News behind The News – 19 October, 2020

POLITY

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: FORMER RIVALS COME TOGETHER

BJP MONOPOLISING NDA: NEED FOR ACCOMMODATIVE POLITICS

BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

HATHRAS CASE: THE UP REGIME MAY HAVE REACHED AN INFLEXION POINT

FARMERS’ AGITATION IN PUNJAB AND HARYANA: IMPLICATIONS

NEW LABOUR CODES: MAY INCREASE THE PRECARIOUS EXISTENCE OF WORKERS

LIFE EXPECTANCY NOW 70.8 YEARS: LANCET STUDY

EXPERT COMMENTS

KASHMIR: NOW COMES THE HARD PART

AGRI REFORMS IN INDIA: WHAT SHOULD BE THE TRUE PRICE OF FARM PRODUCE?

 DEFENCE

PREPARATIONS TO INDUCT MORE RAFALE JETS

PUSH FOR SHARE SALE IN SUBMARINE-BUILDER FETCHES IMPRESSIVE RESPONSE

INDIA RETRACTS AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIPS TENDER, TO REWRITE QUALITATIVE REQUIREMENTS

COUNTERING CHINA: INDIA OFFICIALLY CONFIRMS DELIVERING SUBMARINE TO MYANMAR

TRAINING TO KILL DRONES

CYIENT BAGS PARTNERSHIP WITH SPRINT FOR UK SPACE SECTOR INNOVATION

 EXPERT COMMENTS

THE CHINA-INDIA-US TRIANGLE: CHANGING BALANCE OF POWER AND A NEW COLD WAR

 NEIGHBOURS

EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA - CHINA: UNDERSTANDING CHINA’S BELLIGERENCE

CHINA WOOING BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA AND S E ASIA

PAKISTAN TRIES TO WRIGGLE OUT OF  FATF’S ‘GREY LIST’

PAKISTAN: MIDDLE-CLASS, MILITARY AND ISLAMISTS AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER

AFGHANISTAN: CHALLENGES TO PEACE

INDIA - NEPAL:  RE-SETTING TIES

BANGLADESH TO OVERTAKE INDIA IN PER CAPITA GDP:  REALITY CHECK OF INDIA

 EXPERT COMMENTS

PAKISTAN’S NEW STRATEGY AGAINST INDIA: REBRANDING TERROR GROUP NETWORK IN KASHMIR TO CREATE UNREST

LESSONS FROM BANGLADESH: INDIA CAN LEARN FROM ITS NEIGHBOUR'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL

 INTERNATIONAL

EXPERT ANALYSES: ‘QUAD’ A GREAT CONCEPT, SHOULD BE A FORCE AS WELL

INDIA-US: FUTURE CHALLENGES

INDIA-AUSTRALIA PARTNERSHIPS ON CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY

EXPERT COMMENTS

A LEND-LEASE CHARTER WITH THE US WILL BOLSTER INDIA'S MARITIME SECURITY

ECONOMY

GOVERNMENT STEPS TO BOOST DEMAND AND INVESTMENT

ECONOMIC RECOVERY: PLUSSES AND MINUSES

 STATE OF THE ECONOMY

- GST Council meet: Centre to help 21 states borrow

 AUTOMOBILES

- Passenger vehicle sales grow 26% in September

 AGRICULTURE

- ‘Kharif’ foodgrains production likely to be record 144.52 mn tonnes in 2020-21

- Food retail market to touch Rs 62 lakh crore by 2023: SBI Ecowrap

 MONEY AND BANKING

- RBI’s long-term repo operation will push credit growth: analysts

 INVESTMENTS

- VC investments fall 21% to $28.9 bn in Jan-Sept: Report

 ECONOMIC NOTES