In this issue

COVER STORY: PM’S RS20LAKHCRORE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE: ASSESSMENT
TRANCHE 1 OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE: THE MSME PACKAGE  CRITICISM AND PRAISE
TRANCHE 2 OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE: PACKAGE FOR MIGRANTS, URBAN POOR AND
FARMERS MUTED REACTION
TRANCHE 3 OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE: PACKAGE FOR AGRICULTURE DEFINING
MOMENT
TRANCHE 4 OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE: DEFENCE, CIVIL AVIATION, MINING, ENERGY, ATOMIC
ENERGY, SPACE  FOCUS ON STRUCTURAL REFORMS
TRANCHE 5 OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE: FOCUS ON REFORMS: SEVEN SEGMENTS
IDENTIFIED
PM’S MEETING WITH CHIEF MINISTERS: STATES WANT MORE AUTHORITY
ARMY: INDIAN ARMY PROPOSES VOLUNTARY 3YEAR DUTY FOR INTERESTED, ELIGIBLE YOUTH
INDIA, CHINA TROOPS FACEOFF IN SIKKIM, LADAKH
61 CAVALRY TO GET MECHANISED
COMMENT: IS INDIA PLANNING AN OPERATION IN POK?
COMMENT: VIRUS AS BIOWEAPON: CONTESTED ORIGINS OF NOVEL CORONAVIRUS
EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA  CHINA: TENSION ALONG THE BORDER
INDIA  NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF SEES HAND OF THIRD PARTY OVER ROAD DISPUTE
EXPERT ANALYSES: WOOING INDUSTRY FROM CHINA TO INDIA: LABOUR REFORMS
INDIA  PAKISTAN: HIZBUL MUJAHIDEEN CHIEF NAMES 3 TO LEAD KASHMIR TERROR
INDIA  PAKISTAN: DRUGS, WEAPONS AND TERROR
AFGHANISTAN: INDIA MAY HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO OPEN DIALOGUE WITH TALIBAN
COMMENT: NO PERMANENT FRIEND OR ENEMIES: NEED FOR INDIA’S DEEPER AND BOLDER EN
GAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN
COMMENT: SRI LANKA’S RISE IN STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE IN CHINESE GEOPOLITICAL CALCULUS
COMMENT: A SUCCESS STORY: GOOD LEADERSHIP, TIMELY RESPONSES HELP BHUTAN CONTAIN
COVID19

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