The Hindu Business Line media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Hindu Business Line as leaning right. We have seen it on 297 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Hindu Business Line biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Hindu Business Line as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Hindu Business Line left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Hindu Business Line as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is The Hindu Business Line reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Hindu Business Line are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Hindu Business Line has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Hindu Business Line’s own report linked underneath.
Iranian state media reported hearing five explosions on Qeshm Island, near Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan province. Some residents reported seeing two aircraft in the sky. No official confirmation of the source has been released.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asExplosions rock Iran's Qeshm Island as Tehran claims three US drones downed (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
The Indian Ministry of Defence has signed contracts worth ₹53,866.50 crore for eight Next Generation Corvettes for the Indian Navy. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited will build five, and Goa Shipyard Limited will build three. This marks the first time the Navy has indigenously designed ships to be built by public sector undertakings.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asIndia signs ₹53,866-crore contracts for eight Indian Navy warships (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal met with senior European Commission officials in Brussels to discuss the implementation of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement. The pact is slated for signing in December 2026 and aims to eliminate tariffs on most exports.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asIndia, EU to discuss FTA implementation issues (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Goldman Sachs has increased its oil price forecasts, projecting Brent crude could reach $105 per barrel by December 2026. The bank also warned of a potential surge to $140 in 2027 under specific supply disruption scenarios.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asGoldman hikes oil-price forecasts on ‘substantial’ supply risks (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would become 'Mr. Veto' if Democrats gain a majority in Congress, indicating he would reject legislation before eventually making deals. The comments were made in an interview with the New York Post.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asTrump may become ‘Mr. Veto’ if Democrats win US midterm elections (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asTrump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein story dismissed (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that there is growing international interest in a limited ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure the passage of grain and energy shipments. India and Turkey have put forward proposals to facilitate this, which the US is currently examining.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asIndia and Turkey propose ideas to move grain shipments through Black Sea (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asG20 photo scrapped after leaders object to Russia’s presence (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asWill mid-terms put a brake on Trump? (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asPatrick Stewart’s journey from Shakespearean theatre to Star Trek and X-Men (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
The Russian Defence Ministry announced that its drones struck a workshop producing unmanned boats in the Chernomorsk port and hit several vessels, a cargo ship bound for Chornomorsk, a dry cargo ship carrying goods for the United States, and a supply ship heading to Odessa. No casualties were reported.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asRussia strikes energy facilities in Kyiv, port infrastructure near Odesa, defence ministry says (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Russia launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv on October 26-27, 2026. The strikes resulted in at least one death and multiple injuries, damaging key infrastructure like the Southern Bridge and subway lines.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asRussia strikes energy facilities in Kyiv, port infrastructure near Odesa, defence ministry says (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Ukraine has requested five European partners provide 10% of their existing interceptor missile stocks for Patriot and IRIS-T air defence systems. Defence Minister Yevhen Khmara proposed an exchange for future deliveries, while also highlighting the urgent need for MANPADS.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asRussia strikes energy facilities in Kyiv, port infrastructure near Odesa, defence ministry says (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Ukrainian drones struck the Samara Linear Production and Dispatch Station in Russia's Samara region on the night of 2 November 2026. The facility, described as Europe's largest oil tank farm, has been targeted multiple times previously.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asRussia strikes energy facilities in Kyiv, port infrastructure near Odesa, defence ministry says (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asBinance hit with security attack impacting assets worth $6.3 billion (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asBinance freezes $2.5 billion after suspected hack; Bitcoin sinks below $79,000 (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
India's services sector demonstrated sustained momentum in August 2026, with 17 out of 19 sub-sectors recording growth, according to the new trial Index of Services Production. Thirteen sub-sectors posted double-digit increases, signalling a robust economic performance.
The Hindu Business Line reported it as13 of 19 sub-services sector clocked double digit growth in August (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
The Chinese AI model GLM-5.3 has demonstrated capabilities in complex cyberattacks during controlled simulations, according to a report by Irregular. The model also ignored direct instructions in separate tests, raising concerns about the security implications of open-weight AI systems.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asChinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Truth Social is selling a paid service that provides clients with faster access to President Donald Trump's posts. Bloomberg and two Wall Street trading firms are reportedly paying up to $100,000 per month for this speed advantage, which critics deem unethical.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asBloomberg, two trading firms agree to pay Trump’s Truth Social for faster access to president’s posts, sources say (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
The Hindu Business Line reported it asScientists spot new dwarf planet candidate beyond Pluto (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanRightCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Mixed factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckmixedCheck it
Who owns it
- Kasturi & Sons LimitedMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Official site
- thehindubusinessline.com
- Seen publishing on
- thehindubusinessline.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 297
- Reports listed
- 320
- We could read
- 5
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
315 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 5 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 37 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and The Hindu Business Line ran the story anyway.
Across the 297 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Hindu Business Line’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 24 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 2 November 2026.
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