http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/mumbai-is-upgrading-to-a-more-reliable-and-world-class-lifeline-mumbai-metro-rail-corporation-managing-director-ashwini-bhide/1341762
Mumbai, metro and superior mobility
— By Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar | Aug 24, 2018
‘Mumbai is upgrading’ — and many are waiting to see this upgrade. But in this process of upgrade, it did stumble at a few places but...
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-whither-secularism-government-releases-rs5-coins-with-vaishno-devi-emblem-1925459
Is the government promoting religion through coins?
Coins and currency notes were never meant to promote any religion. However, curiously, just when national elections are round the corner, the government has released into the market five-rupee (Rs5) coins which bear...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/the-missing-death-data-that-would-have-helped-coronavirus-fight-5186071.html
Coronavirus fight is hampered because info on deaths in India disappeared from government websites
RN Bhaskar -- 24 April 2020
There was a time when anybody could access data of deaths taking place in India. Not anymore. At least, the information...
Maharashtra could soon become part of BIMMARU
By RN Bhaskar
Image by Kalpesh Mistry
Is Maharashtra headed in the same direction that Uttar Pradesh has taken for the past few decades? Will it become another addition to the BIMARU grouping causing a...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/a-solution-to-indias-parking-hawker-problem-that-kills-graft-rewards-investors-unclutters-roads-2453549.html
Mumbai's parking and hawker problem can be solved quite easily if the authorities want to
Instead of letting hawkers occupy existing open spaces, the government should allow for more parking-cum-hawking multiplexes. Developers will be happy. So will motorists and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/oil-prices-could-be-on-fire-will-india-get-scalded
Oil prices flare up. Beware India.
By RN Bhaskar
Oil prices are going up. But domestic oil prices have not been increased. Is it the elections? If yes, expect a sudden spike in domestic oil prices once election results get announced.
Oil...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/comment-gold-loans-are-they-slipping-into-grey-territory-2483755.html
The government is shortsighted about gold loans
RN Bhaskar -- Jan 15, 2018 09:04 PM IST
What is interesting about this market is that even though it has been growing in terms of total value, its growth rates have been...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/union-amc-aims-to-double-its-aum-in-fy-2022-to-launch-money-market-fund-soon
Union AMC's Pradeepkumar aims to double its AUM in FY 2022; to launch money market fund soon
Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar
Union AMC aims to double its AUM in FY 2022; to launch money market fund soon |...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/interview-tata-power-ceo-praveer-sinha-says-best-positioned-to-deal-with-coming-disruptions-in-energy-markets-2582025.html
Tata Power rides the disruption wave
"I strongly feel that distribution will open up post the 2019 election and there will be immense opportunities that will come up," he says.
RN Bhaskar -- Jun 04, 2018
Praveer Sinha, the newly appointed managing...
India’s poor record-keeping about deaths and ghost voters
RN Bhaskar
On May 22, 2023, there were news reports about the Home ministry planning to introduce a new Bill in the Parliament. The Bill would seek to link birth and death registers...
