The Aruna Shanbag verdict
The hits and the misses
The Supreme Court has ruled that Aruna Shanbag should be allowed to live. In other words, it has ruled out active euthanasia, which allows someone to terminate the life of someone who...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-has-de-beers-bushwhacked-the-kimberly-process-agenda-1543675
Has De Beers bushwhacked the Kimberley Process agenda?
Mon, 16 May 2011-03:21am , Mumbai , dna
The diamond trade is in a flap.
Ostensibly, almost all players in the diamond industry back the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). This is a certification...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Oct 1-7, 2022
The environment be damned
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to impose a huge burden on the global economy, (especially the EU economies), on global trade and on the environment. The pledges made...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/pre-budget-series-barbarians-at-the-gates-of-education-4824521.html
Pre-Budget-series - III
Please save education from the wolves
RN Bhaskar -- 17 January 2020
Dear Finance Minister:
I write this note both as a journalist as well as a person closely involved with the world of academics. And also as a concerned...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/new-name-new-logo-same-old-drive-and-values-garware-technical-fibres
Garware Technical Fibres has bigger plans for the future
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 16, 2018
For a company set up in 1976, Garware Wall ropes, now rechristened Garware Technical Fibres, has come a long way. The company takes pride in...
NMMC has abetted landgrab earlier as well
The first two parts can be found at
http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-i/
http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-ii/
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) came into existence on 17 December, 1991. It was formed to cater to the requirements of 29 villages comprising part...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-india-china-will-learn-to-do-more-business-together-1834838
The year 2004 was a watershed. That was when the OECD Development Centre brought out Prof Angus Madison’s path-breaking study on The World Economy: Historical Statistics. One of the key charts from his book is reproduced below (Prof Maddison...
http://www.firstpost.com/living/india-needs-euthanasia-precedents-justify-this-2787656.html
Euthanasia debate: India needs the right to die with dignity
The campaign for the right to die with dignity in India actually begins with Minoo (Minocher) Masani (1905-1998) who formed the Society for the Right to Die with Dignity (SRDD)...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/featured-blog/a-humane-approach-through-bandicoots
K Rashid wants to end the scourge of manual scavenging
The journey of ‘Bandicoot’ started in 2016 after the four engineering students (founders) heard that three people lost their lives in a span of 20 minutes after falling into a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-the-us-push-oil-to-usd-250-a-barrel-r-n-bhaskar/1314064
The US roils the oil markets again
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 12, 2018 07:31 am
Last week, Artem Avinov, leading analyst with TeleTrade, predicted that oil prices could jump to $250 per barrel if the Strait of Hormuz is blocked by...
