27 April 2026
Russia pushes out US from India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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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. ...
Modi warms up to China
By RN Bhaskar
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In some ways, one could say that Prime minister Modi has the proverbial nine lives of a cat. His visit to Tianjin in China this September could provide him a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/prepare-yourself-financial-turbulence-ahead/809974
Prepare yourself, financial turbulence ahead
— By RN Bhaskar | Mar 23, 2016 12:01 am
Last fortnight, Paytm, the mobile payments firm, declared that it will increase its seller base on its online marketplace multifold to 500,000 by March 2017, compared to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/want-to-uproot-corruption-try-this/980341
Want to uproot corruption? Try this
How does one win confidence of people, and also strengthen the Indian economy?
That is no easy task. After all, most Indians feel deprived; and vulnerable. India remains a country where 53% of its wealth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/doles-freebies-elections-and-the-absence-of-accountability/1496631
Lots more doles mean much more corruption
RN Bhaskar April 4, 2019
The dice was rolled two years ago when the present government permitted loan waivers in Uttar Pradesh. The fire was bound to spread. But even before that, the concept...
Germany stumbles; Is limping today
By RN Bhaskar
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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...
De Beers loses big time in the Singapore courts
RN Bhaskar
For many diamond industry watchers, De Beers was always too big a player to pick up a fight with. It has eliminated competition ruthlessly, as the following paragraphs will show. ...
R N Bhaskar
January 28, 2014
First, the good news. The government finally cleared a slew of projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore what had been gathering dust, possibly because it adopted a suitcase by suitcase approach towards clearances. There was also...
R N Bhaskar
24 August 2015
The government is keen on strengthening Aadhaar. That will allow it to effectively implement its Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) programme across the country.
But there is a gaping hole in the entire process. India has been...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-msp-bihar-maize-and-elections
Were MSP rules relaxed to aid vote capture in the forthcoming Bihar elections?
RN Bhaskar
The three bills (now Acts) related to agriculture continue to raise a lot of dust. This column dealt with the bills last week. Yes, they are...
