News behind The News – 04 October, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • UP, Punjab, Gujarat Preparing for Polls: Caste and Communal Factors Emerge

  • Congress:  Inadequate Leadership or Attempt to Reshape Politics Narrative 

  • Caste Census: Bihar CM Nitish Urges BJP to Reconsider

 

DEFENCE

  • New Air Force Chief to Focus on Acquisition of New Technologies

  • Navy to Create Vendor Base in Andaman and Nicobar for Warship Support

  • Australia May Have Opened the door for India, France Submarine Collaboration

  • Comment: The Nuclear Submarine Deal of the New Troika

  • $1.8-Billion Defence Procurement Projects, Including 25 Dhruv Choppers Approved

  • Bharat Forge Gets Nadcap Accreditation for Metallic Materials Manufacturing

  • Godrej Aerospace Delivers 200 Sets of Brahmos Airframe Assemblies

  • Successful Test for New Variant Akash Prime Missile

  • HAL Signs up with Alliance Air for Civilian Aircraft for Arunachal Pradesh

  • Tata Group Needs More Time To Get a Fix on Airbus Aircraft Assembly Line

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: Quad not against Anyone -  Jaishankar

  • Four Geopolitical Developments: Opportunity for India

  • Taliban Impact on Southeast Asia

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: Modi’s US Visit: Important Takeaways

  • Expert Analyses: Bigger Challenges: Quad, Aukus, Indo-Pacific and China

  • Can a Japan-India-Russia-China-South Korea Coalition Cement the Indo-Pacific?

  • PM Modi’s Address to the UNGA: Analyses

  • India’s Maritime Moment has arrived

 

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Factory activity improves; Manufacturing PMI rises to 53.7

  • Economy showing signs of acceleration

  • More than 7 pc growth for India this decade: CEA

  • High GST Revenue collection for Sept

AUTOMOBILES

  • EV demand for commercial use likely to increase 15 times in 6 months

CIVIL AVIATION

  • Tata Sons wins bid for Air India

TRADE

  • FTA with the US ?