https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/policy-watch-here-are-five-reasons-why-indias-qs-scores-should-worry-every-indian
Five reasons why India’s QS Scores should worry every Indian
RN Bhaskar -- June 18, 2020
The terrible performance of Indian educational institutions on the QS score ranking (see chart) was to have been expected. And was it just coincidental that...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-a-muted-30th-anniversary-for-india
A troubled 30th anniversary of India's economic liberalisation
RN Bhaskar
Last week, the nation celebrated its 30th anniversary of economic liberalisation. The year 1991 was when India actually dared to break away from the shackles that had fettered its growth. That...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-world-loves-gold-india-confused-amid-uncertain-economic-situation
India is confused about dealing with gold
RN Bhaskar -- January 16, 2020
In the aftermath of the US armed forces assassinating General Soleimani of Iran, prices of gold spiked. The more the world becomes an uncertain place, the more people...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/distressed-times-just-watch-what-is-happening-to-gold
When people stop buying gold in India, there is cause to worry
RN Bhaskar
At one level, this should be cause for celebration. Gold imports into India crashed during 2020 (see chart). Lower import of this yellow metal means a smaller...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-indias-markets-and-the-economy
Markets and the Indian economy
RN Bhaskar
One could call it bittersweet. There are plenty of reasons for feeling happy, even euphoric. By Friday last week, the stockmarkets had revived – after initially slumping. The BSE Sensex had crossed the 60,000...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coronavirus-rules-are-for-others-not-for-politicians-or-elections
Elections show contempt for pandemic rules
RN Bhaskar -- 8 April 2021
On 30 March 2021, NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul had some profoundly serious words (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1708790) for his media audience: "We are facing an increasingly severe and intensive...
Nothing like the sun
India has finally begun to make its mark in solar energy (see chart).
Significantly, as was the case with Germany, solar power costs have been falling year on year. It is worth recalling that it was Germany(http://dnai.in/bj4W)...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/harbingers-of-nuclear-war
Harbingers of nukes
RN Bhaskar
Last fortnight was full of incidents that appeared to portend war, with all its ferocity and consequences that only nuclear warfare could unleash.
Enemy action?
On 17 September, most people were surprised by a headline in the Financial...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/go-chanda-kochar-please-go/1269603
Why Chanda Kochar must go
RN Bhaskar | May 03, 2018
Last week witnessed the first public appeal being made by mainstream media asking Chanda Kochar (currently managing director of ICICI Bank) to step down from her post. (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/icici-deserves-a-statesman-not-a-leader-in-hiding-letter-to-chanda-kochhar-from-another-ceo/articleshow/63893641.cms?curator=alphaideas&utm_source=alphaideas). In what was captioned...
India and China warm up to each other. Russia could be the marriage-maker
RN Bhaskar
The last two months have been turbulent for India. In a way, this is a microcosm of what the world has witnessed during the past two...
