News behind The News – 14 December, 2020

POLITY

FARMERS REMAIN ADAMANT; IGNORE GOVERNMENT OVERTURES

CONGRESS: SPECULATION ON SHARAD PAWAR AS  NEXT UPA CHAIRPERSON

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: FLIP FLOP ON THE ROSHNI ACT DAMAGES GOVERNMENT’S CREDIBILITY

COVID-19 VACCINE: NO SILVER BULLET

LOCKDOWN IMPACT: REDUCED FOOD INTAKE

EXPERT COMMENTS

FARMERS’ STIR: A WORSENING SITUATION

DEFENCE

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT FROM THE US

NAVY BECOMES FIRST INDIAN ARMED FORCE TO LEASE DEFENCE EQUIPMENT

NAVY BUYS COUNTER-DRONE RIFLES FROM

INDIA OFFERS FIGHTER JET TRAINER TO US

PUBLIC-PRIVATE JOINT VENTURE PROTECTIVE CARBINE SUCCESSFULLY TESTED

EXPERT COMMENTS

CHINA AND THE GEOPOLITICAL IMPACT OF COVID-19

NEIGHBOURS

EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA - CHINA: EXAMINING THE ‘WATER WARS’ SCENARIO

EXPERT COMMENTS

INDIA-SRI LANKA-MALDIVES TRILATERAL: TOWARDS CONSOLIDATING REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY

INDIA SHOULD CREATE A CORPUS FOR POST-COVID SOUTH ASIA REBUILDING

INTERNATIONAL

EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA - US: HUMAN RIGHTS, CLIMATE AND SECURITY UNDER BIDEN

INDIA-GULF:  RELATIONSHIP HAS MOVED BEYOND MERE TRANSACTIONAL VALUE

EXPERT COMMENTS

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: ECONOMY IS STUCK IN A ‘QUAGMIRE’: QUESTIONS ON DATA

MONETARY POLICY REVIEW: RBI PRIORITISING GROWTH OVER PRICE STABILITY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

- Fitch now sees GDP contraction at 9.4% against 10.5% earlier

AUTOMOBILES

- Electric vehicles:  a $206 billion opportunity by 2030

- Passenger vehicles see 4.17% growth in November; two-wheelers crash 21.4%

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

- 5G rollout timelines

TRADE

- Farm produce exports exceed $10 b in April-Oct

MONEY AND BANKING

- Banks lending more to NBFCs: CARE Ratings

ECONOMIC NOTES