https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-bureaucrats-got-conned-into-short-selling-indian-interests-to-new-zealands-milk-industry-4334911.html
How gullible bureaucrats and wily lobbyists misled India’s commerce ministry and almost short-sold India to the NZ milk industry
RN Bhaskar - 14 August, 2019
During July 2019, representatives of 15 countries met in Beijing for discussions on the mega Regional...
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...
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/business/david-sassoon-the-biggest-wealth-generator-in-bombay-4523271.html
Recalling the legacy of David Sassoon to Mumbai
RN Bhaskar -- 12 October, 2019
To understand more about David Sassoon, one has to go back in history to the origins of Bombay – now Mumbai.
As history books tell it, Bombay comprised...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/solar-powered-decentralised-desalination-plants-will-become-popular
Solar-powered decentralised desalination plants will become popular for water
Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar
Israeli hydrogeologist Dr Lior Asaf, the first-ever Water Attaché to India, recently participated in a roundtable discussion on Mumbai-Israel Water Cooperation. This discussion, focused on different...
http://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-solar-power-over-water-an-interesting-bet-at-tata-1562042
Tatas floating solar could be a game changer
Published: Monday, Jul 4, 2011, 8:00 IST
By RN Bhaskar
Capturing energy through photovoltaic film on water surface is exciting, and has multiple benefits including on cost and environment fronts
Imagine a small film floating...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/opinion-the-increasing-relevance-of-gold-3915741.html
The increasing relevance of gold
RN Bhaskar -- 1 May 2019
During the past decade many central banks have opted to purchase gold and shore up their gold reserves. This is in contrast to the previous decade when many central banks...
How UIDAI has made Aadhaar meaningless and exasperatingly senseless
The following is about an incident that was narrated to me by an exasperated parent. It is about the disdain and the thoughtless processes at Aadhaar.
First, there were (and continue...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/kinetic-green-to-become-a-rs-10000-crore-company-in-the-next-10-15-years-says-sulajja-firodia-motwani-of-kinetic-green-energy-and-power-solutions
Kinetic Green and its green plans
Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 28, 2021
Sulajja Firodia Motwani, a third-generation scion of the Firodia family, has seen the opportunity that COVID has brought for her company Kinetic Green Energy and Power...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/storm-clouds-gather-on-indias-economic-front/1418661
India's economic front could face terribly turbulent times
RN Bhaskar -- 20 December 2018
It is not often that one gets decent data on India’s economic performance. Even annexures to replies to Lok Sabha statements are not available any more. Hence...
