News behind The News – 28 December, 2020

POLITY

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: IMMENSE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (DDC) ELECTIONS

FARMER PROTESTS: BUILD UP FOR FURTHER TALKS - CRITICAL ISSUES

BJP: A GOVERNMENT OF ONLY 38% SUPPORTERS / VOTERS

PM MODI AT ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY (AMU): A WELL-THOUGHT GESTURE FULL OF SYMBOLISM

WEST BENGAL: BJP CHALLENGE TO TMC

CONGRESS: ANALYSING ELEMENT OF THE CRISIS

HEALTH

- 1.7 MILLION DEATHS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AIR POLLUTION IN 2019: STUDY

- HEALTH DATA SHOWS INDIA’S POPULATION IS STABILISING

EXPERT COMMENTS

MIXED SIGNALS FROM J&K ELECTIONS

INDIA'S SWELLING FARM PROTESTS: BATTLE OF ATTRITION AMID TRUST DEFICIT

DEFENCE

AEROINDIA-2021

INTERVIEW: THIRD AIRCRAFT CARRIER CRITICAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE, ECONOMICALLY PRUDENT, ADMIRAL KARAMBIR SINGH

12-YEAR PROMISE & 2-YEAR EFFORT AT SKI-JUMP HELP BOEING AMPLIFY COMBAT JET PITCH FOR FUTURE $8-BILLION INDIA NAVY TENDER

INDIA ARMY AGAIN SEEKS DOMESTIC VENDORS FOR AMMUNITION MANUFACTURE OVER 10 YEARS

SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN LAUNCH OF MRSAM

MINISTRY CONFERS GREEN CHANNEL STATUS ON L&T DEFENCE

INDIA BUYS SPIKE, SPICE MISSILES FROM ISRAEL

INDIA BECOMES 3RD NATION TO OPEN HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL

DRDO SYSTEMS ADD CAPABILITIES TO DEFENCE FORCES TO FIGHT CHINA

EXPERT COMMENTS

DON’T RUSH INTO UNVIABLE THEATRE COMMANDS, WITH SKEWED STRUCTURES

NEIGHBOURS

EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA - CHINA: COUNTERING CHINA’S MILITARY AND POLITICAL OBJECTIVE

120-130 FDI PROPOSALS FROM CHINA SINCE APRIL

INDIA SHOULD BE FIRM OVER THE NEXT DALAI LAMA

TURMOIL IN NEPAL: PROTECTING INDIA’S STRATEGIC INTERESTS

EXPERT COMMENTS

TERRORISTS MAY NOT SEIZE POWER IN PAKISTAN, BUT ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR EXTREMISM REMAINS

WAS NEPAL’S PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED AT BEIJING’S BEHEST?

INTERNATIONAL

INDIA - US: THE ‘UNFINISHED BUSINESS’

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM BIDEN AND HIS TEAM

CHINA FACTOR: ‘DELHI’S CHANGING STRATEGIC PERCEPTIONS OF EUROPE’

HOW CHINA IS RESPONDING TO ‘CONTAINMENT THREAT’

IN TRANSFORMED GEOPOLITICS, INDIA MUST SEIZE THE MOMENT

INDIA - UK: OPPORTUNE TIME TO UPGRADE RELATIONS

INDIA - JAPAN: SAMVAD CONFERENCE

ISRAEL’S GROWING FOOTPRINT IN SOUTH ASIA

EXPERT COMMENTS

ECONOMY

REVIEWING 2020-21 AND FORECASTING 2021-22

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

- RBI positive on economy recovery

- Retail demand  stabilises economy

- Jobs in India projected to fall 2.5% to 395 mn in Q3: CMIE

- Consumer durable prices set to rise

ENERGY

- India loses tax arbitration case against Cairn

INVESTMENT

- Positive FDI growth to continue in 2021

ECONOMIC NOTES