News behind The News – 13 September, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Opportunity for Opposition even PM Modi Reigns Supreme

  • Uttarakhand: BJP expected to return to Power

  • Emergence of bottom-up Hindutva

  • BJP appeases Farmers; Major Reforms to wait for Right Moment

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Taliban could have Serious Consequences

 

DEFENCE

  • Army Orders Swarm drones for $15 Million from Local Startup

  • Army orders Israeli-Origin Kamikaze drones from Alpha Design Technologies

  • New Emergency landing strip for Military Aircraft close to Pakistan Border

  • India Air Force orders Zen Technologies Counter-Drone for $21-Million

  • Airbus Aircraft for its Spy Planes for $1.5 Billion Approved

  • India gets delivery of Medium Range Air Defence System, Boosts Capability to Counter Enemy Aerial Threats

  • Sea Trials for Floating Missile Test Range INS Anvesh

  • Big Defence Push: India Nod for $3-Billion Airbus Cargo Planes, to be Made Locally

  • RFP for Swarm Drones

  • India, US Sign Project Pact for Air-Launched Drone

  • Naval Group France ties up with GRSE India for Warship Building

  • Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor in India gets $30-Million Investment from Two Firms

  • Comment: Beijings Strategic Moments with Taliban: Policy, Strategy and Worldview

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Afghanistan: Caretaker Government Dominated by UN Designated Terrorists

  • As Taliban Sends Conflicting Signals, India Maintains Studied Silence

  • Afghanistan: Real Threat to India, Kashmir 

  • Pakistan’s ‘Victory’ May Not Translate into Concrete Outcomes in Favour

  • Deja vu in Kabul: 25 years on Taliban-India Dynamics See a Familiar Re-Enactment

  • A New Street Battle by Afghan Women That Taliban may not be Prepared to Fight

  • India - Sri Lanka: Draft Paper for Bolstering Defence Ties

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • Afghanistan: India getting its Act Together

  • BRICS Summit:  Call for an ‘Inclusive Intra-Afghan Dialogue’

  • India - US: Both need each other

  • India - Russia: Puri’s visit Boosts Energy Trade

  • Trade: FTAS with UK, EU, UAE will Take Time

  • India Must Shed Its Diffidence on a Full-Fledged FTA with UK

 

ECONOMY

NATIONAL MONETISATION PIPELINE (NMP):  THREE CONCERNS

WITHDRAWAL OF  RETRO TAX: WHAT IT MEANS FOR CURRENT AND POTENTIAL INVESTORS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • RBI reiterates 9.5% growth

  • Periodic Labour Force Survey: analyses

  • Vehicle sales up 14.48%

  • ‘New Economy’ to drive growth: HSBC

INVESTMENT

  • Govt shortlists 33 cos to benefit from Rs 12,000-crore telecom incentives