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D. Raghunandan
Some Clarity Peeping Out of Rafale Haze?
08 Nov 2018
Dassault CEO Eric Trappier’s recent interview to a financial daily nails many of the Modi government’s falsehoods.
D. Raghunandan
Stubble Burning and Smog: Farmers as Scapegoats
18 Oct 2018
Instead of targeting farmers, what we should really be concerned about are vehicles, construction and road dust, and industries, including brick kilns.
D. Raghunandan
IPCC Special Report: Chasing a Mirage
08 Oct 2018
The 1.5 degree C goal is next to impossible, and will put huge and unfair pressure on India and other developing countries
D. Raghunandan
Finally, India-Russia Clinch S-400 Missile System Deal
06 Oct 2018
The Modi government was so wary about Trump's reaction and possible sanctions, that the deal was highly underplayed.
D. Raghunandan
‘Earth Champion’ Irony: High Praise, Low Performance
04 Oct 2018
Since the Modi Govt took over, there has been unprecedented dilution of environmental regulation. Till 2017, over 570 projects have been cleared, mostly in fast-track mode and without due diligence.
D. Raghunandan
Rafale: Weak Justifications, More Suspicion and a Bombshell
23 Sep 2018
The Rafale deal is a hopeless mess and the longer the imbroglio drags on, the worse it will get, exposing India’s soft underbelly for all the world to see.
D. Raghunandan
First Hand Experience from the Aircraft AI-101 to New York Which Almost Crashed
19 Sep 2018
Prabir Purkayashta, editor-in-chief, NewsClick, discusses with D. Raghunandan about the recent aircraft from Delhi to new york in which he had travelled, which saw serious mechanism failures. They…
D. Raghunandan
India Signs COMCASA: Big Risk, Low Returns
08 Sep 2018
COMCASA is the second of the two “foundational agreements” on defence signed by India and the US, the first being LEMOA or Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement signed in 2016.
D. Raghunandan
India Facing Ongoing Assault on Scientific Temper
23 Aug 2018
The systematic devaluation of S&T and research, and the suffocation of critical thinking in educational institutions and in society at large, will severely hamper the future of the country,…
D. Raghunandan
Strategic Partnership Model for Defence Acquisitions: Ready for the Next Scam?
02 Aug 2018
If only one Indian SP is identified for each segment, this opens up the possibility of, for instance, Reliance Aerostructure emerging as a private sector monopoly in the fighter aircraft segment.