Policy Watch

China could rebound faster than many imagine RN Bhaskar Not a week passes without Western media trying to put out one story or the other about what is wrong with China.  But such sneers are not a new development. They were evident...

Germany stumbles; Is limping today By RN Bhaskar Image generated using Perplexity Germany has stumbled badly.  It is limping currently.  The stumble was not because it was careless.  It was because it was more focussed on pleasing the US rather than...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-israels-second-turnaround-startup-to-super-startup/1027628 The reasons which have made Israel a super-startup nation Rn bhaskar Fifteen years ago, Israel looked a bit vulnerable – economically, not militarily. True, it sought to align itself with the western world – especially the US and the EU.  But Israel’s...

Can the Election Commission duck these queries? RN Bhaskar Image generated through https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img The government, in concert with the Election Commissioner, has been quite active in pushing through the “SIR”.  The matter is now pending before the Supreme Court. Irrespective of the court’s...

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...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-us-dollar-weakens-gold-becomes-more-relevant/1517212 Will gold undermine the US dollar? RN Bhaskar  --  May 02, 2019 Gold is likely to become increasingly relevant in the coming years. Its days of being dismissed as a non-economic asset may be coming to a close.  Backing this view...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-india-losing-despite-onward-march-of-renewables/1089333 The onward march of renewables. . . . . . but India may lose a big opportunity — By R N Bhaskar | Jun 22, 2017 07:15 am The US has walked out of the Paris agreement for containing green house gas (GHG) emissions. ...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-most-indicators-flashing-red-theres-trouble-ahead India's intolerance towards minorities spells trouble RN Bhaskar Things are falling apart. There's trouble ahead. A former Enforcement Directorate official lobbies to join a political party immediately after retirement. He is in the company of many other law enforcement officers who have...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-the-lure-of-online-groceries-is-growing-stronger-and-stronger Online groceries to witness booming times ahead RN Bhaskar – 16 April 2020 The business of online groceries has been growing at 67% year on year. There are several factors that have propelled this growth.  First, India as a consumption economy. Second,...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-regulators-3-corruption-is-often-on-account-of-regulatory-processes Regulatory Games 3: Corruption and regulatory processes A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -- Saul Bellow RN Bhaskar In the first week of September, a news item in a leading...