Cough syrup deaths: Why is India FDA protecting promoters and not common human lives?
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Had it happened in any developed country, chargesheets would have been filed against India’s drug authorities. Key...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/should-a-child-become-martyr-for-the-family/
Should a child become ‘martyr’ for the family?
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 03, 2015 12:00 am
Child labour has never been an easy subject to deal with, especially when it comes to developing and under-developed countries. Its origins can be...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-the-inr-falls-it-is-easy-to-blame-gold-writes-rn-bhaskar
A weak INR and growing CAD are a result of poor gold policies
By RN Bhaskar
The RBI in its recent report (https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx?Id=21137#FN14) states “Gold imports at US$ 2.6 billion in June 2022 were almost half the level of US$ 6.0...
Waste-management: Sweden can show the way
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sweden-in-waste-management-2007453
Sweden is a small country. Its landmass is just 450,295 sq. km compared with 3,287,590 sq km for India. It population is even smaller – 9.6 million people compared with 1.2 billion for India.
But...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-falling-education-and-employability-levels-spell-trouble-for-india
Think education and employability, not divisive issues that weaken India
RN Bhaskar
Watch the presentations of some of the leading personalities in India, and you are persuaded to believe that India’s moment has arrived, that it is now unstoppable. Great words,...
R N Bhaskar
March 3, 2014
The Maharashtra government has just tabled a bill to change the cutoff date for recognising slums - from 1995 to 2000. This is against a Bombay High Court order, which was challenged by the state,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/indian-shipping-grows-but-overseas-not-in-india-rn-bhaskar/1382701
Indian shipping faces disadvantages in India, but not overseas
RN Bhaskar October 25, 2018
Indian shipping is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it would like to be part of the government vision of Make-In-India. On the other hand, the...
A water policy is crucial for India’s survival
RN Bhaskar
The Bing generated image above could be prophetic. India – and the world – could soon be in desperate search of water. India will feel the pain much more than the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-patriotism-and-the-refusal-to-see-economic-sense
Patriotism and the refusal to see economic sense
RN Bhaskar – July 30, 2020
In 1774, Samuel Johnson, noted man of letters, printed The Patriot, a critique of what he viewed as false patriotism. On the evening of 7 April 1775, he...
Niti Aayog claims that poverty declined by 24.8 crore in nine years
By RN Bhaskar
The Bing generated image above shows all sorts of goodies being showered down on the people below. It is an adaptation of the legendary Indian rope...
