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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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rn-bhaskar-india-russia-friends-for-70-years/1051178 India-Russia: Friends for 70 Years — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 12:05 pm Soviet Ambassador Kirill Novikov arriving in New Delhi 1947 to establish formal diplomatic relations with India It was in Goa, India, that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime...
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.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/business/policy-watch-pre-budget-blues-going-beyond-the-numbers Pre-budget blues – fund allocations don't mean anything till basics are put in place RN Bhaskar This column will appear just a little time before budget announcements are actually made. And the purpose of writing this column is not to talk...
Kiritbhai Bhansali on Diamonds and India Kirit Bhansali, founder of Smital Gems, is a committee member of the Bharat Diamond Bourse and the GJEPC. In a brief chat, he outlines the potential of the Indian diamond industry, and where exactly...
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.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-russia-could-be-the-next-big-market-for-indian-labour-as-low-oil-prices-depress-the-gulf-3263601.html Remittances surge, but there is a dark cloud for India's labour As oil prices soften, there are fears that job creation in the Middle East will decline, and India could lose some workers there. RN Bhaskar -- Dec 07, 2018 Despite fears...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-one-china-principle-is-not-provocative There is but one China in the world On 2 August, in disregard of China’s strong opposition and serious representations, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited China’s Taiwan region. This is a serious violation of the...
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...