News behind The News – 28 June, 2021

POLITY

• Starting over in Kashmir

• Jammu and Kashmir: Door open to Political Process

• Jammu and Kashmir: ‘Triad of Threats - From China, Pakistan, and Street Uprisings’

• Modi's Kashmir Meeting has many Regional Ramifications, Will be Keenly Watched

• Expert Analyses: Opposition Meet Tries to Conjure up a Third Front again

• The Rise of Regional Parties: Assembly Elections in 2022 will Test BJP

• 2020 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections may Determine 2024 General Elections

• Ram Temple Land: Congress Raises Issues

• Covid-19:  Government Getting its Act Together

DEFENCE

• Defence Secretary at Moscow Security Meet

• Army Seeks Vendors for $7-Billion Project for 1,750 Future Infantry Vehicles

• Russia offers Dragunov Sniper Rifle Upgrade

• Rafales Deployed in Hasimara for Eastern Front with China

• GSL to build two Vessels for India Coast Guard, $78-Million Deal Signed

• Defence Minister reviews Development works at Karwar Naval Base under ‘Project Seabird’

• The absence of Air Power in India’s Security Narratives

NEIGHBOURS

• The Pakistan dimension in J&K talks

• Pakistan and China cannot be trusted

• Pakistan remains on FATF Grey list

• India - China Imbalance: Not so much Militarily 

• India - Afghanistan: White House invite to Afghan Leaders sends important signals to India

• US Military exit from Afghanistan will be China's strategic gain

• Why India is losing ground in Sri Lanka

INTERNATIONAL

• Countering China: India out of Sync in an Alliance of Democracies

• The rise of Raisi

• India - Myanmar: India’s Support for Restoration of Democracy may not align with the Junta

• Meeting of Secretaries of the Security Councils of SCO

• India's Digital Talent can be Harbinger of New Direction in Japan-India Cooperation

ECONOMY

DATA BIAS TOWARDS BETTER-OFF HOUSEHOLDS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• 2021 growth forecast down  to 9.6% from 13.9%: Moody’s

FDI

• M27% rise in FDI in India