News behind The News – 03 January, 2022

POLITY

• BJP Longevity Depends on Opposition Getting its Act Together  

• Expert Analyses: Concern over Hate Speeches

• Jammu and Kashmir: Delimitation Exercise

• Nagaland: Centre exploring withdrawal of AFSPA

• Preparing for an Intense but Short-Lived Omicron Virus Wave

DEFENCE

• Foundation Stone for Defence Technology and Test Centre and Brahmos Manufacturing Centre

• DRDO Hands Over Technology of Extreme Cold Weather Clothing System to Five Indian Companies

• List of Defence Items to be Indigenised

• India, Philippines to Finalising Brahmos Missile Deal

• India Opens 24 Bridges, 3 Roads Built by Bro in Border Areas

• Comment: Third Edition of India-Central Asia Dialogue: Bolstering India’s Central Asia Policy

• Comment: Some Chinese Assessments of India’s Geo-Economic and Foreign Policies

NEIGHBOURS

• India - China: Key Infrastructure Projects in Border Areas

• India - China: CPC Long Term Strategy

• India - Pakistan: Transporting Indian Wheat to Afghanistan via Pakistan

• Comment: Iran-China 25-Year Cooperation has Major Regional and Global Implications

• India - Sri Lanka: China, India Compete for Influence

• Comment: Bangladesh’s Balancing Politics in the Strategic Bay of Bengal 

• India - Myanmar: Visit by Foreign Secretary

INTERNATIONAL

• India options in contestations between US, Russia and China India’s strategic interest in Central Asia

• Oneweb Launches 36 New Satellites

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIAN ECONOMY PROSPECTS: THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• CII poll of CEOs: expect 9-10 pc growth in current fiscal

• India heading towards stagflation: Amit Mitra

POLICY INITIATIVES

• Draft ecommerce policy

AUTOMOBILES

• Strong growth

MONEY AND BANKING

• Bad Bank to commence operations in January

TRADE

• Export to register healthy growth

INVESTMENTS

• FPIs invest big time into bonds