Tuesday, December 2, 2025
http://www.firstpost.com/india/indian-laws-designed-to-protect-and-promote-bribery-all-the-time-2816880.html Bribery - I - Indian laws protect and promote bribery The law of unintended consequences seems to be at work again. The government has found that the Finmeccanica helicopter bribery scam has found other unexpected targets. The torpedo deal for...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/godrej-agrovet-chairman-nadir-godrej-we-are-doing-lot-of-rd-in-agri-chemicals/1318193 Godrej Agrovet chairman Nadir Godrej: We are doing lot of R&D in Agri-chemicals — By Jescilia Karayamparambil, R N Bhaskar | Jul 18, 2018   The beautiful view of mangroves from one of the top floors of Godrej One, Vikhroli, Mumbai is the backdrop...
  https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-missing-dead-series-part-ii-why-are-states-under-reporting-deaths-not-just-covid-19-deaths The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/06/missing-dead-series/ The missing dead series – Part II Why are states under-reporting deaths, not just Covid deaths? RN Bhaskar States under-reporting Covid deaths is well known by now. Some states have been so brazen about it,...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/meghalaya-coal-mine-tragedy-exposes-apathy-of-state-towards-miners-as-politicians-high-on-greed-overlook-human-rights-5846681.html Meghalaya squirms about its coal mine  – the exposure is shaming the entire region.  Rightly so. RN Bhaskar -- 7 January 2019 The entire north east of India is squirming.  Not just Meghalaya.  The spotlights were turned on by sheer accident. ...
https://www.moneylife.in/article/who-is-responsible-for-keeping-farmers-in-bihar-and-uttar-pradesh-poor/64639.html Poverty in Uttar Pradesh & Bihar is not accidental By RN Bhaskar Also read https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fanciful-figures-of-uttar-pradesh/64715.html The prime minister has often promised that he is determined to double farmer incomes.  He was supposed to do this by this year. But then, like most promises...

Without justice India cannot progress Part 1 The judiciary’s fabric is frayed, thanks primarily to the government . . . Why should legislators and bureaucrats have longer tenures than judges? It should be the other way around.  Are judicial vacancies a way...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/slush-around-defence-deals-bribe-givers-are-penalised-but-bribe-takers-are-seldom-convicted-2823408.html#disqus_thread Slush around defence bribery deals: no major defence scam has resulted in a conviction Last month, the Government of India announced that it was cancelling the Rs 1,800 crore deal with Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS). The reason: WASS is...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/petrol-pumps-to-remain-shut-on-sundays-fuel-conscious-or-merely-money-conscious-3394038.html RN Bhaskar   Apr, 20 2017 10:55:48 IST Petrol pumps take a holiday - why? Last week, petrol pumps in India announced that they would shut shops every Sunday. The move was unprecedented. Unlike most other establishments which have always enjoyed a day...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-thin-man-fat-man-the-israeli-army-anecdote-india-would-do-well-to-heed-2486385.html Israel and India: An ancient relationship made in heaven . . . In many ways Israel has reason to feel pleased with the way its innovation strategy has paid off. Ever since it embarked upon the innovation strategy it...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/gujarat-elections-how-the-hindutva-beef-ban-may-have-actually-hurt-the-bjp-2463527.html Beef ban and Gujarat elections results may have a connection The Bharatiya Janata Party has won an underwhelming victory in Gujarat. And, ironically, one reason the result is a damp squib in this laboratory of Hindutva could be the measures...