News behind The News – 29 November, 2021

POLITY

• Repeal of Farm Laws: Long Term Impact

• Comment: Why A Strategic Turnaround by Modi on the Farm Laws

• Uttar Pradesh Polls will Determine Yogi’s Claim to Succeed PM Modi in 2024

• Congress High Command Asserts itself in Rajasthan

• National Security: Implies Handling Internal and External Threats Simultaneously

DEFENCE

• World Congress on Disaster Management: Rajnath Singh address

• Defence Minister Joins Bangladesh Armed Forces Day Celebrations

• 6 Rafale Fighter Jets to Arrive in Dec-Jan 2022

• India Nod for Military Satellite for Defence Forces

• INS Visakhapatnam Commissioned into Indian Navy

• India Navy inducts one more Submarine into its Fleet

• India doesn’t match up to Chinese Navy

• India, Indonesia hold Coordinated Sea Patrol

• Comment: Maritime Security in The IOR: Counterpiracy and The India-Australia Maritime Cooperation

• Airbus Signs Contract with Bel for C295 Aircraft Programme

• BEL to Develop Smart Drone Delivery Mailboxes for Dronedek

NEIGHBOURS

• India - China: Another Chinese Settlement Close to Arunachal Pradesh

• Foreign Military Bases: India far behind China

• Comment: Beijing’s Asian Solidarity is a China-Dominated Asia

• India - Afghanistan: India Counters Taliban through its Neighbours

• Comment: How bad is Afghanistan’s Economy? Recipe for a Failed State

• India - Nepal: China’s Comeback Possible

• Comment: The Maritime Dimension of the India-Pakistan Conflict

INTERNATIONAL

• Democracy Summit: Biden Invites Modi

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• FY22 GDP growth at 9.3%: Moody’s

• GDP growth to be around 8.1%: SBI

• Festive cheer aids growth

AUTOMOBILES

• Two-wheeler firms sit on huge inventory

CURRENCY

• Cryptocurrency Bill to be introduced in parliament