News behind The News – 11 October, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

Oct 11, 2021 - 15:27 Updated: Oct 17, 2021 - 17:59
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POLITY

  • Cover Story: Farmer Protests:  Uttar Pradesh Violence Puts BJP on Defensive

  • India’s ‘Full-Time’ Farmer Population 40m; Official Estimates 100-150 Million

  • Congress: A Leadership Crisis but Noticeable Ideological Shift

  • Papers Pandora: Multi Agency Probe Ordered

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Targeted Killing Of Civilians

  • A Deficit of Over 1 Million School Teachers: UNESCO

 

DEFENCE

  • ‘Protecting The Strengths of the Military’s Institutional Ethos’

  • Air Force Day 2021: PM, President Extend wishes

  • Comment: A Host of Challenges Greets India’s New Air Chief

  • Overhaul in India Air Force top Brass, New vice Chief Takes Charge

  • Japan, India Bilateral Maritime Exercise begins

  • India-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise begins in Ampara

  • India, UK Joint Military Training Ajeya warrior begins at Chaubati

  • Major road Projects Launched in Ladakh

  • Rajnath Singh Calls for Research in Futuristic Technologies

  • Comment: Left-Wing Extremism: A Tentative Pathway to a Solution

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: Stalemate on the Border

  • India - Afghanistan: Concern over Intolerance and Vandalism

  • India - Afghanistan: Myths about the Taliban

  • Afghanistan Threat to South Asia, Nepal in Particular

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • Strategy for India in Times of Global Tectonic Shifts

  • India - US: Pakistan the Elephant in the Room

  • US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Denmark PM’s Visits

  • Expert Analyses: Aukus, China and India

  • India and Space Geopolitics

 

ECONOMY

MONETARY POLICY REVIEW: REPO RATE UNCHANGED AS RBI MAINTAINS ‘ACCOMMODATIVE’ STANCE

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • GDP at 8.3% in the current fiscal: World Bank

  • Moody’s upgrades India outlook to ‘stable’

  • A $5 trillion economy by 2025 'impossible' due to pandemic: Rangarajan

  • RBI's fourth regulatory sandbox cohort on financial frauds

INDUSTRY

  • October-December hiring intent at 18-month peak

  • MSME sector largest after China’s; major role in pollution

  • Task force to tackle chip shortage

AGRICULTURE

  • Self sufficiency in EV battery; 80% 2-wheelers will be electric by 2030’

REAL ESTATE

  • Private equity inflow in real estate at $1.79 bn: Anarock

MARKETS

  • Worries over equity market