News behind The News – 05 April, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

Apr 5, 2021 - 20:31 Updated: Apr 11, 2021 - 11:56
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POLITY

  • Assembly Elections: An Even Contest between BJP and Regional Parties
  • RSS-BJP: Uneasy Ties
  • JAMMU AND KASHMIR: Mehbooba Mufti refused passport
  • Covid-19 Surge Again
  • Democracy: Why is India Only ‘Partly Free’

 

DEFENCE

  • India, South Korea Committed to Comprehensive Defence Partnership

  • India, UAE Air Exercise Completed

  • Project to Build Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarines to Get Nod

  • French Warships Arrive in India Ahead of the La Perouse Maritime Exercise

  • Gender Discrimination Continues In

  • BEL Achieves Record Turnover of Rs.13,500 Crores

  • HAL Records Revenue over Rs 22,700 Crore in Fy21

  • GRSE, BEL Pay Interim Dividends to India's Defence Ministry

  • BEL Hands Over Vaccines Storage Devices to Karnataka

EXPERT COMMENTS

  • Biden’s Afghanistan Dilemma: Withdraw or not to withdraw Troops without a Peace Deal

  • Double-Time Transition in South Asian Geopolitics!

NEIGHBOURS

  • PM Modi’s Bangladesh visit: Relations Central to India’s Regional Outlook

  • Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan: Is There A Real Thaw in Relations; Analyses

  • India - Myanmar: India’s Policy Challenges

 

EXPERT COMMENTS

  • India and Bangladesh: A Durable Friendship

  • Modi visit to Bangladesh: Much to Celebrate amid Hard Political Realities

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • India - US: India Can’t Bank On Being an ‘Ally’ Anymore

  • Quad comes of Age: India needs to be more Vigilant against China

  • China’s ‘White Area Warfare’ in Gulf: Serious Implications for The Region, Including India

  • Case for India not to join NATO

EXPERT COMMENTS

  • Quad a forceful Idea: EU must have a more Strategic China Policy

  • China will dominate persian Gulf through strategic pact with Iran; Major implications for region

ECONOMY

  • Economic Recovery In Doubt: Virus Surge

  • Jobless Growth

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Fastest fall in core sectors in six-months
  • Govt spending grows 53% YoY in February
  • Unemployment rate declines: CMIE
  • GST collections all-time high

INFLATION

  • Unchanged inflation target framework

AUTOMOBILES

  • March sales double over last year

TRADE

  • India’s exports rise 58.23% to $34 billion in March

ECONOMIC NOTES