News behind The News – 05 July, 2021

POLITY

• Expert Analyses: Jammu and Kashmir: Making  Virtue Out of Necessity

• Expert Analyses: Opposition Unity and the Congress

• Uttar Pradesh will be a Bellwether of Modi's Continuing Popularity

• Fresh Twitter Government Controversy

• Religion in India: Pew Survey

DEFENCE

• India set to Induct New Aircraft Carrier in Early 2022

• Coast Guard Rescues Seven Fishermen off Tillanchong Island

• India Air Force signs up Railtel for $12-Million info Grid Order

• India Tests New Generation Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

• Successful Testing of Enhanced Range 122mm-Calibre Rocket

• Draft Space Transportation Policy

• Afghanistan: The Consequences of US Withdrawal

• The 8th Admm Plus Meeting: Major Takeaways

NEIGHBOURS

• Killer Drones: New Age Warfare in India        

• 100 years of CCP: Implication for India of China’s Great Rise

• India - China: Building Infrastructure despite Chinese Sensitivities

• China Claims Bhutan Territory

• India - Afghanistan: Secret Outreach to Tailban 

• Can the Afghan Government Channelise Numerous People's Movements into a new Anti-Taliban front?

INTERNATIONAL

• India - EU: Controversy on EU Covid Passport

  Can the US underwrite Regional Stability against Emerging Chinese Threats?

ECONOMY

COVID RELIEF MEASURES MAY HAVE LIMITED VALUE

SENDING NEGATIVE  MESSAGES TO FOREIGN INVESTORS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• India to be the second fastest growing economy

• Unemployment rate down falls to 9.19% in June: CMIE

• Fiscal deficit at 8.2% of FY22 target

INDUSTRY

• Industrial loan growth remained negative during fiscal year 2021: RBI

• Eight core sectors' output up 16.8%

AUTOMOBILES

• ICRA expects 12-14% growth for two-wheeler sales this fiscal

MONEY AND BANKING

• Banks face systemic risk: S&P