News behind The News – 23 August, 2021
STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS
POLITY
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PM Modi’s Independence Day Speech: Challenges Ahead
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Perils of a Caste Census
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Nagaland: All-Party Govt to be set up
DEFENCE
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Pathbreaking Supreme Court Ruling on Women
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Army Initiates Indigenous upgrade of Infantry Combat Vehicles
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Fifth Defence Startup Challenge Launched
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India May Collaborate with Malaysia in Aircraft MRO Sector
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Israeli Firm Signs MOU with India's Alpha Design for Radar Market
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Contract with GE Aviation for Supply of Engines for Tejas
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Advanced Chaff Technology Developed
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Comment: Taliban’s return Signals a New Chapter in Afghanistan
NEIGHBOURS
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Taliban in Kabul: Medievalism in the Heart of Asia
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Afghanistan: Tough Choices for India
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Afghanistan: The Crucial Pakistan Factor
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Taliban 2 will be different, wiser
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Afghanistan: China will wait and Watch
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Afghanistan, Its Sectarian Divisions, and International Stakeholders
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Will Taliban 2.0 Signal a Radical Policy Change?
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India - Nepal: New Government Maintaining Equidistance from India and China?
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Ties Soured by the China Factor, Sri Lanka’s New Policy Document Reaches out to India
INTERNATIONAL
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Pakistan-based Terror Groups Operate with Impunity: Jaishankar at UNSC
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India at the UNSC on Global Maritime Security
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Quad offers Little Security for India
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BRICS Industry Ministers
ECONOMY
A SERIOUS UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
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Course of economy altered by slow retreat of 2nd Covid-19 wave: RBI
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Real GDP growth in first quarter seen at 14.2-23.3%
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Low prospects of India becoming a $5 trillion economy by FY25
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Rural India consumption better than urban centres
POLICY INITIATIVES
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Road tax cut on new vehicles
INDUSTRY
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Industry’s good performance in Q1
TRADE
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RoDTEP guidelines for boosting exports
MONEY AND BANKNG
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RBI’s Financial Inclusion Index
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India ranks second in crypto adoption globally