exporters fear losing the US market to Vietnam and Bangladesh

DIAMONDS TO DUST • Already under threat from lab-grown diamonds, Indian diamantaires stare at a certain abyss as US levies hurt exports

CHEMICAL IMBALANCE • US tariffs squeeze Indian chemical exports, eroding margins, denting competitiveness and redrawing global trade flows in key markets

WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE • With nearly half the sector coming under the punishing tariffs, the auto components ecosystem must innovate and diversify, or risk being left behind

THAT SINKING FEELING • The huge shipments of seafood that go to the US...