News behind The News – 08 November, 2021

POLITY

• Bypoll Verdict a Mixed Bag

• BJP Will Remain Strong for Decades: Opposition its best Friend

• Jammu and Kashmir: Understanding The Ground Situation

• Expert Analyses: Violence Against Minorities in S. Asia: Social Media as a Weapon

• Comment: Bangladesh Violence: Minorities and Anti-Liberation Forces

• Realities of Muslim Psyche

DEFENCE

• PM Modi Celebrates Diwali with Soldiers of Indian Armed Forces in Kashmir

• Navy Gets Delivery of First Visakhapatnam Class Destroyer from MDL

• Indian Firm Defeats Israeli Competitor to Win Upgrade Contract for Ak Rifles

• India Carries Out High Altitude Exercise Focused on China

• India Approves Defence Buys Worth $1 Billion for Armed Forces Modernisation

• Lockheed Martin to Hold 8th Annual India Suppliers' Meet in Bengaluru

• DRDO-IAF Carry Out Successful Test of Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon

• Comment: Prospects for India–Russia Cooperation in The Arctic

NEIGHBOURS

• India - Pakistan: October a Bad Month

• Pakistan Again Accommodates Radical Islam

• India - China and Tibet

• China’s New Border Law: India should be worried

• Ladakh Policies of the British Raj Still Matter

• China Targeting Bhutan

• Why Bhutan Quit the Bbin Motor Vehicle Pact

• India, Bangladesh Must Cooperate to Manage Water Resources to Mitigate Climate Change Effects

INTERNATIONAL

• Conference of the Parties (Cop26) Summit: PM Modi’s Big Announcements

• Forests Declaration: India Not to Sign

• ‘One Sun, One World, One Grid’

• G20: No Time-Bound Promise on Climate Change

• Modi, Johnson Meeting:  Agree To Rein in Fringe Anti-India Extremist Groups

• India - US: India Moving Toward a Quasi-Alliance with America

• India - Europe: India’s Interest in Europe is Unprecedented

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• 80% economy formalised following digitisation, pandemic: SBI Report

• Second highest GST revenue collection

• Manufacturing surges in October, economy looses job

INDUSTRY

• SpaceX sets up subsidiary in India

TELECOM

• 100% FDI under automatic route

TRADE

• Exports rise 43.3% in October