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In this issue

Cover Story: General Election 2024: Understanding Bjp’s Strategy
Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi’s visit
Ladakh: Centre Mulling Granting Article 371-Like Protection
MPs and Mlas Taking Bribes Stripped of Immunity
Manipur: Ethnic Polarisation
Indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR)
The Pre-Wedding Ceremony of Mukesh Ambani’s Son: Show of Power
AI Knowledge Consortium Launched

DEFENCE
India's Defence is more vital than Ever as Government bolsters it with Indianness: Rajnath Singh
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Creates Eight Engineering World Records
Navy Commissions Romeo Squadron in Kochi
US Coast Guard Ship visits Port Blair for The Joint Exercise with India
Navy Commission Naval Station Close to Maldives
Preparing for Gaganyaan-12: Rigorous Training for Astronauts
Comment: Tiers of Motivation: Bilateral and Regional Drivers of the Iran-Pakistan Missile Strikes

NEIGHBOURS
Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan: Normalcy in Relations Still Far Away
India - China: Implications of China Increasing its Defence budget by 7.2%
India Blocks China-Led Investment Pact at WTO
India - Maldives: Maldives’ Free Military Assistance Pact with China

INTERNATIONAL
Expert Analyses: India - Korea: Jaishankar visit, More Than a Mere Diplomatic Engagement
India - Taiwan: Agreement on Migration and Mobility
West Asia War Underscores Complexities of Global Trends and Conflicts
India-US: Limits to Strategic Partnership
Comment: A Battle of Competing Narratives

TROUBLED TIME FOR MODI

The students’ unrest, however, which is spreading like wildfire across the nation, and the protests by large sections of people against the citizenship law, have belied the BJP’s hopes of having a free run in the foreseeable future in presiding over the country’s destiny from panchayats to parliament, as Union home minister Amit Shah once said.

TROUBLED TIME FOR MODI

3 mins

MUST-WIN FOR BJP IN DELHI POLLS

Having failed to perform satisfactorily in the Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections, the BJP realizes that its rank and file will be hugely demoralized if it does not fare well in the forthcoming Delhi polls.

MUST-WIN FOR BJP IN DELHI POLLS

3 mins

MILITARY MIGHT AT R-DAY PARADE

Anti-satellite weapon ‘Shakti’, lethal artillery gun ‘Dhanush’, and newly-inducted helicopters Apache and Chinook were among the key military assets showcased by India for the first time at the Republic Day parade on 26 January.

MILITARY MIGHT AT R-DAY PARADE

3 mins

INDIA - PAKISTAN: DEALING WITH PAKISTAN'S AMBITIONS ON KASHMIR

Pakistan’s diplomatic offensive on Kashmir has gained some traction with the EU Parliament debating the issue along with the controversial Citizen’s (Amendment) Act (CAA).

INDIA - PAKISTAN: DEALING WITH PAKISTAN'S AMBITIONS ON KASHMIR

1 min

EXPERT ANALYSES UNION BUDGET 2020-21: A MIXED BAG

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s second Budget presented three themes -- aspiring India, economic development, caring society. And it seeks to cater to the demand side of the economy by trying to put more money in the hands of individuals.

EXPERT ANALYSES UNION BUDGET 2020-21: A MIXED BAG

10+ mins

DELHI ELECTION: BJP HOPES TO GAIN FROM CAA INSTILLED POLARISATION

The anti-CAA protests took a violent turn as a 17-year-old teenager Thursday shot a Kashmiri protester near Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi.

DELHI ELECTION: BJP HOPES TO GAIN FROM CAA INSTILLED POLARISATION

6 mins

CAA DEBATE IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: INDIA UNDER PRESSURE

Much to the relief of India, the European Parliament Wednesday decided to put off a vote on a resolution critical of India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) to a session beginning on March 2. The move is being seen as linked to the upcoming India-EU Summit next month.

CAA DEBATE IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: INDIA UNDER PRESSURE

6 mins

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: BJP IN A TIGHT CORNER

The government’s policies on Kashmir give the impression that it has bitten off more than it can chew. This is also probably true of the citizenship issue as well, but more of that later.

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: BJP IN A TIGHT CORNER

4 mins

LAYING A ROAD MAP FOR THE FIRST CDS

Laying a road map for the first CDS, General Rawat, Gurmeet Kanwal (former director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi) suggests the first item on the agenda “should be the formulation of integrated operational plans.

LAYING A ROAD MAP FOR THE FIRST CDS

2 mins

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ‘FUNDAMENTAL DISAFFECTION' HAS NOT GONE AWAY

A convoy of three dozen Union ministers descended on the newlycreated Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir last week to promote development plans of the Centre.

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ‘FUNDAMENTAL DISAFFECTION' HAS NOT GONE AWAY

7 mins

JNU VIOLENCE: STUDENT POLITICS

The violence on 5 January night at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has become an issue of national debate.

JNU VIOLENCE: STUDENT POLITICS

7 mins

EXPERT ANALYSES- AT 5%, GDP TO GROW AT THE SLOWEST IN MORE THAN A DECADE

Ahead of the Union Budget for 2020-21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Thursday met economists and sector experts to discuss the state of the economy and steps which can be taken to revive growth which is projected to drop to 5 per cent this fiscal.

EXPERT ANALYSES- AT 5%, GDP TO GROW AT THE SLOWEST IN MORE THAN A DECADE

4 mins

EXPERT ANALYSES- US-IRAN STAND DOWN: RISKS FOR INDIA IN CASE OF ESCALATION

Prospects of war in the Gulf have receded after both US and Iran stood down.

