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https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-china-relations-understanding-history-to-plan-for-the-future History matters – even in strengthening India-China relationships GIIS, the Guangdong University Thinktank, in association with JaiHind College, Asiaconverge and  the Chinese Consulate in Mumbai held a symposium on "Towards Better China-India Understanding: A Study of CPC Resolution on History". India...

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/interview-we-will-announce-our-next-stage-business-plans-next-year-anders-grundstromer-2033058 http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?pgNo=13&edcode=820009&eddate=2014-11-08 We will announce our next-stage business plans next year: Anders Grundströmer Saturday, 8 November 2014 - 6:20am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA R N Bhaskar Anders Grundströmer is managing director, Scania Commercial Vehicles India and senior vice-president of Scania Group....

http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2017-with-polls-nearing-will-uttar-pradeshs-farm-sector-industry-get-a-boost-3195220.html Budget proposals that could swing voter sentiment - I: Will agriculture get priority in Budget 2017, on the eve of Uttar Pradesh elections? (With elections being announced for many states, including Uttar Pradesh, many believe that the budget to be...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/why-indias-part-illicit-love-affair-with-gold-will-sizzle-on-2324155.html Gold - I Part II can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/duties-taxes-corruption-government-abets-smuggling-gold/ Part III can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/can-the-govt-clean-up-the-gold-trade/ India's appetite for gold remains undiminished RN Bhaskar Many believed that the government’s attempts in weaning people from gold were finally yielding fruit. But the euphoria...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/now-private-banks-too-are-getting-tarnished/1260481 AIBEA should focus more on private bank malpractices RN Bhaskar -- Apr 19, 2018 Stories about wheeling dealing that managements of private sector banks have indulged in have suddenly put the spotlight on such banks. Hitherto, the focus was on mismanagement...

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://countercurrents.org/2023/05/proliferation-of-fake-aadhaar-cards-and-false-jandhan-bank-accounts-pose-a-serious-threat-to-proper-use-of-the-centres-expenditure-under-centrally-sponsored-schemes/?swcfpc=1 Will the CAG help in cleaning up the rot in India's financial allocations? This post can also be found at https://bhaskarr.substack.com/p/a-complaint-letter-to-the-cag-by?sd=pf. On 16 May, 2023, E A S Sarma, former Secretary to the Government of India wrote an email letter of...

http://m.firstpost.com/business/china-spectre-is-only-in-indias-mind-new-delhi-cannot-afford-to-ban-chinese-goods-3055522.html Boycotting China is a joke If you are an Indian, even a short walk through China's cities will tell you that few people in this country even think of India as an adversary. This is quite unlike Hong Kong where...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-restore-the-primacy-of-passport-for-citizens-and-introduce-work-permits-for-foreigners-in-india-2537423.html Aadhaar cannot replace the passport as the principal identification document The passport is the highest level of identification in India, so high that its importance among identification papers that it even carries the imprimatur of the President of India. RN Bhaskar...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/railway-lessons-for-india-with-love-from-japan/ Railway lessons for India: With love, from Japan — By R N Bhaskar | Nov 26, 2015 12:09 am India once boasted of having one of the largest railway networks in the world – thanks to the British. But it slipped in...