News behind The News – 16 November, 2020

POLITY

BIHAR OUTCOME: REAL ISSUES DID NOT MATTER; CASTE PREVAILED

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE FOR GUPKAR DECLARATION WILL CONTEST DDC ELECTIONS

EXPERT COMMENTS

AFTER BIHAR POLLS, MODI FACES A NEW CHALLENGER

DEFENCE

L&T BEGINS DELIVERY OF LAST K-9 VAJRA REGIMENT TO INDIA ARMY

INDIA LAUNCHES FIFTH SCORPENE SUBMARINE; MAZAGON READY TO BID FOR NEXT SUBMARINES PROJECT

OSHOCORP AMONG FIRMS TO BAG SANCTION FOR $180-MILLION PROJECT FOR 3,260 INDIA ARMY TANKS POWER UNITS

DYNAMATIC TECHNOLOGIES SIGNS UP WITH IIT-KANPUR FOR JOINT DRONE DEVELOPMENT

EXPERT COMMENTS

AUSTRALIA JOINING THE MALABAR EXERCISES WILL STRENGTHEN THE QUAD

JAMMU & KASHMIR : A COMPREHENSIVE PRE-WINTER REVIEW

THE '2 PLUS 2' INDO-US DIALOGUE; A FILLIP TO INDO-US SECURITY COOPERATION

NEIGHBOURS

MILITARY COMMANDERS MEET: INDIA CONSIDERING CHINESE PROPOSAL

INDIA - CHINA: REDUCING ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE

INDIA - MALDIVES: RESTORING TIES

EXPERT COMMENTS

INTERNATIONAL

EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA - US: BIDEN MORE DEPENDABLE  BUT NO FREE PASS FOR MODI

INDIA - UK: BOOSTING TIES IN INDO-PACIFIC REGION

EXPERT COMMENTS

US FOREIGN POLICY CHANGES UNDER BIDEN COULD HAVE PROFOUND IMPACT ON SOUTH ASIA

BIDEN VICTORY: PLENTY OF POSITIVES FOR INDIA, INDIAN AMERICANS

ECONOMY

ADDITIONAL ₹1.19 LAKH-CRORE STIMULUS PACKAGE

STATE OF ECONOMY

- Recession has set in; July-Sept GDP to contract 8.6%: RBI

- Economy will shrink by just 6-7 per cent: C Rangarajan

- Moody’s now expects contraction of 8.9%, not 9.6%

- October CPI likely above 7% again, industrial output falls

INDUSTRY

- Extraordinary profits by large companies in Q2: CMIE

CENTRE - STATE RELATIONS

- Fifteenth Finance Commission report for sharing revenues

AUTOMOBILES

- Retail sales decline 24%  in October

ENTERTAINMENT

- Streaming services now under I&B ministry

ECONOMIC NOTES