Monday, April 20, 2026
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/desalination-it-is-a-big-money-game-baby-4288511.html/amp Water series #12 -- Other articles in this series are given below Desalination is too expensive, and too ruinous for India RN Bhaskar -- Aug 05, 2019 How big is desalination in India?  That is hard to tell because one is confronted...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/comment-lessons-not-learned-indias-scams-amount-to-enemy-action-2550399.html Scams have become India's national pastime RN Bhaskar Once is happenstance. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. -- James Bond (Ian Fleming's novel Goldfinger) The markets are in a tizzy.  Believers in a concept called India are dismayed.  The...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/walk-through-this-model-village-of-china By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar The Yu village model has lessons for everyone December 6, 2019 While this is a model village backed by development and flourishing ecology; there is yet another interesting concept that the villagers have embraced. Anji / China:...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/special-courts-for-accused-politicos-is-tokenism-the-rot-goes-deeper-2461725.html Special courts for everyone; not just for elected representatives is required The government’s decision to set up special courts to deal with cases against elected representatives has been hailed as being one that could deal a body blow to...
http://chinaindiadialogue.com/brics-media-and-think-tank-association-established-1 BRICS Media & Think Tank Association Established The BRICS Seminar on Governance & Cultural Exchange Forum is held in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province from March 30 to 31. The establishment of the BRICS Media & Think Tank Association is co... by China Pictorial March...

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...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/china-paints-a-more-pleasing-visage-for-companies-and-investors-3672651.html China woos foreign companies and investors RN Bhaskar  Mar 22, 2019 China’s “two sessions” of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) finally ended on Friday 15 March.  Both conferences are extremely significant for both...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/ethanol-as-alternative-fuel-why-the-idea-is-bad-and-will-worsen-the-plight-of-sugarcane-farmers-5399791.html When sugar and ethanol become a bitter curse for Maharashtra RN Bhaskar -- Ocrtober 18, 2018 Sugar prices have begun to firm up.  One story doing the rounds is that the government is finally considering the blending of ethanol with petrol...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-why-the-swiss-banking-numbers-arent-proof-of-money-laundering-2671481.html Swiss Banking isnn't  the same any more RN Bhaskar -- Jul 04, 2018 Key question – has corruption declined? Or has it not? The Swiss National Bank appears to have done it again.  It has confirmed that Indians continue to smuggle money...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/comment-the-disruption-in-financial-markets-has-already-begun-2602991.html Financial markets are getting disrupted RN Bhaskar - Jun 18, 2018 Last fortnight, in a letter that Uday Kotak, managing director Kotak Mahindra Bank, sent out to his shareholders, he talked about three major trends in financial markets. First, he believed that...