Western Carriers widens Devaliya MMTC services
Business Lineby Mithun Dasgupta·23 Aug 2026
Logistics company Western Carriers, which launched its multimodal cargo terminal in Gujarat last year, has added more service destinations across the country and more service offerings for various...
Big woes of small transporters
Business Lineby Bal Malkit Singh·23 Aug 2026
The road transport industry is the backbone of the nation’s economy, carrying nearly 70 per cent of domestic freight and ensuring uninterrupted movement of goods countrywide.
Air cargo growth hits the fast lane
Business Lineby Aneesh Phadnis·23 Aug 2026
Freighter operators are deploying more capacity to India to tap the demand from the e-commerce, engineering and electronics segments.
In the pack: Beauty, bottles and buyouts
Business Lineby Mahesh Ravidas Nayak·23 Aug 2026
Today, every third toothpaste tube in the world is made by EPL (formerly Essel Propack), the world’s largest speciality packaging company in laminated tubes.
Rowing together
Business Lineby Team BL·23 Aug 2026
South Indian Bank’s latest campaign, ‘Onam Orumayude Olam’, is ambitious in scale as it weaves together a story on the spirit of togetherness that embodies Kerala’s most awaited festival.
The numbers game: 5 Star, 7Up and Boeing 747
Business Lineby Harish Bhat·23 Aug 2026
One of India’s most popular chocolates is Cadbury’s 5 Star. One of the world’s most famous brands is 3M. A brand we trust for various uses in our home is the WD-40 multi-purpose spray.
SEBI may assess NSE liquidity before allowing bourse to trade its own shares
Business Lineby Shishir Sinha·23 Aug 2026
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is likely to examine various issues, including liquidity, before allowing ‘Permitted to Trade’ (PTT) status for the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
Small-cap fund stress at 2-year low as liquidity improves
Business Lineby Suresh P Iyengar·23 Aug 2026
The stress levels in small-cap mutual fund schemes have declined to two-year low in July on the back of improved liquidity, even as fresh inflows have raised concerns over concentration risk.
The Bharat opportunity is real for Apollo Tyres: Neeraj Kanwar
Business Lineby Chitra Narayanan·23 Aug 2026
Neeraj Kanwar, Vice Chairman and MD, Apollo Tyres Ltd, on the brand’s heavy investment in sports, especially cricket, where it has signed a ₹580 crore deal with BCCI, and how it is paying off.
Below the Line
Business Lineby Our Bureaus·23 Aug 2026
Has the nomination of Piyush Goyal as the BJP treasurer taken the US by surprise? It is believed that Goyal could be shifted in the upcoming reshuffle and the US may have to wait to sign the trade...
Tribunal autonomy
Business Line·23 Aug 2026
It is unfortunate that Parliament passed the Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2026 without sufficiently addressing the issues that have surfaced in the decades-long executive-judiciary dispute over tribunal...
CBI books former Director of Flying Training Capt Anil Gill on corruption charges
Business Lineby Dalip Singh·23 Aug 2026
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Captain Anil Gill, former Director of Flying Training (DFT) in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and several...
The surge in solar cell imports needs to be curbed
Business Lineby Amit Manohar·23 Aug 2026
India has invested heavily in building a domestic solar manufacturing ecosystem. Over ₹1 lakh crore has been committed to establish solar cell manufacturing capacity and develop an integrated value...
India’s Thatcher moments
Business Lineby TCA Srinivasa Raghavan·23 Aug 2026
The year was 1990. Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister of the UK. She had won her party a third consecutive term in 1987 but by the end of 1989 she had become so hugely unpopular that her own...
More young people are trading in derivatives, and making losses
Business Lineby PTI·23 Aug 2026
The country's equity derivatives market has taken on a notably younger profile, with traders under 30 making up 43 per cent of individual participants in FY26, a sharp rise from 31 per cent four...
India may link additional diesel supply to progress on Bangladesh projects
Business Lineby Amiti Sen·23 Aug 2026
India may link its decision on Bangladesh’s request for additional diesel supplies to progress on stalled development projects financed through its Lines of Credit (LoCs), as New Delhi weighs its...
Adhere to fundamentals of journalism to regain public trust: N Ram
Business Lineby BL Hyderabad Bureau·23 Aug 2026
Adherence to the fundamentals of journalism, including ground reporting, an investigative approach, long-form journalism and explanatory writing will help the media regain public trust, according...
Agentic AI may make cyberattacks faster, more sophisticated: Securonix CEO
Business Lineby Sanjana B·23 Aug 2026
The rise of agentic AI is creating a new frontier of cybersecurity risk, with AI agents expanding the attack surface and enabling cybercriminals to chain together smaller vulnerabilities into...
A misunderstood ruler
Business Lineby Sudhirendar Sharma·23 Aug 2026
Wajid Ali Shah lived for the arts and left his mark on thumri, the sitar, and kathak. Such was his creative aura that those who were considered proficient became minnows before him.
Tied by geography and necessity
Business Lineby TCA Ranganathan·23 Aug 2026
Indian writing on China was modest until recently, with barely one or two titles a year, usually academic studies of the 1962 war or China’s economic reforms.
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