From MARKETS 8:18am

Vedanta sells landmark offshore bond

Mining group raises $1.7bn from mostly US and European investors

Li Keqiang with Tata Group's Cyrus Mistry and N. Chandrasekaran ©AFP From COMPANIES May 21, 2013

Chiefs talk up India-China trade target

More work needs to be done on corporate links spanning Asian powerhouses

From COMPANIES May 21, 2013

India IT groups struggle to woo China

Outsourcers unable to claim contracts are cost-effective

Li Keqiang, prime minister of China, gestures during his speech to university students that was organised by the Indian Council for World Affairs and the Federation of Indian Chambers and Commerce Industry in New Delhi on May 21 2013 ©AFP From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 21, 2013

China pledges boost to India trade

India emphasises concerns over security

Prashant Ruia, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Essar group at Essar Energy Plc. ©Dhiraj Singh From COMPANIES May 20, 2013

Essar Oil to trade fuel for Chinese loans

Indian companies make arrangements to obtain cheap Chinese funds

From COMPANIES May 19, 2013

Adani bullish on India energy prospects

Industrialist says deal on power prices close to being struck

Vikram Pandit, chief executive officer of Citigroup Inc. From COMPANIES May 16, 2013

Pandit returns to banking via India

Former Citigroup chief takes stake in JM Financial

©Lloyd Thatcher From COMMENT May 15, 2013

India: Patents and precedents

Pharmaceutical companies fear that the battle raging in India over patents will inspire other countries to change their laws

Phanindra Soma CEO of RedBus photographed in a bus in Bangalore, India on Friday, May 10, 2013 ©Namas Bhojani From MANAGEMENT May 14, 2013

How India’s buses got connected

When Phanindra Sama couldn’t buy a bus ticket he started a company to make it easier

Port Talbot ©Getty From COMPANIES May 14, 2013

European downturn tests Tata’s steel

Little has gone to plan since Indian group bought Corus in 2007

From COMPANIES May 14, 2013

Tata Steel reveals $1.6bn writedown

European operations hit by shock announcement

Notebook from COMMENT May 13, 2013

Graft gets your goat in India

In election time, unscrupulous politicians start looking to animal spirits, writes James Crabtree

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 12, 2013

Mittal seeks Europe-China trade barriers

Steelmaker attacks austerity policies that stifle demand

From COMPANIES May 12, 2013

India’s Axis Bank to open first China branch

Rival ICICI expected to follow suit later this year

From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

Indian car market extends bad sales run

Weak consumer confidence still plaguing sector

From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

3i Infrastructure shifts out of India

Buyout group decides to stop investing in the country

May 9, 2013

Border spat exposes Delhi-Beijing faultline

Hopes for improved economic relations dashed by stand-off

May 8, 2013

India’s BJP lose out in Karnataka

Ruling Congress party wins state election

From COMMENT May 7, 2013

Indian economy: An unfinished project

New Delhi has introduced reforms to revitalise business. But many disillusioned investors are not convinced

Notebook from COMMENT May 7, 2013

A game of big cats and cricket bats

What could be sadder than the lack of communication between the two halves of Punjab, writes Victor Mallet