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TopicBhaskar Rao

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‘AAP whimsical, don’t trust leaders’, says ex Bengaluru top cop Bhaskar Rao after switch to BJP

Rao had joined AAP in April last year, but quit Tuesday and joined BJP a day later. His exit from AAP ahead of assembly polls in Karnataka later this year being seen as blow to party.

How ex-IPS Bhaskar Rao, Chennai-born ‘Bengaluru boy’, aims to boost AAP’s Karnataka push

Bhaskar Rao joined the AAP this week after a 32-year career in IPS that saw him serve as Bengaluru Police commissioner as well as ADGP, and battle some controversy.

Bengaluru gets 3 police chiefs in 14 months — why the post is mired in controversy

Congress has accused current chief Kamal Pant of political collusion, but his predecessors Bhaskar Rao and Alok Kumar have also faced multiple accusations.

Karnataka IPS tapes: ‘Ahmed Patel said I will make him commissioner, Revanna will support’

Bengaluru Commissioner Bhaskar Rao is under the scanner for allegedly trying to get himself the job through a power broker close to Congress.

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What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.