News behind The News – 20 September, 2021

POLITY

• Gujarat: Firefighting on Poll Eve 

• Uttar Pradesh: Pre-Election Communal Rhetoric

• Congress Inertia Continues

• Jammu and Kashmir: The Threat from Kabul

• State of The Farmers: Findings of The National Sample Survey (NSS)

• Covid-19: India to Resume Vaccine Exports to Africa

DEFENCE

• Eye on China, India to Engage African Nations for Defence Ties Biennially

• Rajnath Singh Invites US Defence Commpanies to Make in India for The World

• India Simplifies Foreign Bank Guarantees for Capital Defence Acquisitions

• Production-Linked Incentives for Drone Industry to Boost Manufacturing

• India's Hindustan Aeronautics Care Rating Improves

• Godrej & Boyce Partners with DRDO to Manufacture Oxygen Generators

• Navy, Flipkart Sign up for Job Opportunities for Veterans

• Navy hands over Dornier to Mauritius Coast Guard

• Tlmal Celebrates Delivery of 150th C-130J Super Hercules Empennage

• Hal, Rolls-Royce Sign up for Making Adour Engine Parts in India

• Comment: Tehrik-E-Taliban Pakistan and Its Relations with Afghan Taliban

NEIGHBOURS

• India - Australia 2+2 Talks Acknowledge Taliban

• Afghanistan: India’s Stand on Dealing with The Humanitarian Crisis

• Afghanistan: Crucial Actors China and Pakistan will Never Leash Taliban

• Flawed US Afpak Policy A Boost for Taliban, A Boon to China

• India - China: Jaishankar,Wang Yi Meet

INTERNATIONAL

• SCO Summit: Develop A Template to Fight Radicalisation and Extremism, PM

• Expert Analyses: India - US: With Pakistan Out of the Way, Ties Are Poised for A New Beginning

• Afghanistan: Biden will be Remembered for Making the World’s Deadliest Terrorists — The Pakistan-Reared Taliban — Great Again

• BRICS: Incremental Progress; Also A Disconnect

• Takeaways from The Visit of Intelligence Russian, US and UK Chiefs to India 

ECONOMY

GOVERNMENT’S INTENT TO PROVIDE POLICY CLARITY, PUSH INVESTMENT

FACTORS DETERMINING GDP REACHING PRE-COVID LEVELS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Rs 30,000 crore guarantee approved for bad bank

• Economy emerging from 2nd Covid wave

• 68% jobseekers looking to switch industries: Amazon survey

INDUSTRY

• 26,000 cr PLI scheme for auto sector

• 10,683 crore PLI scheme for textile sector

• PLI scheme: investment proposals of Rs 6,000 cr made by 52 firms

TRANSPORT

• Delhi-Jaipur electric highway

AGRICULTURE

• MSP increase for ‘rabi' crops for 2022-23

TELECOM

• Much needed telecom relief package cleared

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• From 9,000 to 15,000 startups a year

MARKETS

• Nifty’s rally raising risks for economy

TRADE

• How to take exports to $750 bn by 2027