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http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-argentina-moving-towards-building-a-stronger-bond/1179081 Argentina and India seek to boost ties — By R N Bhaskar and Rahul Nayar | Nov 30, 2017 10:29 am Relations between India and Argentina goes beyond trade. Both have extended their support to each other at various platforms of...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/what-india-could-not-learn-from-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model-2749400.html The scorching pace of solar power – IV This is the fourth article in a five part series.  The others can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ In order to understand what made solar power become...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-supreme-court-to-indias-rescue-again India's rights, laws and values are being protected by the Supreme Court because the legislators and bureaucrats failed miserably RN Bhaskar Last week the country got a whiff of fresh air, even though the shortage of oxygen continued. The courts –...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/adar-poonawalla-ceo-serum-institute-of-india-need-to-examine-potential-of-vaccines-to-address-health-issues/1306747 Adar Poonawala - riding the vaccines market globally — By Pankaj Joshi and R N Bhaskar | Jun 29, 2018 The Serum Institute of India, part of the Cyrus Poonawalla group, is a key global player in the vaccine space. From being seen...

https://www.indiaratings.co.in/PressRelease?pressReleaseID=52222&title=rural-demand-to-support-economic-recovery%2C-but-cannot-substitute-for-urban-demand- India has specialised in the plunder of productive states ============== The other parts of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/ ========================== RN Bhaskar -- 3 September 2020 The government says it has no money for paying states their share of GST. There is money,...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/more-doles-for-the-needy-will-only-result-in-more-corruption-3838161.html More doles result in more corruption; NYAY and Ayushman could be the biggest of all scams RN Bhaskar -- 18 April 2019 Doles, freebies and giveaways are wonderful electoral offerings (https://www.firstpost.com/business/splurging-money-on-mega-welfare-schemes-sans-planning-not-wise-govt-should-find-a-way-to-make-them-productive-6154241.html).  The marginalized love them. Bleeding hearts welcome them.  But the...

Stories and analyses about Sri Lanka which India should pay heed to RN Bhaskar This time, there is no policy watch, my weekly column.  One reason is that I have been travelling through Sri Lanka for the past six days with...

http://www.firstpost.com/india/iit-fees-hike-to-fix-the-institutes-its-essential-to-focus-on-the-foundation-2721406.html The IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) fee hike has highlighted once again the very lopsided approach of the Indian government towards higher education. Much of this lop-sidedness has a lot to do with the vision of the first Indian...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/comment-as-thailand-plans-maintenance-hub-for-planes-will-india-be-caught-napping-2541081.html If India does not wake up, Thailand's MRO could trounce AIES The announcement made many in India sit up. If the Thailand project were to gain traction, it could well stymie some of India’s plans RN Bhaskar - Apr 02, 2018...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/us-crying-wolf-ukraine-germany-russia-china-involved-in-dirty-cloak-and-daggers-game Geopolitics The US is crying wolf: USA, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, China are involved in a dirty cloak and daggers game over NordStream2 RN Bhaskar For the past week this author has been perplexed by the focussed tirade by BBC and CNN against...