News behind The News – 16 August, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Monsoon Session: Abrupt end

  • Supreme Court on Criminalisation of Politics

  • BJP Got 75% of Poll Bonds Sold, Congress 9%

  • Assam-Mizoram Border Confrontation: Impact beyond Borders

  • The Transformation of Ladakh: Development and Security

 

DEFENCE

  • Armed Forces Celebrate 75 Years of Independence

  • Army Contingent to Participate in International Army Games 2021 in Russia

  • Shallow Water Craft Keel Laid at Grse

  • Grse begins Construction of Ferry Vessel for Guyana

  • Aircraft Carrier Successfully Completes First Sea Trials

  • ISRO Launches Gisat-1 Satellite; Mission could not be 'Fully' Accomplished

  • Comment: Build back better World Initiative: A Partnership against or beyond China?

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: Afghanistan: Diminishing Role of India 

  • US Bombs and Appeals Notwithstanding, Afghan Reconciliation Not on Taliban Agenda

  • India-China Disengagement Process

  • India - China: Interpreting Xi Jinping’s visit to Tibet

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • India at the UN High Table                                                                  

  • UNSC debate on Maritime Security: Modi’s Five-Point Framework

  • Pro-Active Uzbekistan: Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity

  • Expert Analyses: IPPC Report on Climate Change: Grim Warning for India and the World

  • 75 years of Indo-Saudi Diplomatic Relations: Strong Mutual Interests Reinforcing Ties

 

ECONOMY

RETROSPECTIVE TAXATION: ISSUE WILL NØT END

A NON-ADVERSARIAL TAX ENVIRONMENT MUST FOR INDIA TO BECOME AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT DESTINATION

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Nirmala Sitharaman on the economy

  • Signs of economic revival

  • Economy to return growth by March 2022: Moody's

  • Retail inflation at 5.6% in July; IIP subdued

INDUSTRY

  • India Inc's deal activity up 3 pc to USD 13.2 billion in July

RETAIL SECTOR

  • FMCG: 36.9% value-added growth in Apr-Jun

INVESTMENTS

  • FPIs net buyers

MONEY AND BANKNG

  • Supreme court rulings threaten over $6 billion in loans