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Falling oil prices, remittances and jobs Feb 04, 2016 12:00 am http://www.freepressjournal.in/falling-oil-prices-remittances-and-jobs-rn-bhaskar/771956 Any which way you look at it, non-resident-Indians (NRIs) have done this country proud. With hardly any government support programme, through sheer grit and enterprise, these NRIs have ventured...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/judiciary-is-india-a-democracy Judiciary V: Without good justice delivery and education democracy is just not posible (All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/) RN Bhaskar 25 March 2021 S. Jaisankar, India’s minister for external affairs, is not one who is...

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-convicted-of-rape-is-the-haryana-government-protecting-the-dera-chief-to-secure-its-vote-bank-4009439.html Is the government continuing to protect Gurmeet Singh’s Dera? RN BhaskarSep, 05 2017 09:39:11 IST   Part II and part II of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/ and http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ For the last few days, the media has been buzzing about certain "high-level" meetings taking...

https://countercurrents.org/2023/05/delay-in-census-enumeration-unreliable-death-registration-and-fake-aadhaar-cards-adversely-impact-integrity-of-elections-leads-to-misuse-of-public-funds/ Delay in Census enumeration, unreliable death registration and fake Aadhaar cards adversely impact integrity of elections, leads to misuse of public funds By EAS Sarma To Shri A K Bhalla Union Home Secretary Dear Shri Bhalla, The statutory census enumeration exercise, conducted under the Census...

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...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/adar-poonawalla-ceo-serum-institute-of-india-need-to-examine-potential-of-vaccines-to-address-health-issues/1306747 Adar Poonawala - riding the vaccines market globally — By Pankaj Joshi and R N Bhaskar | Jun 29, 2018 The Serum Institute of India, part of the Cyrus Poonawalla group, is a key global player in the vaccine space. From being seen...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/what-india-could-not-learn-from-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model-2749400.html The scorching pace of solar power – IV This is the fourth article in a five part series.  The others can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ In order to understand what made solar power become...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/fpj-imc-forum-indian-food-processing-sector-is-still-processing/1152153 Food processing -- the new gold mine — By Pankaj Joshi | Oct 12, 2017 09:29 am Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set an ambitious target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 with the spotlight on the food sector and its...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/at-75-india-is-still-confused India is 75, but what is it celebrating? By RN Bhaskar India has turned 75.  Eulogies are being sung. A campaign to have the country’s tricolour flag flying atop every house is underway.  There is no shortage of sloganeering. Obviously, when state...

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...