News behind The News – 10 May, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Assembly Elections will Impact National Politics in Different Ways

  • A Federal Front Around Around Mamata Banerjee?

  • Congress Eclipsed Again

  • Political Analyses of States that went to Polls

  • Covid-19:  Third Covid Wave Inevitable

  • Expert Analyses: Covid-19: Blame Lies with Leadership

  • Up ‘Panchayat’ Election: Setback for BJP

 

EXPERT COMMENTS

  • Covid Crisis: From Bad to Worse; Political Cost

  • Vaccination and Vaccine Purchase Politics: Can India Attain Herd Immunity?

DEFENCE

  • Indian Coast Guard Rescues Missing Tamil Nadu Fishing Boat ‘Mercedes’

  • Coast Guard Apprehends Myanmarese Poachers in Indian EEZ

EXPERT COMMENTS

  • Biden’s Exit Plan: US Decides to Pullout Troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: Diplomatic Initiatives by China Lack Credibility

 

EXPERT COMMENTS

  • Vaccine Diplomacy and Chinese Moves in South Asia: Can Beijing Live Up to its Promises?

  • India’s Second Wave: The Geopolitical Drivers of China’s Covid-19 Assistance

  • Is the US set to repeat past Mistakes in Afghanistan?

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - UK: Modi-Johnson Digital Summit; Focus on Trade and Investment

  • Global Covid-19 Response: Trips to Consider Temporary Waiver of IPR Protection for Covid-19 Vaccines

  • India - US: Jaishankar, Blinken Discuss Covid-19, Indo-Pacific etc

EXPERT COMMENTS

  • For India to be A Global Leader, It must deliver at Home First

ECONOMY

  • Expert Analyses: The Pandemic has Started To Hurt : 7 Million People Jobless

  • India’s Covid Crisis: Consequences for Global Healthcare and Economy

  • Covid-19: RBI’s Emergency Healthcare Measures

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • India to breach fiscal deficit target in FY22: Fitch Solutions

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  • Go-ahead for 5G trials in India

AUTOMOBILES

  • Output set to hit a 9-month low in May

 

MARKETS

  • Explaining market resilience amid Covid devastation

ECONOMIC NOTES