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News and Analysis of BRICS nations other than India - Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-case-for-bullion-banking-in-india Will the government allow bullion banking in India? RN Bhaskar  --  26 December 2019 India has been myopic about so many things.  One of them, tragically, is gold.  It has forgotten to exploit its own mines,  It gave out licences to...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-china-india-steeling-up-the-marketplace-1400885 Steel: China ups production; India ups consumption There’s a whirlwind of confusion within the Indian steel industry.  On the one hand, there is euphoria — demand for iron and steel continues to soar. And India knows that it, along with China,...
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...
Ukraine -- the war stoked by the US These are some of the articles that RN Bhaskar has written on this subject. 14 February 2022 -- USA does not like Nordstream2, Russia, Germany and even China -- The US is crying...
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...
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-dealing-with-china-2090743  Dealing with China Author: Henry M. Paulson Jr. Publisher: Headline 406 pages Price: 389 The jacket on the book says it all: "Dealing with China takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution of China's state-controlled capitalism". It also provides...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/heres-why-the-make-in-india-and-atma-nirbhar-bharat-ruse-can-cause-more-harm-than-good The cobra effect the govt is blind to -- in IT, telecom, finance, and elsewhere RN Bhaskar -- June 5, 2020 Management gurus call it the Cobra effect.  That’s when a decision is taken that you think is brilliant. But it...
India and China -- taking the long view RN Bhaskar Most idealogues bristle at the mention of India China relationships. But there are many sane voices which voice the need for both India and China to work together.  And one of...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-lessons-for-india-from-alibaba-about-ecommerce Alibaba, ecommerce have lessons for India . . . but will India be willing to learn? RN Bhaskar -- 21 January 2021 On December 24, 2020 authorities in China announced that they were investigating the Ant group which owns and manages Alibaba,...