The commencement of gas supply from RIL’s finds is set to re-energise India’s fertiliser industry, hitherto hobbled by costly feedstock and subsidies.

In its five years at the Centre, the United Progressive Alliance government persevered for just one goal: Survival. Here’s a rating for its key ministers.

Life can be very different when one is trying to extract natural resources out of the sea that are buried more than 2-km below the surface. And yet somehow, they manage to serve samosas and farsan to their guests! On board RIL’s oil & gas exploration ship in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, Suman Layak returns impressed by the infrastructure and the production plans.

The swiftness and the savagery of the global downturn have caught business by surprise—the bigger the corporation, the bigger is the surprise. But few analysts expected Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Group to be hit. After seven years of a heady upcycle, Reliance Industries finds itself hemmed in a downturn that’s perhaps the worst ever since it went public 31 years ago. Suman Layak reports.

The sharp drop in crude prices comes as a boon to some sectors, and a curse to others. The big question, though, is: How long will this softness last?

The RIL boss voices a desire to be allowed to fuel millions of Indian homes without the fetters of court cases and government controls.

The innocuous aniseed that makes Hyderabadi Biryani and Hunan Chicken taste so much better is also a key ingredient in one of the world’s most potent and inflammable liqueurs—Sambuca.

ITC, Godrej and the Essar Group are among a host of new corporate hedgers, and many of them have actually taken up memberships on domestic bourses like the MCX and NCDEX. Why are they getting into this slippery terrain? A report by Anand Adhikari.

As the Tata Motors drama plays out, should West Bengal worry over future investments?

What happened to Anil Ambani’s mega power project in Dadri? Reliance Power’s 7,480 MW gas-based power project has made no progress beyond acquisition of land and statutory clearances.

A Business Today-DuPont round table on sustainability drives home the point that responsible growth is also more profitable growth. A report.

Below the radar of the national media, Bhopal is industrialising rapidly and emerging as an increasingly important manufacturing hub.

Falling crude prices will make life easier for oil marketing companies. This should come as a relief for oil marketing companies (OMCs) in India whose under-recoveries had been mounting exponentially.

By 2017, India’s energy requirement is expected to be 100 GW more than previously estimated. That’s why it is imperative for India to have nuclear power as a critical component of its energy basket. Shalini S. Dagar does a threadbare analysis. More new jobs with nuke-deal spin-off

Crude at $200 a barrel? Perhaps it’s that prospect that has convinced a clutch of Indian businessmen that exploring and producing this commodity that’s getting scarcer by the minute is a lucrative venture. But how many of them will hit pay dirt? Anand Adhikari finds out. Oil: A ticking time bomb

How it started, and how it’s showing few signs of ending.

Just when you think the advantage is with one of them, a few thrusts and parries later, it swings to the other. As equations change at the Centre, the battle between Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani gets shriller—and more desperate. BT's Suman Layak reports. Chronology of war between the Ambani brothersMukesh Ambani meets Manmohan on windfall taxIs it advantage Anil at Dalal Street?Ambani rivalry compared to Archer's potboilerAmbani brothers: The battle to be No. 1 is on

The world's largest bank is gasping for breath. Will it now cut back operations globally to put its house back in order, or will it expand in India and China to offset its losses elsewhere?