Browse published articles by Dr. N. Bhaskar Rao.
Why Children missing and student suicides are not a National Concern?
Primepost
Do you know one child every eight minutes is missing in India according to a BBC investigation. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has put this number …
Published on:
10 Jan 2021
How could we see a respite in fake news phenomenon in 2021!
Primepost
This is second part. The first part of the analysis on fake news appeared on 31 Dec. 2020…
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07 Jan 2021
Sustaining sanctity of Tirumala calls for urgent initiatives
Primepost
Of several recommendations that I gave fifteen years ago, I recall a few which are even more relevant today. …
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02 Jan 2021
Sanctity, sustainability of Tirumala Hills should never be in doubt or under threat!
Primepost
I first visited Tirumala on Seven Hills in 1965. More than a decade earlier, my grandmother told everyone in our house stories about her own visit to Tirupati …
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01 Jan 2021
Victims of fake news are multiple; news media is far-most! It has to take on the challenge too squarely
Primepost
News media today is witnessing a peculiar situation. With two new threats looming large it is time that news media unleash its powers once again. …
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31 Dec 2020
Without citizen activism can there be good governance and equitable development?
Primepost
Three recent observations of Supreme Court remind simmering citizen activism in the country as 2020 comes to an end after a series of agitations across the coun…
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18 Dec 2020
By repealing the three farm laws, the Government gains and adds to PM’s stature
Primepost
Farmers agitations are not new for India. What is different over the years in these agitations is the way the Governments of the time have been responding and t…
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09 Dec 2020
NEP should be thanked for including research as a concern
Primepost
The recent National Education Policy (NEP) is perhaps first to outline a research Eco system for the country. Never before such a policy on research was enuncia…
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08 Dec 2020
How well conceived is PM’s idea of simultaneous polls?
Primepost
The Prime Minister Modi last week reiterated his agenda of "one election" for the country for Lok Sabha, State Assemblies and even at other levels.…
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04 Dec 2020
More is not merrier for news channels to excel
Primepost
As the round -the -clock -news channels complete 20 years in the country, the Chief Justice of India, S A Bobde’s observation last month about television news…
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23 Nov 2020
Why withering away of public policies, Even to do with environment?
Primepost
National capital, New Delhi, has been witnessing yet again now hazardous level of air quality for the tenth consecutive season. This time even Corona-19 calami…
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09 Nov 2020
Next big game changers, ten propositions to lift India to newer heights
Primepost
The common denominators between the three are political parties and electoral system. That is without political parties coming under checks and balance and elec…
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24 Oct 2020
Simultaneous Polls Not the Panacea for the Ills Plaguing Indian Democracy
The Wire
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorsing the idea for a while now, speculation is rife that the country may go in for simultaneous polls in 2022...…
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16 Oct 2020
Veteran calls for a way forward for TV ratings
Primepost
The core of ongoing controversy on TV ratings is much larger than is being made out. It is not about two competing channels. Or, limited to a police complaint …
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16 Oct 2020
Pros and Cons of Simultaneous Polls
Primepost
The fact that the Prime Minister has been endorsing the idea of simultaneous election for a couple of years, is clear that the Government is determined to push …
Published on:
15 Oct 2020