Recent advances in solar thermal
Business Lineby M Ramesh25d ago
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has given out a ‘call for proposals for concentrating solar thermal technology’.
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Business Line25d ago
The Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which came into effect last week, empowers President Trump to impose up to 100 per cent tariff on the top five buyers of Russian energy...
Below the Line
Business Lineby Our Bureaus25d ago
Spotted at GFF 2026 was Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, taking aim at India’s premier league of professional party-poopers or as she wryly called them, the “Naraaz Phupha jis” (the chronically...
What should India’s long term energy priorities be?
Business Lineby Subodh Mathur25d ago
India’s economic growth is vitally linked to using more energy. Higher output in industry, transport, agriculture, and even the production of services needs more energy.
Permanence of life insurance
Business Lineby TC Suseel Kumar; R Sudhakar25d ago
A fixed deposit matures in five years; an equity share can be sold tomorrow. A whole life policy taken out by a father naming his newborn son may not discharge its obligation for 70 years.
India’s biotech start-ups need patient capital to drive novel drug innovation, industry leaders say
Business Lineby BL New Delhi Bureau25d ago
India’s biotech start-ups need larger and more patient pools of capital to take novel drug candidates through the long and high-risk development cycle, while stronger links between academia...
ETFs vs index funds
Business Lineby Venkatesh Bangaruswamy25d ago
Suppose you decide to invest in passive funds for your goal-based investments. You must first select a benchmark index and then choose an exchange-traded fund (ETF) or an index fund on that...
Ayushman Bharat’s missing link: Emergency care
Business Lineby K Madan Gopal; KS Uplabdh Gopal25d ago
Eight years after its launch, the Ayushman Bharat scheme has shown that India can create health entitlements at an unprecedented scale.
Wellness-centric care with nutraceuticals
Business Lineby DB Anantha Narayana25d ago
A neighbour walked into my house with a bottle of melatonin tablets labelled “nutraceuticals“ and wanted to know if he could give it to a relative who had just flown in from abroad.
Blueprint for AI in healthcare
Business Lineby Team BL25d ago
The UK’s National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare has published its recommendations on how that country can regulate AI in healthcare to ensure it remains safe, keeps pace with...
‘Break-glass’ allowance: How safe is personal health data?
Business Lineby Vallari Sanzgiri25d ago
Consider a situation that confronts medical practitioners, more often than not, in a hospital emergency room — an unconscious, unaccompanied patient is wheeled in, who may possibly require insulin...
Are kirana clusters the future of inclusive retail?
Business Lineby R Sathyanarayanan25d ago
Offering speed and convenience, quick commerce is rapidly transforming the urban retail landscape through agile logistics.
Devastated by Taliban, ignored by all
Business Lineby Rasheeda Bhagat25d ago
The essence of the book The Vanishing Girl of Kabul (Hachette India) by award-winning journalist Zahra Joya and co-authored by Amie Ferris-Rotman is captured in these lines: “The Taliban’s...
A portrait of a storied building
Business Lineby TCA Srinivasa Raghavan25d ago
We are all used to hearing and reading gossip and stories about people. But about a building? Welcome to Sobhana K Nair’s book about the old Parliament building, the huge round structure, whose...
Food business must look beyond economic gain
Business Lineby Priya Joshi25d ago
A food business cannot just be a business; it has to be more. A few months ago, I said this to my neighbour in a casual conversation over tea.
Boardroom to Courtroom: Tata Sons-Trusts battle appears headed for courts
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau25d ago
The escalating dispute between Tata Sons and Tata Trusts over the reappointment of chairman N Chandrasekaran increasingly appears headed for a legal showdown, with two of the country’s most...
OMC’s under recovery on LPG up 5% in August
Business Lineby Rishi Ranjan Kala25d ago
The under recovery on LPG of the PSU oil marketing companies (OMCs) rose roughly 5 per cent on a monthly basis to more than ₹62,000 crore in August 2026 as retailers continue to sell the critical...
SC-backed AoA rights at heart of Tata Trusts’ challenge to N Chandra reappointment
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau25d ago
The challenge mounted by Tata Trusts to the reappointment of N Chandrasekaran as chairman of Tata Sons draws its strength from the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Cyrus Mistry case, where the court...
Gold, silver rates to remain volatile this week: Here’s what to watch out for
Business Lineby PTI25d ago
Gold is likely to remain volatile and range-bound in the coming week as traders track movements in the US dollar and bond yields, developments in the West Asia conflict and the direction of crude...
Pinglu Canal connects rivers, sea, and new opportunities
Business Lineby Cuelive25d ago
BEIJING , Sept. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from People's Daily The Pinglu Canal officially opened to navigation on Sept. 16.