EXPERT ANALYSES- US-IRAN STAND DOWN: RISKS FOR INDIA IN CASE OF ESCALATION

10 mins

COMMENT - ATTACK ON SIKH SHRINE EXPOSES PAKISTAN'S DISDAIN FOR MINORITIES

On January 3, a mob of more than 400 extremists attacked Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, a Sikh shrine barely 62 kms from Lahore, in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

COMMENT - ATTACK ON SIKH SHRINE EXPOSES PAKISTAN'S DISDAIN FOR MINORITIES

3 mins

CHINA UNSUCCESSFULLY RAISES KASHMIR AT UNSC

For the third time since the abrogation of J&K on August 5, China raised the Kashmir issue at Pakistan’s behest, for informal consultations at a closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

CHINA UNSUCCESSFULLY RAISES KASHMIR AT UNSC

3 mins

CAA, NRC Have Polarised Politics And Society

Hearing over 140 petitions, mostly against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde of the Supreme Court Wednesday refused to grant any stay without hearing the Centre. The bench gave four weeks to the government to file a reply.

CAA, NRC Have Polarised Politics And Society

10+ mins

RSS INFLUENCE IS HURTING THE BJP

Little appears to be going right for the BJP.

RSS INFLUENCE IS HURTING THE BJP

4 mins

INDIA - US: TRUMP OFFERS TO ‘HELP' ON KASHMIR YET AGAIN

US President Donald Trump’s latest comments on Kashmir, made ahead of his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on the margins of the World Economic Forum at Davos, analysts feel have come at an inopportune moment.

INDIA - US: TRUMP OFFERS TO ‘HELP' ON KASHMIR YET AGAIN

3 mins

EXPERT ANALYSES: A SERIOUS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN

Despite the apparent ‘green shoots’ implying the worst may be over, last week, two agencies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and domestic rating and research agency India Ratings and Research, both reduced GDP growth prospects of 2020.

EXPERT ANALYSES: A SERIOUS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN

7 mins

CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT: REPERCUSSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was restrained in her response in an interview to Dubai’s Gulf News daily to a question on the country’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT: REPERCUSSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

3 mins

AIR FORCE SUKHOI JETS BASED IN S INDIA TO COUNTER CHINA

Economic Times understands that a squadron of six Sukhoi30 specially modified fighter jets, each carrying the 2.5 tonne air-launched supersonic BrahMos cruise missile, will be based in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district. Last Monday, the IAF commissioned the 222 squadron, also known as ‘Tigersharks’.

AIR FORCE SUKHOI JETS BASED IN S INDIA TO COUNTER CHINA

2 mins

CAB: Adverse Domestic And Foreign Fallout

The split-screen images on television on the evening when the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) became the law of the land underlined its divisive and contradictory nature.

CAB: Adverse Domestic And Foreign Fallout

4 mins

India - China: Shiyan Incident

The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Karambir Singh confirmed chasing out a Chinese vessel — Shiyan 1 - that was operating near Port Blair without prior permission and without informing relevant Indian authorities of its plans.

India - China: Shiyan Incident

6 mins

EXPERT ANALYSES - A CRITIQUE ON THE ECONOMY

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said last week India is in the midst of a “growth recession” with signs of deep malaise in the economy that is being run through extreme centralisation of power in Prime Minister’s Office and powerless ministers.

EXPERT ANALYSES - A CRITIQUE ON THE ECONOMY

10+ mins

INDIA ARMY RECEIVES NEW SIG SAUER ASSAULT RIFLES FOR INDUCTION AT BORDERS

India will soon begin induction of a new assault rifle from the American firm SiG Sauer‘s stable for its soldiers posted along the Pakistan and China border, almost 15 years after it first began a search for new infantry weapons to replace the indigenous INSAS rifles.

INDIA ARMY RECEIVES NEW SIG SAUER ASSAULT RIFLES FOR INDUCTION AT BORDERS

10+ mins

INDIA, US MAY SIGN KEY MILITARY DEAL DURING DEFENCE, FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET

India and the US will hold their second 2+2 ministerial dialogue among their defence and foreign ministers on Dec. 18 in Washinton, D. C., when the two sides are expected to discuss and finalise the full extent of their bilateral relations.

INDIA, US MAY SIGN KEY MILITARY DEAL DURING DEFENCE, FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET

10+ mins

CAA AND NRC: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL REPERCUSSIONS

Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the country wide implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NCR) continue across India and in many universities.

CAA AND NRC: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL REPERCUSSIONS

10+ mins

PAKISTAN'S INTERNAL TURMOIL: INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

Just when Pakistan seemed set on a linear course with Prime Minister Imran Khan giving a three-year extension to the chief of army staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa in August, the Supreme Court upset the course by striking down the order.

PAKISTAN'S INTERNAL TURMOIL: INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

10+ mins

EXPERT ANALYSES THE GREAT SLOWDOWN AMIDST SIGNS OF A TURNAROUND

Former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has said India is facing a “Great Slowdown” with its economy headed for intensive care unit primarily due to a “second wave” of the twin balance sheet crisis at banks.

EXPERT ANALYSES THE GREAT SLOWDOWN AMIDST SIGNS OF A TURNAROUND

10+ mins

ARMY INDIA NAMES COUNTERINSURGENCY EXPERT LT GEN. NARAVANE AS NEXT ARMY

India on Dec. 16 named counterinsurgency operations expert Lt Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane as the next Chief of Army Staff of the 1.4- million force beginning new year 2020.

ARMY INDIA NAMES COUNTERINSURGENCY EXPERT LT GEN. NARAVANE AS NEXT ARMY

10+ mins

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Weekly news and analysis on India, since 1975. Content includes key developments during the week on politics, security, foreign policy and economy. Presents various expert views without any editorial bias. An ideal companion for scholars, policy makers, libraries, think tanks and individuals keen to understand the complex polity of India.

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