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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/budget-2020-govt-needs-to-assure-foreign-investors-with-stable-laws-4853971.html Pre Budget notes #4 t RN Bhaskar  --  24 January 2020 By now, there is no doubt that India is sliding down a slippery slope.  Even the IMF recently downgraded India’s economic growth to 4.8% for the coming year (https://mmb.moneycontrol.com/forum-topics/stocks/sbi/thread-message-79498903-81298903.html).  Privately, economists...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/chinese-are-very-business-oriented-people-says-indo-china-expert Vikrant Jawaharkar - Rockey -- benefits from China-India trade In conversation with Dominic Rebello and RN Bhaskar, Vikrant Jawharkar talks about how the Chinese are business-oriented people. Rebello Dominic RN BhaskarUpdated: Friday, March 17, 2023, 11:32 AM IST 'Chinese are very business-oriented...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-united-states-could-make-another-ukraine-out-of-taiwan USA could make another Ukraine out of Taiwan RN Bhaskar The recent developments involving Taiwan – including the US and China – must be viewed against two backdrops.  First, the blunders the US and NATO have committed in their approach towards...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/chinas-consul-general-in-mumbai-calls-for-closer-sino-indian-ties-ahead-of-countrys-73rd-national-day China's Consul-General in Mumbai calls for closer Sino-Indian ties, ahead of country's 73rd National Day China’s National Day is celebrated over a one-week period, beginning from October 1 and running until October 7 FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Monday, September 26, 2022, 03:58...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-g7-wants-to-ban-russian-gold-hah So is it the turn of gold markets now? RN Bhaskar Are the G7 countries doing what India describes through an adage? “Vinashakale vipreet buddhi” is a saying which – loosely translated -- means “During the time of destruction, man takes...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-hydrogen-could-be-the-next-big-energy-source Hydrogen could become the most attractive fuel worldwide RN Bhaskar On 3 February 2022, Japan’s energy agency NEDO, decided to hold a webinar on Hydrogen and the Fuel Cell perspective in Japan.  It was one of the first attempts by any...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/higher-education-sinks-lower-in-india/835496 Learn from China. Focus on schools; leave higher education alone The age of ironies has just begun. There was a time when India used to be a centre of learning and higher education.  Huen Tsang (known as Monk Xuan Zang in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-future-may-lie-more-with-russia-and-china-than-with-the-us-writes-rn-bhaskar India’s future may lie more with Russia and China than with the US RN Bhaskar In 2009, this author had predicted that India, China and Russia would have to work together (https://asiaconverge.com/2009/03/will-india-china-russia-dance-togetherincreasing-water-needs-will-china-dehydrate-india/).  Geo-politics suggested this combination. During the past 15 years,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-witness-a-dramatic-decline-in-asian-leadership Leadership also requires markets and money. India could lose out RN Bhaskar There are disturbing undercurrents in the Indian markets.  On the surface the waters look calm.  But underneath, they are restless.  Investors, like swimmers, know that venturing into such waters...
http://m.firstpost.com/world/democrat-minority-politics-send-chinatown-plumping-for-trump-other-asians-may-follow-suit-3074222.html Democrat minority politics send Chinatown plumping for Trump, other Asians may follow suit RN Bhaskar Oct 26, 2016 17:13 IST With the commencement of early elections, there is growing unease in the Hillary Clinton camp. Most Chinese in and around...