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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/investors-who-have-worked-with-ashoka-buildcon-are-very-happy-satish-parakh-2-3114801.html Satish Parakh believes that Ashoka Buildcon has a great future Ashoka Buildcon has survived the financial turbulence of the past four years, and has continued to thrive. Recently, it announced a bonus issue which thrilled shareholders. November 1, 2018 Five years ago,...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-petty-graft-could-sabotage-water-and-waste-management-and-even-the-pms-biggest-schemes-4236081.html Water #10 (Other articles in this series are given below) Water and waste management are crucial to the the PM’s biggest schemes, but they are being sabotaged RN Bhaskar -- July 23, 2019 There are three schemes of Prime minister Narendra Modi which...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/opinion-strained-finances-of-stressed-thermal-assets-wholl-bell-the-cat-3218511.html Stressed thermal assets and strained finances RN Bhaskar -- Nov 26, 2018 On November 12, the government of India received the  Report of the High Level Empowered Committee (HLEC) to address the issue of stressed Thermal Power Projects in India.  The...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-2751770.html The scorching pace of solar power – V This is the last article in a five part series.  The other articles 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 IV: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-not-learn-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model/ India had every reason to do better...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/jobs-at-risk-is-india-prepared-for-huge-unemployment-or-is-it-blissfully-sleeping-3353496.html Is your job at risk? RN BhaskarMar, 27 2017 08:32:18 IST There’s a buzz about robotics everywhere.  People are already talking about – and experimenting with – driverless cars.  Then there is further talk about robotics – about how they could...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-off-the-book-e-payments-to-government-bodies-open-the-door-to-huge-scams-2382859.html Games government-owned corporations play with off-the-book epayments RN Bhaskar - Sep 08, 2017 04:28 PM IST The Prime Minister has constantly been reminding people that he wants to promote a cashless society. The theory is that with a more transparent...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-union-minister-piyush-goyal-got-it-wrong-about-retail-trade-and-ecommerce Five things that Minister Piyush Goyal was totally wrong about. By RN Bhaskar August 2021 was a dark day for India. Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister for Commerce (whom the government has also made minister for textiles and consumer affairs, food, and...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/judiciary-is-india-a-democracy Judiciary V: Without good justice delivery and education democracy is just not posible (All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/) RN Bhaskar 25 March 2021 S. Jaisankar, India’s minister for external affairs, is not one who is...

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/traffic-violations-misplaced-sentiments-loopholed-policies-and-sticky-fingers-2448969.html Traffic violations and misplaced sentiments Traffic police in Mumbai recently towed away an illegally parked car with a woman inside feeding her baby. Could the cops have reacted differently? And who is to blame? Big questions and answers are few...

Customercare at Xiaomi sucks The second part of the sorry saga can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/06/xiaomi-is-disdainful-about-customer-service/ Disclosure: Till last fortnight, I have been a fan of Xiaomi’s products.  I have been using its phone for more than a decade now. But...