Saturday, May 23, 2026
27 April 2026 Russia pushes out US from India By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: India Today The news item in Al Jazeera on 24 April 2026 was cataclysmic -- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/24/russian-troops-warships-in-india-soon-why-their-new-military-pact-matters.  Much of India’s mainstream media has not covered this item. ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1883063/report-policy-watch-maharashtra-still-flirting-with-illegal-mining Maharashtra loves illegal mining Though cases have swelled in the recent past, the fine collected from offenders is on a downhill road. On August 23, 2013, a reply tabled by Union minister of mines before the Lok Sabha confirmed Maharashtra’s position...
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...
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.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rural-incomes-worse-than-previously-imagined-r-n-bhaskar/1340980 The rural sector earns very little says Nabard — By RN Bhaskar | Aug 23, 2018   The latest Nabard survey on All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey 2016-17 -- https://www.nabard.org/auth/writereaddata/tender/1608180417NABARD-Repo-16_Web_P.pdf -- points to a bigger farm crisis than had been imagined earlier. Just take...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bank-frauds-could-hurt-india-much-more-than-covid-19-can Bank frauds could create more pain than people imagine RN Bhaskar – 24 September 2020 If you are a believer, or a bhakt, you should only read the reports of India’s policymakers. You will get a feeling that all is well. ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-evidence-be-kept-alive-indefinitely/699237 How delays are allowed to frustrate justice This is a true story about a couple in Singapore, where the wife is an entrepreneur. Each year, just before festival time, she asks her extended family in India to send to her...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/on-indias-gdp-per-capita-gdp-debt-and-growth-writes-rn-bhaskar Asiaconverge wishes its readers a wonderful 2023! On India’s GDP, per capita GDP debt and growth RN Bhaskar When elections are round the corner, the tendency to wax eloquent about achievements is at its peak.  Governments, around the world, like to hype...
Trump has not understood India’s agriculture RN Bhaskar Image generated through https://deepai.org/ There’s a farmer agitation brewing (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/skm-announces-campaign-against-nda-in-bihar-protests-against-new-labour-codes-vances-visit/articleshow/120492163.cms). J D Vance, vice-president, USA, is being greeted by angry farmers with placards asking him to go back. Farmer agitations can be extremely widespread, and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-reassessment-of-the-carbon-footprint-from-cattle-2 A reassessment of the carbon footprint from cattle RN Bhaskar An extremely important Bulletin was released by the International Dairy Federation in Delhi During the World Dairy Day proceedings (Sept 12-15, 2022). It was titled “The IDF Global Carbon Footprint Standard...