https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/indias-poor-spending-on-higher-education-is-making-other-countries-rich-5284501.html/amp
The other two parts of this series can be found at :
Education #! and Education #3
Education #2: Enriching other nations, while pauperising India
RN Bhaskar -- May 19, 2020
Some would say that India’s policymakers harbour a death-wish. They often introduce...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-wants-the-world-to-sit-up-and-listen-to-it
China prepares itself for the future
RN Bhaskar -- 21 November 2019
In some ways, China has suddenly woken up to the need to let the world know how big its plans really are. Hitherto it let is performance do the...
A modified version of this article appeared at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/zhili-has-become-the-childrens-garment-centre-of-the-world-4700261.html
Zhili has become the children’s garment centre of the world
RN Bhaskar 00 4 December 2019
Today, Zhili town is he largest centre in China for making children’s garments. The town and its...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/coronavirus-pandemic-slums-are-new-hotspots-that-can-ravage-cities-5090381.html
Coronavirus: the epidemic could easily ravage cities through its many slums
RN Bhaskar -- 31 March, 2020
Last week, the government of Maharashtra formally acknowledged a new problem – slums (https://www.mumbailive.com/en/civic/coronavirus-spreads-to-mumbai-slums-and-chawls-in-ghatkopar-kalina-and-patel-as-4-patients-test-positive-for-covid19-47281). Coronavirus which had spread among the relatively affluent had now...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/germany-tries-to-bhttps://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/germany-tries-to-bounce-back-after-ukraine
Policy Watch
Germany hitches its wagon to the Chinese engine
RN Bhaskar
The attempts of the US and NATO to use President Zelensky of Ukraine to needle Russia may be backfiring, big time. The first retaliation came from Russia. The second could...
Moneycontrol carried a modified version of this article at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/coronavirus-pandemic-an-opportunity-to-overhaul-indias-ailing-healthcare-sector-5079501.html
Coronavirus II –
Needed an overhaul of medicare: more free testing, more accountability
RN Bhaskar
The first part of this series appeared at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-contagion-india/
On the night of 24 March, the prime minister informed...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-us-sues-china-how-much-of-it-is-truth
The US sues China – looking through the fog
RN Bhaskar – 23 Apr 2020
The US has finally filed a case against China. This is one of the rare times when a sovereign republic decides to challenge the way another...
http://m.firstpost.com/business/china-spectre-is-only-in-indias-mind-new-delhi-cannot-afford-to-ban-chinese-goods-3055522.html
Boycotting China is a joke
If you are an Indian, even a short walk through China's cities will tell you that few people in this country even think of India as an adversary. This is quite unlike Hong Kong where...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/poverty-alleviation-a-great-service-to-humanity
China has alleviated its poverty; India has a lot to learn from its success
By JesciliaK
Poverty is a growing concern for the world. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, global extreme poverty has increased further. In order to understand the various...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-uncertainty-dents-funding-for-steel-1401296
India is upbeat about its growing clout in the global steel industry.
But steel producers are a worried lot. While their plans are big, getting money to finance them has not been easy.
And it is not because banks do not...
