News behind The News – 08 March, 2021

POLITY

• Expert Analyses: Assembly Elections: Significant for National and Regional Parties

• Congress: G-23 Emerges As a Caucus

• New Information Technology Rules to Govern Online Content: Analyses

• India Downgraded from ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free’: Freedom House

• 85% Women Negatively Impacted by Covid-19: Linkedin

DEFENCE

• Pawan Hans May Lease Out Helicopters to India Navy: Report

• India Drone Startup Ideaforge Attracts Fresh Round of $2-Million Funding

• Newspace India’s First Dedicated Launch Successful

EXPERT COMMENTS

• CPEC: Chinese ‘Dragon’ in Pakistan’s ‘Tent'

NEIGHBOURS

• India - Pakistan: Reading between the Lines of the Ceasefire Understanding

• Afghanistan: What is India Looking for

• Expert Analyses: India - China: Beyond Disengagement

• Foreign Secretary on Relations with China, US

EXPERT COMMENTS

• Is Peace Breaking out between India and Pakistan?

• Afghanistan: Status of Doha Agreement and the Way Forward

• Quad Should Define the New Global Narrative in Checking China's Rise

INTERNATIONAL

• India - US - Russia: US Threat of Sanctions Over S-400

• India - US:  Partnership Key to Checking China

• Indian-Americans Taking Over Us: Biden

• India - Myanmar: India’s Strategy

EXPERT COMMENTS

• US vows to Deepen India Partnership against China Dangers; No Zero-Sum Proposition vis-A-Vis Pakistan

ECONOMY

• Economy: Good Figures, But Uncertainty over the Medium Term

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Factory activity  increases for 7th straight month: PMI

• 40 billionaires added  in pandemic year

E-COMMERCE

• AIMRA urges government to investigate Amazon's business practices

MONEY AND BANKING

• Extreme weather events puts $84 billion of Indian banks debt at risk

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• 5G roll out

EXPERT COMMENTS

• South Asia: Economic Reality and Policy Options

ECONOMIC NOTES