News behind The News – 19 December, 2022

POLITY

• Expert Analyses: Election Outcomes: Lessons for BJP and Opposition

• India’s Northeast: Connectivity vs Security

• Climate Goals: From Thermal to Nuclear Power

• Regulating Big Tech: India Only Now Understanding Their Network Effect

DEFENCE

• India is Now Self-Assured, Self-Reliant Nation Believing in Collective Well-Being: Rajnath Singh

• India Successfully Test Fires Agni-5 Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

• Indian Firm Kras Rolls Out Mrsam for Armed Forces

• India-China Border Dispute: What do we Know So Far

• India, Indonesia hold Joint Patrol in bay of Bengal

• Comment: Delhi Declaration: Assessing Outcomes of UNSC CTC’s Special Meeting

NEIGHBOURS

• Cover Story: India - China: Serious Border Clash; Not A One-Off Event

• India - China: China is Second-Biggest Trading Partner: India’s Dilemma

• India - China: Applying The China Test to India’s Relations with US, Pakistan and Russia

• Pakistan is The Country Most Influenced by China

• India - Pakistan: Strong Response to Pakistan Raising Kashmir issue at UNSC

• India - Pakistan: OIC Secretary General’s visit to Pok

• India - Afghanistan: Implications of a Divided Taliban

• India - Nepal:  Advantage India as Chinese Influence Declines

• India - Bangladesh:  Economic Crisis and Political Instability - Wake up Call for India

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: India’s G20 Philosophy: Idealism and Spirituality

• India - Russia: India Not Backing Price Cap; buying more Russian Crude

• India - Central Asia: Impact of Ukraine and Afghanistan

• West Asia: China Replacing the US; Lessons for India

ECONOMY

RISE OF RURAL MANUFACTURING: ‘URBAN-RURAL MANUFACTURING SHIFT’

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• ADB keeps India's GDP growth unchanged at 7%

• Retail inflation eases to 5.88 per cent: interim relief

• Managing current account deficit (CAD) through exports and depreciating rupee

INVESTMENTS

• $10 billion in India green deals in 2023: Bank of America