News behind The News – 30 August, 2021

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • BJP’S Ideological Limitations

  • The Politics of Caste Census

  • Challenges for a United Opposition

 

DEFENCE

  • Women in Armed Forces

  • Adani, L&T, BHEL to Compete for India Space Launch Vehicle Contract

  • India Eases Business Norms for Drones, to Boost Industry

  • Indian Navy joins other Quad members in Malabar Naval Exercise

  • India Navy Seeks Foreign Minesweepers for Leasing, in Second Procurement Bid

  • In Fresh Attempt, India Navy Seeks Domestic Shipyards for Four Landing Platform Docks

  • India Army Gets First Batch of Private Sector-Made Hand Grenades

  • Comment: What Beijing’s Expanding Digital Silk Road Means to India?

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Taliban and Its New, Jihadist Enemies

  • Afghanistan: Analyses of India’s Policies so far

  • Afghanistan: India, Pakistan Equation

  • Speculation on Future of Afghanistan Under Taliban

  • Limitations of ‘Strategic Partnership’ with us: A matter of lack of  ‘Trust’

  • Biden risks further Afghan Entanglement in A who-is-fighting-who in Afghanistan

  • China will be watchful of Taliban

  • Afghanistan's Grim Future and its Huge Regional Implications

  • China’s Tibet Strategy

  • Indian Startups benefitting from Pressure on Chinese Tech Companies

  • India - Maldives: Pact on Greater Male Connectivity Project

 

INTERNATIONAL

  • Afghanistan: India Steps up Diplomatic Effort

 

ECONOMY

AMBITIOUS ASSET MONETISATION PROGRAMME

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Economy struggling to recover

  • FDI at $12.1 billion in May

INDIA NEEDS LABOR-INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT TO STALL REVERSE MIGRATION

POLICY INITIATIVES

  • Open digital platforms can unlock economic value of over $700 billion by 2030: Nasscom