News behind The News – 09 August, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Kashmir: Long Road to Normalcy

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Two Years after Abrogation of Special Status, A Lot Has Changed

  • Jammu and Kashmir Is Now Firmly on the Path of Development

  • Opposition Leaders Pledge to Unite

  • National Cyber Security Strategy

 

DEFENCE

  • India-China Ladakh Disengagement Talks Progresses

  • India-China Hotline Established at North Sikkim Sector

  • BRO Constructs Highest Motorable road in the World in Eastern Ladakh

  • India's Naval Eastern Fleet Ships on Overseas Operational Deployment

  • India's Own Aircraft Carrier goes out for Sea Trials, Induction In 2022.

  • India believed to be Building Naval Facility on Mauritian Island of Agalega: Report

  • Vikrant Sets Sail: India Demonstrates Prowess to Design and build Aircraft Carriers

  • Blinken’s India visit: Taking Strategic Partnership to the “Next Level”

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: Afghanistan:  Limited Options for India

  • Afghanistan: Worst Case Scenario for Pakistan

  • Revive BCIM Economic Corridor for A Sustainable Techno-Ecological Trans-Regional Alliance

  • India - China: Breakthrough in Corps Commander-Level Talks

  • Navy Task Force in South China Sea, West Pacific

  • India - Pakistan: Onus on India to Create 'Conducive Environment’: Pakistan FM Qureshi

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • India - US:  Assessment of the Blinken visit

  • US-China Rivalry Makes for Complex INDO-Pacific Power Dynamics

  • Opportunities for India in the Middle East

  • India - Russia: Joint Military Drill in Volgograd

  • Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on BRICS

 

ECONOMY

RBI MONETARY POLICY RETAINS REAL GDP OUTLOOK OF 9.5 PERCENT FOR 2021-22

RISING INEQUALITY: THREAT TO EMERGING ECONOMIES

BILL INTRODUCED TO  FOREGO RETRO TAX POWER

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Indians 3rd most optimistic on recovery: WEF study

  • Unemployment rate drops to 13.3% in Q2 from 20.9% in Q1

  • GST revenues surge

  • Total debt expected to rise to 61.7% of GDP in FY22: Minister

TELECOMMUNICATION

  • 5G auction likely to seek a fresh base price

INTERNET

  • Data consumption increased 400% in Rural India in past one year