News behind the News - January 01, 2018

WINNING THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS: LESSONS FROM GUJARAT
2G CASE: A CONGRESS ANALYSES
MAHARASHTRA: RIFT IN BJP-SHIV SENA ALLIANCE
TAMIL NADU : AIADMK REBEL DINAKARAN WINS BYPOLL; SETBACK TO BJP
BIHAR: LALU PRASAD’S CONVICTION A SETBACK TO GRAND ALLIANCE
LOK SABHA PASSES BILL MAKING INSTANT TRIPLE TALAQ A CRIME

NORTH EAST
- Assam: plans to release National Register of Citizens

JAMMU AND KASHMIR
- Centre’s Special Representative meets delegations in Kashmir
- Centre defers plans to abolish Art 35-A
- Al-Qaeda video suggests war on Indian cities

DEFENCE
INDIAN COMMANDOS KILL 3 PAKISTANI SOLDIERS IN CROSS-LOC 'TIT-FOR-TAT' RAID
92 SOLDIERS COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 2017
SKEWED OUTLAY FOR DEFENCE: PANEL
AMIDST BORDER TENSION, INDIA STEPS UP TO BE NET SECURITY PROVIDER, PUSHES DEFENCE MANUFACTURING (2017 IN RETROSPECT)

NEIGHBOURS
SUSTAINABILITY OF CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE (BRI) IN S. ASIA
INDIA - AFGHANISTAN: SECOND AIR CORRIDOR LAUNCHED LINKING KABUL AND MUMBAI
INDIA - MYANMAR: AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP RAKHINE ‘PROFOUNDLY SIGNIFICANT’

INTERNATIONAL
INDIA - US: EXPERT VIEWS ON US’s NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY (NSS) DOCUMENT
‘INDO-PACIFIC’: ITS SIGNIFICANCE
US-PAKISTAN TIES AFFECT REGIONAL STABILITY
INDIA - PALESTINE: INTERPRETING INDIA’S JERUSALEM VOTE
ISRAEL PM NETANYAHU’S VISIT: INDIA’S JERUSALEM VOTE ON AGENDA
INDIA’S VOTE ON UKRAINE: ASSERTION OF INDIA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA
ASSESSING INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
‘ACT EAST’ POLICY: SECURITY AND CONNECTIVITY KEY ELEMENTS


ECONOMY
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

MONEY & BANKING
- Healthy GDP will offer efficient banks room for growth

INDUSTRY
- Interest rates are set to rise as liquidity tightens

RENEWABLE ENERGY
- Renewable energy sector adds 12 GW capacity in Jan-Nov

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
- India Inc concludes deals worth USD 60 bn in 2017