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http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/why-the-cattle-slaughter-ban-is-a-bad-idea-mirrors-another-fundamentalist-streak-2305961.html Milk, meat, cattle, people - I Slithering down a slippery slope R.N.Bhaskar  Jun 16, 2017 02:32 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com It is heartening that the Modi government has decided to modify and ease some of the legal provisions relating to cattle....
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-the-cow-jumps-over-the-moon-1810578 The cow jumps over the moon Wednesday, 13 March 2013 - 10:25am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna India enjoys a major advantage over other countries – it has the largest cattle population in the world. This was partly due...
This article appeared in DNA on 13 Dec 2010. URL not traceable. But a pdf copy of the article can be got from 2010-12-13_LeisureBoats) DNA Conversations Leisure boating means money, jobs and even security Leisure boating means money, jobs...
Moneycontrol carried a modified version of this article at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/coronavirus-pandemic-an-opportunity-to-overhaul-indias-ailing-healthcare-sector-5079501.html Coronavirus II – Needed an overhaul of medicare: more free testing, more accountability RN Bhaskar The first part of this series appeared at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-contagion-india/ On the night of 24 March, the prime minister informed...
Amazon’s customer unfriendliness RN Bhaskar Despite half a dozen calls to Amazon and its local office in the past few months (https://twitter.com/rnbhaskar1/status/1775011149408264299) and despite several assurances that my orders will be delivered to me properly, last night my order was cancelled. What...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/budget-2020-govt-needs-to-assure-foreign-investors-with-stable-laws-4853971.html Pre Budget notes #4 t RN Bhaskar  --  24 January 2020 By now, there is no doubt that India is sliding down a slippery slope.  Even the IMF recently downgraded India’s economic growth to 4.8% for the coming year (https://mmb.moneycontrol.com/forum-topics/stocks/sbi/thread-message-79498903-81298903.html).  Privately, economists...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india-has-begun-to-make-waves/ India has begun to make waves — By RN Bhaskar | Nov 11, 2015 01:11 am There’s a lot going on in media nowadays that makes one believe that India is going downhill. It could be an orchestrated approach to malign the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-missing-dead-series-part-iii-can-india-be-taught-to-respect-the-dead The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/06/missing-dead-series/ The missing dead series – Part III How does one ensure that deaths are recorded dutifully in India? RN Bhaskar Last week, he Supreme Court of India chose to reserve verdict on pleas seeking directions...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/low-manpower-land-no-longer-hindrance-to-use-of-solar-power-says-ministry-2828976.html Better days ahead for solar power It was perhaps the most candid outline of what lies ahead for the solar power sector in India. Upendra Tripathy, secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, spoke of the big plans that lie...
An edited version of this article appeared at https://www.cnbctv18.com/healthcare/coronavirus-what-india-can-learn-from-singapore-in-fighting-the-disease-5508351.htm Coronavirus: lessons from Singapore RN Bhaskar  --  18 March 2020 India is in various stages of a lockdown.  In many cities and even states, schools and colleges have been closed.  People have...