Background: India-Pakistan relations, Border disputes, International Border (IB), Border Security Force (BSF), Pakistan Rangers, Kashmir issue.
BSF, Pak Rangers to open more lines for contact
Day: August 20, 2016
Pakistan insists on Kashmir talks
Background: India-Pakistan relations, Kashmir issue, Jammu and Kashmir dispute, Cross-border terrorism, UNSC resolutions.
Karzai praises Modi for statement on Balochistan
Background: India-Pakistan relations, Balochistan issue, India-Afghanistan relations, Afghanistan peace process, Taliban, NATO.
Army destroys insurgent posts in Myanmar
Background: India-Myanmar relations, Naga Peace Accord, National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang).
Moscow’s long shadow
Background: Russia-US relations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Terrorism, Syria and Iraq crisis, Islamic State (IS).
Didn’t stall judicial appointments: Govt
Background: Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), Collegium system, National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) law, Supreme Court.
Latest MoP draft awaits green light from judges
Background: Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), Collegium system, National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) law, Supreme Court, High Court, Chief Justice of India, Attorney General, Advocate-General of States.
Keep a watch on food inflation
Background: Monetary policy, Inflation, Food inflation, Retail inflation, Wholesale Price Index (WPI), Consumer Price Index (CPI), RBI, India’s economic growth, Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations, One Rank One Pension plan.
