News behind The News – 31 May, 2021
STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS
POLITY
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Are Twitter’s fears about Big Brother justified?
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New it Rules: Government vs Big Social Media
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Expert Analyses: 7 Years of Modi: Even as He will hold on, The Future is Unknown
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Cover-19: Rural Healthcare Deficiencies
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Second Covid wave declining, But only 3% Fully Vaccinated
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Farm Agitation: Loosing it's way or Gathering more support
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Agriculture Growth, the big Positive
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Lakshadweep: Sweeping changes upset locals
DEFENCE
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Navy Continues Relief Operations at Cyclone Affected Areas in Balasore
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Coast Guard’s Operations Continue to Control the Fire Onboard MV X-Press Pearl
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Post-Coup Myanmar and India’s Response
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PM’s call at Kevadia – What is the ‘Big Picture’?
NEIGHBOURS
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India - China: No De-Esclation on Friction Areas; Need to Create Counter-Coercion Strategies
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China Outflanks India in Playing the Buddhism Card
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Why China Wants its Own Dalai Lama
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Inside China: Challenges to Xi Jinping
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China Link to Covid-19: Demand for Fuller Probe
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Political Turmoil in Nepal: Indian and Nepalese Perspectives
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India - Pakistan: India Objects to UNGA President’s Kashmir Remark
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Bangladesh's Good Growth Numbers: Narrowing the GAP with India?
INTERNATIONAL
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India - US: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s US Visit
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India, China and The US: Foreign Minister on India’s Geopolitical Calculus
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Act East Policy: Serious Challenges
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Domestic Weakness has Foreign Policy Cost
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A Foreign Policy Assessment by Shivshankar Menon
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India and the Gaza Conflict
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India -Israel: Pact to Boost Agriculture
ECONOMY
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
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Public-pvt investment combo could trigger sustained growth: RBI
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Pandemic impact deepens: jobs crisis to worsen
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Slowing economic activity in April
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GDP to contract by less-than-expected 7.3% in FY21: SBI
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ICRA pegs Q4 GDP growth 2%; FY21 contraction at 7.30%
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Barclays cuts India's FY22 GDP estimate to 9.2%
DISINVESTMENT
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Missing the disinvestment target again
AUTOMOBILES
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Sales forecast down 5-10 % points for FY22
INVESTMENTS
- Highest FDI in FY21 at $81.72 bn
MONEY AND BANKING
- RBI transfers surplus to government again
MARKETS
- RBI’s 'bubble' theory