The lesson for Indian corporations, which otherwise like to pride themselves on adopting global best practices, is corporate America's proactive activism.
What is perhaps most fascinating is that Infosys was not the first large Indian IT company to raise its head, nor has it been the largest; but it has often shown a remarkable ability to market itself so that it has punched above its weight.
Shuji Nakamura was given only a tiny bonus for his invention and he had to sue to get the money due him.
Exceptions were made for ultra-mega power plants, such as the one at Sasan, which the court observed were not under consideration, and for coal blocks attached to the power and steel companies controlled by the central government.
Food inflation is still very much a problem and needs fixing urgently, but the bad monsoon apparently did not make it worse.
The key gain from using Aadhaar will be a drastic cut in impersonation and fictitious identities, thereby plugging a major loophole through which a lot of leakage in subsidy payment takes place.
In spite of Governor Raghuram Rajan's repeated concerns about inflation, many think there may still be a loosening of stance.
CPI inflation has declined by almost a percentage point from July, from close to eight per cent to just above seven per cent.
For August, CRISIL core inflation indicator stood at 3.6 per cent, a tad higher than RBI's measure.
Production grew by a mere 0.5 per cent year-on-year, a significant comedown from the 3.5 per cent clocked in June.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided that 10 per cent of the government's stake in Coal India Ltd would be sold. Similarly, the sale of five per cent of its stake in ONGC and 11.4 per cent in the hydropower public-sector unit, NHPC, has been cleared.
Indian loses chance to be research hub as domestic drug companies move R&D overseas.
If the power plants are reporting low coal stocks with them, it is largely because they have improved their power generation to meet higher demand.
RBI data show one-fifth of all the infrastructure loans are stressed and the share of such loans in overall stressed assets is nearly a third.
The problems facing India and its economy are far too severe and deep to be fixed in 100 days, and an excessive focus on the first 100 days might have indicated that the government had failed to understand that.
The total rainfall till now is not only deficient, but is also erratic in terms of both geographical spread and timings.
Mr Modi has indicated he will carry on, and intensify, India's 'Look East' policy. But this start is hardly inspiring.
The survey by consultancy firm PwC, 'Future of Work: A journey to 2022', quizzed 10,000 people across China, India, Germany, the UK and the US on the future of work and what it meant for them. 1,898 of these respondents were from India.
The government has the power to allocate coal blocks to enterprises in specific sectors -- such as power, and iron and steel in particular.
It's time government used oil windfall wisely.
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