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...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By: J Mulraj
AUG 5-11, 2023
Can the former innovate fast enough?
Some 2400 years ago, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, said ‘there are, in fact, two things. Science and opinion. The former begets knowledge. The latter begets ignorance.’
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https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-china-relations-understanding-history-to-plan-for-the-future
History matters – even in strengthening India-China relationships
GIIS, the Guangdong University Thinktank, in association with JaiHind College, Asiaconverge and the Chinese Consulate in Mumbai held a symposium on "Towards Better China-India Understanding: A Study of CPC Resolution on History".
India...
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...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/iit-fees-hike-to-fix-the-institutes-its-essential-to-focus-on-the-foundation-2721406.html
The IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) fee hike has highlighted once again the very lopsided approach of the Indian government towards higher education. Much of this lop-sidedness has a lot to do with the vision of the first Indian...
China and India through the prism of history
September 16, 2020
COVID-19 epidemic accelerates change in the world like a magnifying glass. Through the mist of the pandemic, how to look at the rise of China is a major focus.
Return of...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ningbos-rise-as-the-worlds-largest-port-has-lessons-for-india-4719711.html
Ningbo was India's trading partner even 2,000 years ago; then the Indian government turned myopic about trade
RN Bhaskar -- 11 Dec, 2019
Last year, the world-port-ranking underwent a change, when Ningbo-Zhoushan in south east China became the largest port in...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/troubled-waters-who-owns-the-right-of-way-on-indias-coasts-2739121.html
Cabotage and the right of way
The National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) wrote to the government last month, saying the move to relax cabotage 'is ill conceived'
RN Bhaskar - Jul 20, 2018
Almost the entire Indian shipping industry is...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/comment-cattle-slaughter-ban-missteps-may-be-a-factor-in-the-bjps-electoral-woes-2579681.html
Cattle slaughter ban and politics
It will be interesting to see how the ruling party overcomes the grave mistakes it has made in the business of curbing cow and buffalo slaughter
The writing was on the wall since May 2017. Heady...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-will-have-to-resume-rcep-negotiations-says-chinese-expert
India and the RCEP
By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar
Beijing: India’s decision to back out of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at the last minute did not go well with the ASEAN countries.
However, India had to take a call to...
