News behind The News – 01 November, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Amit Shah’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir: Talks with Kashmiris, Not Pakistan

  • A De-Radicalisation Strategy

  • Congress Gambit: 40% Tickets to Women in UP Polls

  • What the Opposition needs to do to Dislodge BJP

  • Hindutva and Soft-Hindutva

  • Pegasus Surveillance Scandal: Top Court Orders Probe

 

DEFENCE

  • India Tests Long-Range N-Capable Agni Ballistic Missile, Sends Message to China

  • India Hits Out At China for its New Land Boundary Law

  • Rajnath Singh Opens Augmented Environmental Test Facility at DRDO Lab in Ramgarh

  • Bel Pay 400 Per Cent Dividend to Government

  • Indian, UK TRI-Service Exercise ‘Konkan Shakti 2021’ Concludes

  • Coast Guard Ship 'Sarthak' Commissioned

  • Comment: Strategic Significance of Admiral Michael Gilday’s visit to India

  • Comment: Evolving Idea of The Quad: Emerging Technology

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China:   Aggressive Chinese Posturing in Arunachal Pradesh

  • India - Afghanistan: Intense Jostling Among International Actors

  • The New Great Game in Af-Pak Theatre: Is Afghanistan Again Becoming a Springboard for International Terrorism?

  • India - Pakistan: FATF keeps Pakistan on ‘Grey List’

  • ‘India must Pay Greater Attention to the Internal Dynamics of Pakistan’

  • Bangladesh PM Hasina's Meeting with Pakistani Envoy has a Message for India

  • Expert Analyses: India - Bangladesh: Communal Backlash Against Hindus in Bangladesh

  • Minorities Under Assault in Bangladesh: Can Civil Society Turn The Tide?

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • G20: PM Modi in Rome to Attend Summit

  • Impending “Vacuum” in West Asia as America Shifts Attention to East Asia

  • EU's New Indo-Pacific Strategy is in Sync with India's Security Perspective

  • India - Central Asia, Post-Taliban

  • India - Palestine: Abandonment of Palestinians

  • Are Japanese Investors Losing Interest in India?

 

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Economy likely to register 9.5% growth this fiscal

  • April-Sept fiscal deficit 35% of FY22 target

  • Forex reserves surge by $58.38 bn in Mar-Sep 2021 period: RBI report

INDUSTRY

  • Index of Eight Core Industries

CIVIL AVIATION

  • Centre to privatise 13 airports by March

ENERGY

  • 10 GW of solar and wind capacity added in the first nine months of 2021: Report