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August 25, 2008
Wealthy Indians desert planes for trains
India's affluent middle class is rekindling its affair with long-distance train travel, as sharp jumps in domestic airline ticket prices push many former frequent fliers back to the railways.

August 22, 2008
India inflation lifts rate rise prospects
India's inflation rate shot up to its highest level in more than 16 years this month, increasing the chances of the fourth rise in interest rates in Asia's third-largest economy since June.

August 13, 2008
India to push on with BSNL privatisation
India plans to push ahead with listing Bharat Sanchar Nigam, the state-owned telecoms group, in what would be the country's first large privatisation since the government came to power four years ago.

Ogilvy has rosy view on China and India
Advertising growth in emerging markets such as China remained robust this year and would help offset any slowdown in developed countries, according to Miles Young, who takes over as chief executive of the Ogilvy Group in January.

August 05, 2008
Tata gives freedom to cruise
Ratan Tata, the 71-year-old Indian industrial patriarch whose Tata group now owns Jaguar and Land Rover, had personal experience of the importance of Jaguar's "heritage"during a visit to the British company in mid-July.

Banks vie to exploit Sino-India trade
Commercial banks are moving swiftly to strengthen and expand their operations to service the companies responsible for soaring trade levels between India and China.

Union Bank of India eyes investment banking
Union Bank of India , a mid-sized state-owned lender, has plans to expand into investment banking to tap a growing global market in which increasingly aggressive Indian companies are acquiring foreign rivals.

July 11, 2008
Nasscom plays down US election concerns
Nasscom, India 's information technology industry lobby, played down concerns about outsourcing ahead of the US presidential elections when the issue of job losses usually becomes a prominent issue.

July 10, 2008
Rising prices pile the pressure on India's UPA
In a country that depends on imports for more than 70 per cent of its oil and charges retail consumers of petrol and diesel less than half the global market price, the rise in crude this year above $140 a barrel has delivered an economic shock. India's cherished high rates of growth are under threat from soaring inflation and widening deficits on the fiscal and current accounts.

July 08, 2008
China and India knock on G8's door
A club of the world's leading nations is starting to look hollow without China - the fourth-largest economy in dollar terms, according to the World Bank

July 02, 2008
A passage through India
Nowhere is the need for infrastructure more evident than in India 's cities.

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