News behind The News – 26 October, 2020

POLITY

 JAMMU AND KASHMIR: FIRST STEP TO RESTORATION OF POLITICAL PROCESS !

 BIHAR ELECTIONS: DEEP TRUST DEFICIT EVEN AMONG ALLIES

 FARM REFORM: ASSESSING MOOD OF THE FARMERS

 EXPERT COMMENTS

 HAS BJP’S HUBRIS LET IT DOWN IN KASHMIR?

 INDIA'S AGRI REFORM: WILL THE NEW FARM BILLS BENEFIT ITS FARMERS?

 NORTH EAST: BOUNDARY DISPUTES

COVID-19: INDIA PAST ITS PEAK; SCIENCE MINISTRY

 GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX: INDIA BEHIND MOST S. ASIAN COUNTRIES

 DEFENCE

 OFFSET POLICY DILUTION

 INDIA SET TO SIGN KEY GEOSPATIAL PACT WITH US

 INTEGRATION OF ARMED FORCES IS INEVITABLE: ARMY CHIEF MM NARAVANE

 'INS KAVARATTI' COMMISSIONED INTO THE NAVY

 NAVY NEWEST WARSHIP SUCCESSFULLY TESTS BRAHMOS CRUISE MISSILE

 NAG ANTI-TANK MISSILE, SANT MISSILE TEST-FIRED

 DRAFT POLICY TO REGULATE SPACE COMMUNICATION BY PRIVATE PLAYERS

EXPERT COMMENTS

 INDIA'S FUTURE-ORIENTED STRATEGY FOR A POST-POLL MYANMAR

 WHY RUSSIA OPPOSES AN INDO-PACIFIC ORDER

NEIGHBOURS

INDIA - CHINA: THE NEW BORDER EQUATION

TIME FOR CHANGE IN INDIA’S POSITION ON TIBET

INDIA - TAIWAN: TRADE DEAL !

PAKISTAN: OPPOSITION TAKING ON THE ARMY

BANGLADESH’S RISE: REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS

EXPERT COMMENTS

RECALLING THE PAIN OF 1962 INDO-CHINA WAR: LESSONS FORGOTTEN, TRUTH BURIED

INDIA NEEDS SERIOUS RETHINK OF ITS POK POLICY

INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIA TO BE PART OF THE MALABAR EXERCISE: IMPLICATIONS

INDIA KEY TO FUTURE OF QUAD

INDIA, US TO CONCLUDE THE BASIC EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT (BECA)

INDIA MAY LOOSE FARZAD-B GAS FIELD IN IRAN

INDIA FOURTH MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN ASIA-PACIFIC: STUDY

EXPERT COMMENTS

WILL QUAD REMAIN A FOURSOME OR EXPAND ?   

CHINA-PAKISTAN NAVAL AXIS TO CONTAIN INDIA'S DOMINANCE IN IOR

INDIA NEEDS TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN RESOLVING ROHINGYA ISSUE

ECONOMY

PARADOXES IN RECOVERY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

- Economy on the verge of revival: RBI Governor

- India, China households get richer: Credit Suisse

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

- Chinese phone brands’ market share up at 76% in India

TRADE

- Export growth of 4 per cent in Sept: UNCTAD

- Elements of a new trade policy

INVESTMENTS

- Highest ever FDI in Apr-Aug FY21

ECONOMIC NOTES