https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/morality-is-fine-but-liquor-is-quicker-why-opening-of-wine-shops-amid-pandemic-raises-serious-questions
The politics of liquor -- men, morals, Mammon and madira
RN Bhaskar -- 8 May 2020
Last week, the Union government eased the lockdown imposed on the country. It allowed several types of shops to open. But a startling inclusion was...
This article appeared in Business India -- edition dated 23 November - 6 December. It can be found on page nos 78 and 79 of that edition. The pdf version can be got from here 2015-11-23_BusinessIndia_Japan-Financing-structures
In the Goldilocks zone
By...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/splurging-money-on-mega-welfare-schemes-sans-planning-not-wise-govt-should-find-a-way-to-make-them-productive-6154241.html
From splurge to dirge – this this the future for India?
RN Bhaskar -- Feb 26, 2019
In the few months leading to the general elections, the government has launched least two ‘largest-in-the-world’ schemes. One is the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-saving-the-cow-comes-with-collateral-damage-jobs-exports-freedoms-votes-2307153.html
Milk, meat, cattle, people – II
Cutting one’s nose to spite one’s face
R.N.Bhaskar, Jun 19, 2017 11:27 AM IST
The first part can be viewed at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/06/why-the-cattle-slaughter-ban-is-a-bad-idea-mirrors-another-fundamentalist-streak/
Hopefully, the assurances on the cattle slaughter ban by the government before the SC on...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/coronavirus-pandemic-slums-are-new-hotspots-that-can-ravage-cities-5090381.html
Coronavirus: the epidemic could easily ravage cities through its many slums
RN Bhaskar -- 31 March, 2020
Last week, the government of Maharashtra formally acknowledged a new problem – slums (https://www.mumbailive.com/en/civic/coronavirus-spreads-to-mumbai-slums-and-chawls-in-ghatkopar-kalina-and-patel-as-4-patients-test-positive-for-covid19-47281). Coronavirus which had spread among the relatively affluent had now...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/cloud-town-betting-big-on-the-future
Cloud Town heralds the future for China
By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar
4 December, 2019
Cloud Town also houses the Alibaba centre for quantum computing, appropriately called Apsara, named after the Chinese belief that Apsaras -- who dwell in the clouds...
http://www.firstpost.com/world/euthanasia-debate-right-to-die-aruna-shanbad-india-us-italy-2790572.html
How the world perceives euthanasia
When one battles death at the age of 70 or more, the cause is heroic. But public reaction is a bit restrained. Death is eventually triumphant. Sadly, an old person fighting death, does not look...
http://m.firstpost.com/business/watch-jnpts-neeraj-bansal-explains-how-the-port-turned-around-despite-a-numbing-trade-slowdown-3053152.html
JNPT's turnaround
During the past one year, JNPT has embarked on a journey towards transforming itself. As Neeraj Bansal, deputy chairman, JNPT, puts it, in the past one year the "progress of JNPT has been fantastic”. Throughput at JNPT's terminals...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/webinar-why-india-and-china-need-each-other
China and India can complement each other
JesciliaK
China and India are two resilient countries. Both countries have proved themselves even during the ongoing COVID pandemic, stated Tang Guocai, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Mumbai.
Tang, who delivered...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/yapp-powering-efficiency-and-reliability-in-vehicles
YAPP: Powering Efficiency and Reliability in Vehicles
Our ability to provide the best services to Indian clients stems from the fact that our products are designed, developed, and manufactured in India, says Chen Huazhu, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer...
