Business Standard

Outsized expectations, 'euphoria phase' over: What the foreign press had to say on one year of PM Modi

International publications have largely questioned his achievements over the past year with many of them raising doubts over the coming tenure of the prime minister.

CP Kuruvilla: A towering business newsman you may never have heard about

On 14 February, CP Kuruvilla, one of the best news journalists in business ever, died. His contribution can never be measured by the positions he held, but by the number of talented people he nurtured.

The Gujarat growth gaffe: Social media calls bluff

A major gaffe about Gujarat's growth rate in a mainstream newspaper might have gone unchallenged if the Twitterati had not exposed it. But where's the apology?

Coal India not to blame for power sector's woes, says chairman

Coal India has been facing intense criticism for failing to keep up with its production targets at a time of acute coal shortages and when most power plants are grappling with critical levels of coal inventories.

Greenpeace's Junglistan ad: Awareness campaign or corporate battle?

This morning’s Business Standard has an unusual front page jacket advertisement. Its’ not hawking a common-or-garden product or service, but it’s hawking a cause. It wants you to save the sal forests of Mahan.

Greenpeace's Junglistan ad: Awareness campaign or corporate battle?

Newspapers: Vishwaroopam and Kamal Haasan today, could be you tomorrow

Vishwaroopam is a milestone — and the press, if they want to preserve their freedom of speech and expression, must see it as that.

Mobiles vs drinking water: The great Indian growth story

While the fundamental right to water is an established law and recognised by the Supreme Court of India, it is not something that has a clear framework in place.