Mario Garcia continues his march across the subcontinent with three redesigns launching within a week.

Business Line, an Indian financial daily published in Chennai by The Hindu, unveiled its redesign Feb. 24. Mid Day, a Mumbai tabloid, relaunched Monday. And Frontline, a bi-weekly magazine published by The Hindu, will debut its new look March 2.

The new Business Line, Garcia says, is "functional, modern and easy to scan."

The comprehensive re-design of the paper, three years after a similar change, is a response to the changing times reflecting a growing economy. The design is meant to be appropriate to the paper's content, attractive to its readers and advertisers, and one that captures the spirit of the times.

Presenting the features of the re-designed Business Line, Dr Garcia said the re-design had 10 distinct elements to it. These included making it easier to navigate the pages with indexes and the like, a hierarchy of stories on each page, offbeat stories, more pictures and infographics, a new typographic system that is easy to read, classic and elegant, and easy links to the online edition of the paper.

More Business Line pages after the jump, and later today, a look at Mid Day.