News behind The News – 31 May, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

May 31, 2021 - 17:29 Updated: Jun 6, 2021 - 07:50
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POLITY

  • Are Twitter’s fears about Big Brother justified?

  • New it Rules: Government vs Big Social Media

  • Expert Analyses: 7 Years of Modi: Even as He will hold on, The Future is Unknown

  • Cover-19: Rural Healthcare Deficiencies

  • Second Covid wave declining, But only 3% Fully Vaccinated

  • Farm Agitation:  Loosing it's way or Gathering more support

  • Agriculture Growth, the big Positive  

  • Lakshadweep: Sweeping changes upset locals

 

DEFENCE

  • Navy Continues Relief Operations at Cyclone Affected Areas in Balasore

  • Coast Guard’s Operations Continue to Control the Fire Onboard MV X-Press Pearl

  • Post-Coup Myanmar and India’s Response

  • PM’s call at Kevadia – What is the ‘Big Picture’?

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: No De-Esclation on Friction Areas; Need to Create Counter-Coercion Strategies

  • China Outflanks India in Playing the Buddhism Card

  • Why China Wants its Own Dalai Lama

  • Inside China: Challenges to Xi Jinping

  • China Link to Covid-19: Demand for Fuller Probe

  • Political Turmoil in Nepal: Indian and Nepalese Perspectives

  • India - Pakistan: India Objects to UNGA President’s Kashmir Remark

  • Bangladesh's Good Growth Numbers: Narrowing the GAP with India?

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • India - US:  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s US Visit

  • India, China and The US: Foreign Minister on India’s Geopolitical Calculus

  • Act East Policy: Serious Challenges

  • Domestic Weakness has Foreign Policy Cost

  • A Foreign Policy Assessment by Shivshankar Menon

  • India and the Gaza Conflict

  • India -Israel: Pact to Boost Agriculture

 

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Public-pvt investment combo could trigger sustained growth: RBI

  • Pandemic impact  deepens: jobs crisis to worsen

  • Slowing economic activity in April

  • GDP to contract by less-than-expected 7.3% in FY21: SBI

  • ICRA pegs Q4 GDP growth 2%; FY21 contraction at 7.30%

  • Barclays cuts India's FY22 GDP estimate to 9.2%

DISINVESTMENT

  • Missing the disinvestment target again

AUTOMOBILES

  • Sales forecast down 5-10 % points for FY22

INVESTMENTS

  • Highest FDI in FY21 at $81.72 bn

MONEY AND BANKING

  • RBI transfers surplus to government again

MARKETS

  • RBI’s 'bubble' theory