In this issue

CAA, NRC HAVE POLARISED POLITICS AND SOCIETY
CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW BJP CHIEF, JP NADDA
KASHMIR AT THE UNSC
EXPERT VIEWS
RSS INFLUENCE IS HURTING THE BJP
THE PROFOUND SYMBOLISM OF THE SHAHEEN BAGH PROTESTS
ANTI-CAA PROTESTS IN INDIA MASK ASSAM’S LONELY STRUGGLE
DEFENCE
SUKHOI JETS BASED IN S INDIA TO COUNTER CHINA
ASTRA MISSILE FOR LCA, NOT RAFALE’S METEOR
INDIA TESTS SUBMARINE-FIRED N-CAPABLE BALLISTIC MISSILE
INDIA FIRST LOCALLY-MADE AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO GO FOR TRIALS THIS YEAR
FIRST UNMANNED MISSION IN DECEMBER: ISRO
EXPERT VIEWS
REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA IN 2019
NEIGHBOURSCITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT: REPERCUSSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
INDIA - PAKISTAN: SCO INVITE TO IMRAN PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY !
FATF MEETING IN BEIJING GIVES MAJOR RELIEF TO PAKISTAN
CHINA-PAKISTAN ALLIANCE WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN
INDIA - MYANMAR: CHINA BECOMES INDISPENSABLE AGAIN

RSS INFLUENCE IS HURTING THE BJP

Little appears to be going right for the BJP.

4 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.

10+ 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’.

2 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.

3 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.

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.

7 mins

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