News behind The News – 14 December, 2020
STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS
POLITY
FARMERS REMAIN ADAMANT; IGNORE GOVERNMENT OVERTURES
CONGRESS: SPECULATION ON SHARAD PAWAR AS NEXT UPA CHAIRPERSON
JAMMU AND KASHMIR: FLIP FLOP ON THE ROSHNI ACT DAMAGES GOVERNMENT’S CREDIBILITY
COVID-19 VACCINE: NO SILVER BULLET
LOCKDOWN IMPACT: REDUCED FOOD INTAKE
EXPERT COMMENTS
FARMERS’ STIR: A WORSENING SITUATION
DEFENCE
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT FROM THE US
NAVY BECOMES FIRST INDIAN ARMED FORCE TO LEASE DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
NAVY BUYS COUNTER-DRONE RIFLES FROM
INDIA OFFERS FIGHTER JET TRAINER TO US
PUBLIC-PRIVATE JOINT VENTURE PROTECTIVE CARBINE SUCCESSFULLY TESTED
EXPERT COMMENTS
CHINA AND THE GEOPOLITICAL IMPACT OF COVID-19
NEIGHBOURS
EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA - CHINA: EXAMINING THE ‘WATER WARS’ SCENARIO
EXPERT COMMENTS
INDIA-SRI LANKA-MALDIVES TRILATERAL: TOWARDS CONSOLIDATING REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY
INDIA SHOULD CREATE A CORPUS FOR POST-COVID SOUTH ASIA REBUILDING
INTERNATIONAL
EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA - US: HUMAN RIGHTS, CLIMATE AND SECURITY UNDER BIDEN
INDIA-GULF: RELATIONSHIP HAS MOVED BEYOND MERE TRANSACTIONAL VALUE
EXPERT COMMENTS
ECONOMY
EXPERT ANALYSES: ECONOMY IS STUCK IN A ‘QUAGMIRE’: QUESTIONS ON DATA
MONETARY POLICY REVIEW: RBI PRIORITISING GROWTH OVER PRICE STABILITY
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
- Fitch now sees GDP contraction at 9.4% against 10.5% earlier
AUTOMOBILES
- Electric vehicles: a $206 billion opportunity by 2030
- Passenger vehicles see 4.17% growth in November; two-wheelers crash 21.4%
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- 5G rollout timelines
TRADE
- Farm produce exports exceed $10 b in April-Oct
MONEY AND BANKING
- Banks lending more to NBFCs: CARE Ratings
ECONOMIC NOTES