News behind The News – 23 November, 2020

POLITY

STATE OF  NATIONAL POLITICS  AFTER BIHAR ELECTIONS

‘INSTITUTIONAL INEFFICIENCIES’ IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CENTRE UNHAPPY WITH ‘GUPKAR GANG’s’ PARTICIPATION IN DDC  ELECTIONS

EXPERT COMMENTS

DEFENCE

AGUSTA WESTLAND DEAL: DETAILS OF KICKBACKS

NAVY GETS NINTH POSEIDON 8I MARITIME RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FROM THE US

INDIA-MADE QRSAM ACHIEVES DIRECT HIT AT TARGET AIRCRAFT

ARMY SELECTS OSHOCORP AMONG FIRMS FOR $310 MILLION BATTLE TANK AMMUNITION PROJECT

ISRO GETS L&T’S FIRST LAUNCH HARDWARE FOR INDIA GAGANYAAN MISSION, OVERCOMING COVID

EXPERT COMMENTS

THE FORGOTTEN FACT OF “CHINA-OCCUPIED KASHMIR”

NEIGHBOURS

INDIA - CHINA: MISPLACED BELIEF INDIA HAS STRENGTHENED ITS BARGAINING POWER

INDIA - PAKISTAN: THE MOST INTENSE EXCHANGES OF FIRE

PROSPECT OF A TWO-FRONT WAR

PAKISTAN CONTINUES TO HOODWINK THE WORLD ON ITS TERROR LINKS:  WITH BIDEN, ‘THINGS ARE LIKELY TO GET DIFFICULT’

INDIA CRITICAL OF PAKISTAN'S 'PAVLOVIAN' BEHAVIOUR AT UN

MYANMAR: SUU KYI WINS POLLS

EXPERT COMMENTS

WILL CHINA HAVE ITS WAY IN LADAKH DE-ESCALATION?

TRUMP'S DECISION TO CUT TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN GIVES PAKISTAN THE UPPER HAND

INTERNATIONAL

INDIA’S EXIT  FROM RCEP: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG

EAST ASIA SUMMIT: INDIA TO PURSUE BILATERAL PACTS WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES

VIRTUAL 12TH BRICS SUMMIT: HOLD CHINA ACCOUNTABLE, SAYS PM MODI

EXPERT COMMENTS

RCEP: INDIA CHOOSES PROTECTIONISM

CAN INDIA BE A SILENT BYSTANDER AS RCEP SHAPES FUTURE OF ASIA?

INDIA - US: BIDEN ON KASHMIR, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE CHANGE, TRADE

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: ECONOMIC RECOVERY AMIDST CONSTRAINTS

8 GROUPS OF MINISTERS (GOMS) REPORTS  FOCUS ON CHINA

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

- Wholesale price inflation increases at 1.48% in October

- Pharmaceutical market posts 10% growth in October

INDUSTRY

- India - China growth models

- Chinese products loose out this Diwali

TEELECOMMUNICATIONS

- Amending license norms to target Huawei and ZTE

RURAL ECONOMY

- Record tractor  sales in October

LABOUR

- Social security for unorganised labour

TRADE

- Exports dip 5.12% in October

MONEY AND BANKING

- Lakshmi Vilas Bank under moratorium, to be merged with DBS

INVESTMENT

- Easing FDI rules for border nations, including China

- FIIs invested 70% funds into banking, IT stocks in October

MARKETS

- Sensex at 50,000 by December 2021: Morgan Stanley

ECONOMIC NOTES