Stories and analyses about Sri Lanka which India should pay heed to
RN Bhaskar
This time, there is no policy watch, my weekly column. One reason is that I have been travelling through Sri Lanka for the past six days with...
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.’
Read the...
Adani Green Energy Ltd announces Q1 FY24 results
EBITDA from power supply of Rs. 1,938 Cr, up by 53% YoY
Consistent robust growth in Revenue, EBITDA and Cash Profit
SYNOPSIS
· Operational Capacity increases by 43% YoY to 8,316 MW...
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...
Xiaomi addresses a customer’s grievance
On 7 July 2023, Xiaomi sent to my residence a replacement for the Redmi Lite2 watch that had stopped working.
Under normal circumstances, I would have gone to the service centre as required and got...
Xiaomi is shamelessly disdainful about the inconvenience it causes to customers, especially the disabled
Please also refer to https://asiaconverge.com/2023/06/customercare-at-xiaomi-sucks/ which is the first part of this sorry saga.
On 14 June, 2023, I wrote to Xiaomi, informing me about how it...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/gautam-adani-turns-61-know-more-about-hindenburg-report-changed-indias-business-world
The picture shows Gautam Adani with Benjamin Netanyahu, signing the Haifa Port agreement, shortly after his 60th birthday.
Gautam Adani is 61, and unshaken
By RN Bhaskar
It will soon be a year since I wrote my book on Gautam Adani (Gautam...
Customercare at Xiaomi sucks
The second part of the sorry saga can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/06/xiaomi-is-disdainful-about-customer-service/
Disclosure: Till last fortnight, I have been a fan of Xiaomi’s products. I have been using its phone for more than a decade now. But...
India’ economy is not as robust as the RBI report claims
RN Bhaskar
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) just brought into the public domain its annual report for 2022-23 (https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2023). As always, economy watchers wait for this...
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...
