News behind The News – 19 July, 2021

POLITY

• Understanding the Cabinet Reshuffle

• RSS Chief on Muslims

• Uttar Pradesh: Battle for 2022 Assembly Elections

• Uttar Pradesh: New Population Policy

• Sedition Law ‘Colonial’: Supreme Court Asks Centre

• New it Rules: Whatsapp bans 2 mn Indian Accounts

DEFENCE

• India Navy Expands Maritime reconnaissance Capabilities with delivery of Tenth P-8I

• Hot test of Liquid Propellant Vikas Engine

• India, Israel Defence Minister Chat over Phone

• Nuclear Deterrence and Stability in South Asia: The Inadequacies of a Regional Lens

• What should define Integration of Armed Forces?

NEIGHBOURS

• Should the US have stayed on in Afghanistan?

• Afghanistan: India in a difficult Situation

• Tehreek-E-Taliban major threat to China, Pakistan

• Taliban must end the Senseless Violence: A Plea for Peace and Reconciliation in Afghanistan

• Expert Analyses: Jaishankar Wang Meeting: Different Interpretations

• India should stop being coy about China’s Hegemonistic Ambitions

• India's Myanmar Policy must balance Protection of Strategic interests with Democratic Values

• India - Nepal: Supreme Court ruling Good News for India

• Nepal's Regime Change: Prime Minister Deuba needs to watch out for Beijing's Meddling

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: Foreign Ministers SCO Conference: Focus on Afghanistan

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• S&P affirms India rating at lowest investment grade

• WPI inflation at 12.07%

AUTOMOBILES

• Passenger vehicle dispatches rise

MONEY AND BANKING

• Mastercard ban to hit revenue, income

INDIA NEEDS COMPREHENSIVE LABOR MARKET REVIVAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE PANDEMIC-HIT ECONOMY