News behind The News – 20 December, 2021

Dec 20, 2021 - 17:59 Updated: Dec 26, 2021 - 13:51
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POLITY

  • Assembly Elections: Uttar Pradesh the Focus

  • The Hindu vs ‘Hindutvavadi’ Debate

  • Repeal of Farm Laws: Winning a Battle is not the same as winning a war

  • Expert Analyses: India’s Socio-Economic Issues: Inequality and Unemployment

  • Nagaland: Mon Incident Vitiates Atmosphere

 

DEFENCE

  • Army Chief Takes Over as CDS for the Time Being

  • 50 Years of India’s Victory in 1971 INDO-Pak war

  • India-France Annual Defence Dialogue

  • HAL Signs Rs 2,400 Crore Contract with BEL

  • Rear Admiral Sandeep Mehta Takes over as FOMA

  • Merchant Led Consortium Acquires Pipavav Shipyard

  • Comment: Strengthening India–Vietnam Friendship

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: Race for Upgrading Military Infrastructure

  • Balancing Trade and Geopolitics with China

  • Book Reviev: Unravelling the Enigmatic Chinese Military and its Idea of 'Active Defence'

  • India - Afghanistan: Reaching out to the Taliban

  • Expert Analyses: 50 Years after Creation of Bangladesh following Pakistan's Defeat in the 1971 War

  • Comment: Celebrating a Unique 50-Year Relationship: India and Bangladesh are Development Partners with Worrying Challenges

  • Comment: US has Paid a Heavy Price for Condoning the Bangladesh Genocide In 1971

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - Russia: Assessment of Putins’ visit

  • Comment: Putin’s visit to India: Launch of a Revitalised Partnership

  • India — UK: Possibilities of a New Alliance

  • US-India-Israel-UAE ‘Quad’: To Leverage Synergies

  • Democracy is loosing Ground Globally

  • Asian Power Index for 2021: India, Japan Lose To China

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Signs of economic recovery now visible

  • Retail inflation in November at 4.91%

POLICY INITIATIVES

  • Revamping archaic telecom laws

  • Mega plan to incentivise Semiconductor Manufacturing

INDUSTRY

  • Corporate India's hiring outlook for January-March most optimistic in 8 years: Survey

AUTOMOBILES

  • USD12.6 bn investments likely on Electric Vehicles over the next 5 years

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  • India’s 5Gi to be merged with global standard

LABOUR

  • Low employment rate

ENERGY

  • Renewable energy capacity: highest level of 5 years

TRADE

  • High trade gap