News behind The News – 02 November, 2020

POLITY

RSS CHIEF’S ANNUAL SPEECH: CLOSE ALIGNMENT WITH BJP

BIHAR ELECTIONS: IMPACT BEYOND THE STATE

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CENTRE OPENS UP LAND SALE

NAGALAND: THE RECALCITRANT MUIVAH AND NSCN (I-M)

EXPERT COMMENTS

DEFENCE

INDIA-US SIGN GEOSPATIAL DEAL, PLAN INDUSTRY SUMMIT THIS YEAR, AS POMPEO HITS CHINA

5 MILITARY THEATRE COMMANDS

16 MORE RAFALE FIGHTERS TO BE INDUCTED BY APRIL

INDIA DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY RELEASES 2020 PROCUREMENT MANUAL

HAL SIGNS $54-MILLION DEAL FOR ERP PROJECT WITH TECH MAHINDRA

EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE  LAUNCH

EXPERT COMMENTS

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY IN INDIA-CHINA NUCLEAR RELATIONS

WHY THE REVIVAL OF CPEC NOW?

NEIGHBOURS

INDIA - CHINA: INDIA REJECTS DISENGAGEMENT PROPOSAL

MOMENTOUS POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN PAKISTAN, WITH POSSIBLE IMPACT ON INDIA

INDIA - NEPAL: R&AW CHIEF’S VISIT

EXPERT COMMENTS

TIME FOR INDIA TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH TAIWAN

INTERNATIONAL

INDIA - US: 2+2 DIALOGUE: STRONG REINFORCEMENT OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP

TRUMP OR BIDEN: WHO IS BETTER FOR INDIA

MODI AND TRUMP: MUCH IS SIMILAR, MUCH DIFFERENT

EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA STANDS BEHIND FRANCE: CONDEMNS TURKEY

EXPERT COMMENTS

THE FIRMING UP OF INDIA-US TIES

INDIA, US DRAW STRATEGICALLY CLOSER IN SHIFTING GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS

ECONOMY

CAN INDIA BE AMONG FASTEST-GROWING ECONOMIES IN FY22 ?

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

- April-Sept fiscal deficit exceeds the full-year target

- COVID-19 to erode 3 yrs of fiscal consolidation gains of states: RBI

 MONEY AND BANKING

 - India’s biggest bank merger, possibly

 ECONOMIC NOTES