https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-slums-i-there-is-big-danger-ahead-pandemic-and-the-possibility-of-mass-extermination
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Pandemics and mass extermination are dangers for India
This article is the first of a three-part series on slums, cities, and economic growth.
RN Bhaskar
The clock’s ticking has become more ominous than ever before. The silent cries of the dying,...
Storing India’s gold overseas today is quite an embarrassment
On 14 June 2023, RBI governor, Shaktikanta Das was honoured with the title of ‘Governor of the Year’ for 2023 by Central Banking in London (https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rbi-chief-shaktikanta-das-honoured-with-governor-of-the-year-award-at-central-banking-awards-2023london-11686723134489.html). In the same year, the...
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...
Hindi belt – II – When children are damned and humanity forgotten
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name...
R N Bhaskar
20 July 2015
"Make in India" is a good slogan. But it depends critically on the making of people, character-building, even basic literacy in India. All this begins at school. School education is the most enduring way to...
Oil is slippery, and Trump could get bogged down
RN Bhaskar
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Trump has been in office for over ten days now. He has announced the largest number of executive orders on the very first day of Presidency than any...
China develops Africa both as Plan B for itself and for the world
RN Bhaskar
The future of the world will lie in making Africa grow. That is what China has been doing all along. That is what India should be...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-solar-wobbles-ahead-2057224
Solar wobbles ahead
R N Bhaskar
First the good news. Cumulative solar installations in India crossed the 3 GW mark (100 Mega Watts or MW equals one GigaWatt). Figures compiled by the Mercom Capital Group show that almost 734 MW of...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/rn-bhaskar-right-to-die-with-dignity-busting-myths/762536
Right to die with dignity: Busting myths
— By FPJ Bureau | Jan 21, 2016 12:21 am
Last week, the Supreme Court (SC) of India resurrected the debate on euthanasia. The topic had seared the conscience of the nation when, in March...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-lost-mantra-of-grow-more-with-less-1949931
R N Bhaskar | Updated: Jan 13, 2014, 08:54 AM IST, DNA
The agony of fragmentation of agricultural land holdings in India is an old story. What is alarming is that, today, almost 67% comprise small holdings –...
