News behind The News – 17 May, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

May 17, 2021 - 18:56 Updated: May 23, 2021 - 11:32
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POLITY

  • COVID Crisis: BJP’s image takes a beating

  • Opposition trying to get its act together

  • COVID-19: No Respite; Blame lies everyone

  • Expert Analyses: Covid-19:  Impact on Economy could be severe

  • Expert Analyses: Vaccination Policy: Full of Contradictions

  • Indian ‘Variant of Concern’

  • Congress: Drawing Lessons Even as it Senses an Opportunity

 

DEFENCE

  • An Apolitical Military:  Checks and Balances

  • Cash Crunch: Military goes for Leasing Equipment

  • DCGI approves Anti-Covid Drug developed by DRDO for Emergency use

  • Maoist menace calls for a different Ball Game

  • US / NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan and its Implications

  • India supports Asean in its Myanmar initiative

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - Pakistan:  Article 370 no longer an Issue for Pakistan!

  • India, China, Iran: China ups the ante with Chabahar Push

  • China Seeks to Dominate Asia: Bangladesh's  fitting response

  • India - China: India’s Demographic Dividend should not become a Demographic Disaster

  • India - China: No Chinese companies in 5G trials

  • Dhaka's Public Admonition by Chinese Envoy: Strategic Fallout of an Expanding Profile in South Asia

  • Chinese Land-Grab in Bhutan and India: Timid Responses won't work with Beijing

  • Diplomatic ties with China are not in Bhutan's National Interest

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • India’s Vaccine Diplomacy Gone Wrong

  • Covid-19: India routinely getting Bad Press

  • New Dynamics in Middle East and Afghanistan: Implications for India, Pakistan

  • India, Britain Trade Deal

  • International Goodwill for India

  • Afghanistan can trigger Multidimensional Fallout on South Asian Politics

  • Despite Uncertainties over Afghanistan, US-India ties will grow stronger under Biden

 

ECONOMY

  • India’s Investment Grade Status under Threat

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • 73.5 lakh lost their jobs in April

INFLATION

  • Good news on retail inflation and industrial output data

AUTOMOBILES

  • Auto registration down 32%; FY21 sales at 8-year low

RETAIL

  • FMCG sector clocks 9.4 per cent growth in March quarter: NielsenIQ

TRADE

  • Export target of $400 billion achievable

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Economy likely to rebound by Q4 of FY22: Bandhan Bank CEO

INVESTMENTS

  • PE/VC investments 6.5x to $7.5 billion in April

MARKETS

  • Resilience to Covid-19, a mirage; pain being already being felt

ECONOMIC NOTES