Friday, March 29, 2024
http://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-100-years-on-hydro-remains-central-to-tata-power-s-plans-1927987 Hydro and the Tatas go back a long time By RN Bhaskar -- Dec 2, 2013, By next year, Tata Power Co will embark on its centennial celebrations. The company began generating power in India through its hydro power station in Maharashtra...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-saving-the-cow-comes-with-collateral-damage-jobs-exports-freedoms-votes-2307153.html Milk, meat, cattle, people – II Cutting one’s nose to spite one’s face R.N.Bhaskar, Jun 19, 2017 11:27 AM IST The first part can be viewed at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/06/why-the-cattle-slaughter-ban-is-a-bad-idea-mirrors-another-fundamentalist-streak/ Hopefully, the assurances on the cattle slaughter ban by the government before the SC on...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/splurging-money-on-mega-welfare-schemes-sans-planning-not-wise-govt-should-find-a-way-to-make-them-productive-6154241.html From splurge to dirge – this this the future for India? RN Bhaskar  --  Feb 26, 2019 In the few months leading to the general elections, the government has launched least two ‘largest-in-the-world’ schemes. One is the Ayushman Bharat scheme.  The...
Customercare at Xiaomi sucks The second part of the sorry saga can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/06/xiaomi-is-disdainful-about-customer-service/ Disclosure: Till last fortnight, I have been a fan of Xiaomi’s products.  I have been using its phone for more than a decade now. But...
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...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/budget-2020-govt-needs-to-assure-foreign-investors-with-stable-laws-4853971.html Pre Budget notes #4 t RN Bhaskar  --  24 January 2020 By now, there is no doubt that India is sliding down a slippery slope.  Even the IMF recently downgraded India’s economic growth to 4.8% for the coming year (https://mmb.moneycontrol.com/forum-topics/stocks/sbi/thread-message-79498903-81298903.html).  Privately, economists...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coronavirus-nobody-likes-epidemics-but-dont-demonise-countries COVID-19 is a global emergency RN Bhaskar  --  27 February, 2020 All epidemics are terrifying, as they defy man’s capabilities -- of how to cope with them, even if temporarily. They frighten both common folk as well as health administrators. It is...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/mission-paani-authorities-slip-up-badly-on-waste-management-even-water-harvesting-4204031.html Water Series #9 Other articles in this series are listed below. The govt slips up badly on waste-management, even water harvesting RN Bhaskar – July 15, 2019 Once the water is made available, it must be preserved. That is where water harvesting comes...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/meghalaya-coal-mine-tragedy-exposes-apathy-of-state-towards-miners-as-politicians-high-on-greed-overlook-human-rights-5846681.html Meghalaya squirms about its coal mine  – the exposure is shaming the entire region.  Rightly so. RN Bhaskar -- 7 January 2019 The entire north east of India is squirming.  Not just Meghalaya.  The spotlights were turned on by sheer accident. ...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/ups-job-woes-cm-yogi-adityanaths-slaughterhouse-ban-could-see-painfull-days-ahead-3347442.html UP's Yogi Adityanath could transform Uttar Pradesh – but not the way to prosperity By RN Bhaskar Yogi Adityanath, the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh -- India’s most populous state, inherits a legacy that could drive the state into greater...