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News behind the News (NbN) is a weekly journal published by Asia News Agency. It is structured to suit the needs of the India based diplomatic community. It analyses week after week, key issues and developments talking place in respect of India’s polity, foreign policy, defence and economy.

Special Studies are prepared by Asia News Agency in partnership with Society for Policy Studies (SPS). These are in the nature of in-depth analytical backgrounders / desk reviews on topics of current interest to its clients.

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    HOW ECONOMISTS SEE THE ROAD TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY

    The slowdown in the economy may have begun to bottom out. Provisional figures show that while overall production at the infrastructure industries in June shrank 15%, the pace of contraction slowed for a second consecutive month. The study presents views of economists including Dr Manmohan Desai (former Prime Minister), Ashok V Desai etc on how to revive the economy. 

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    JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ONE YEAR AFTER 5 AUGUST; AN UNEASY PEACE

    Last year, in August, parliament stripped Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy and special status. It was divested of statehood and downgraded into two Union Territories - Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.  One year later, the government argues that the reduction of violence and terror incidents is a sign that the people have come to accept what happened on August 5 last year.

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    RAM TEMPLE AT AYODHYA: THE RIGHTS AND THE WRONGS

    PM Modi has delivered on the BJP’s core ideological project - both in form and content. He has underlined what electoral power can achieve and, in the process, reinforced his political credibility like no other leader in the BJP. The study presents strong ‘supportive’ and ‘non supportive' views on the momentous event that could set-off more demands to rectify other historical wrongs.

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    NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY: EXPERT ASSESSMENT

    In the third major revamp of the framework of education since independence, the new National  Education Policy (NEP) provides a comprehensive framework to reform primary and higher education sectors to take India to the next level. The study discusses key takeaways of the NEP including expert analyses. 

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    RAFALE A GAME CHANGER !

    With 5 Rafale aircraft reaching India on July 29, France has now handed over 10 jets to India. Calling it a game changer, former Air Chief Marshal B. S Dhanoa says that Rafale with its top of the line electronic warfare suite, Meteor beyond visual range missile and SCALP air to ground weapon with its terrain following capability, outguns any threat that the Chinese Air Force produces.

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    WINTER WILL ALTER THE INDIA-CHINA POWER EQUATION

    In the border clashes many Indian and Chinese soldiers fatally succumbed to hypoxia (low oxygen levels because of the altitude) and hypothermia (excessive cold). Starting September, adverse weather conditions could put the Chinese at a disadvantage.

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    ‘COALITION OF DEMOCRACIES’: INDIA’S PREDICAMENT

    In the unmistakable cold war between US and China, analysts seeds of a coalition of democracies. This is of consequence to India. The study examines if the US policy will endure if Trump looses elections.

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    BRAND MODI TAKING A HIT !

    Even though PM Modi has no political challenger, he is not his usual combative self and seems guarded. His public persona has been built on five pillars — strong and decisive leader; a man of development; global statesman; a fakir who keeps his family away to work for others; and a ‘Hindu Hriday Samrat’ (Emperor of Hindu Hearts). The first four pillars appear to be under stress.

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    IN A TWO FRONT WAR, INDIA CANNOT COUNT ON THE US

    The potential of a two-front war with Pakistan and China was recognised in 2009 by the then Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor. The debate regarding India’s capability to fight a war in which there is full collusion between China and Pakistan, has generally remained inconclusive.

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    INDIA - CHINA: DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC AND MILITARY OPTIONS AS STALEMATE CONTINUES

    The disengagement process in Eastern Ladakh is at a stalemate.  Chinese troops appear  reluctant to step back from 2 out of the 4 friction points. China seems to believe that a limited war-like thrust into India is a viable option. In the circumstance, experts weigh India’s diplomatic, economic and military options.

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    CHINA -PAKISTAN NEXUS: POSSIBILITY OF A TWO FRONT WAR

    Army chief General Paravane’s suggestion of not ruling out the possibility of a “two front war” indicates the  seriousness of the current face-off with China. Pakistan has moved 20,000 soldiers to the Line of Control (LoC). The move matches a similar deployment authorised by Beijing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh region in June.

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    ANTI-CHINA COALITION IN THE MAKING

    India is garnering support from the US, Japan, Australia, Britain and the EU, all of whom appear to be reviewing their policies and stances to counter growing Chinese aggressiveness.  Some have called it the making of a probable informal anti-China global alliance. India closely watches this process even as it sheds its reluctance to be part of any grouping.

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