http://www.firstpost.com/business/banks-vs-petrol-pumps-finally-indias-economy-planners-confront-the-complexities-3195740.html
Epayment:India’s economy planners finally confront the complexities
Epayment has become a troublesome term. The decision of petrol pumps to ban the use of credit/debit cards shook India’s economic planners. Hurried confabulations finally brokered a deal which would defer the decision...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget/opinion-interim-budget-great-for-elections-but-worrisome-for-the-economy-3479481.html
Budget 2019 -- Great for elections, bad for the economy
RN Bhaskar -- 04 February 2019
The mood in the BJP ranks is upbeat. The recently concluded Budget 2019 session played the right notes for wooing farmers, the middle class and...
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...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/euthanasia-debate-all-you-need-to-know-about-how-other-countries-dealt-with-right-to-die-2785488.html
Do you know how many countries have made euthanasia legal?
One of the first countries that decided to promote the cause euthanasia was Switzerland. The Swiss Criminal Code, which became effective on 1 January 1942, penalizes assistance in suicide out...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/opinion-how-our-laws-are-increasingly-undermining-war-against-corruption-2872271.html
Are some people above the law?
Sadly, legislators forget that when laws get corroded either by inaction or through amendments, or through moves that make the collection of evidence difficult, the very fabric of governance gets frayed.
RN Bhaskar -- Aug...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/we-want-to-grow-fast-and-right-abhicl-chief-executive-officer-mayank-bathwal/1355086
We want to move from pure health financing to health risk management says Mayank Bathwal, ceo, ABHICL
— By S Narayanan and R N Bhaskar | Sep 13, 2018
Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company (ABHICL), the sixth standalone health insurance company in India,...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/nalco-bullish-about-its-prospects-despite-trump-import-tariffs-2589233.html
Nalco and aluminium - high conductivity
Nalco’s customers are of the opinion that the tariffs have been aimed at China and Russia more than at any other country. India was possibly part of collateral damage, they feel.
RN Bhaskar - Jun...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/opinion-the-value-of-strengthening-india-russia-relations-3595781.html
The India Russia tango becomes even more vibrant than ever before
RN Bhaskar – February 28, 2019
India Russia business relations have already crossed $30 billion a year and are slated to cross $50 billion by 2025.
There was near unanimity on...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 18-24, 2024
Technological disruptions promise huge benefits, but at a cost
It was Victor Hugo who averred that ‘there was no force that could stop an idea whose time has come’. One such idea is robotics. Like...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/traffic-violations-misplaced-sentiments-loopholed-policies-and-sticky-fingers-2448969.html
Traffic violations and misplaced sentiments
Traffic police in Mumbai recently towed away an illegally parked car with a woman inside feeding her baby. Could the cops have reacted differently? And who is to blame? Big questions and answers are few...
