News behind The News – 01 April, 2024

POLITY

• Cover Story: General Elections: BJP on The Offensive

• Jammu And Kashmir: Troop Pullback and AFSPA Revocation

• Expert Analyses: Unemployment: A Clear Election Issue

• Rising Inequality in India: World Inequality Lab Report  

• India’s Space Economy Handicapped by Gaps in Law

DEFENCE

• Tejas Combat Jet's Latest Variant Completes First Flight Test.

• Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Opens Aerospace Services India (ASI)

• Indian Navy Gets Delivery of Ammo, Torpedo, Missile Barge

NEIGHBOURS

• Expert Analyses: India - Bhutan: PM’s visit to Neutralise China

• China on The Decline, Domestically and GEO-Politically

• India - China: Rivalry in Indian Ocean

• Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan: Challenges in Resuming Trade

• India  - Sri Lanka: India Courting JVP, Once A Banned Party

• India -Myanmar: Fencing the Border 

• Defence Secretary Opens Coast Guard Hovercraft Unit at Okha

• Astronauts Preparing for Gaganyaan Space Flight

• Comment: P75 (1) Submarines and Strategic Partnership Model

• Comment: Bridging Gaps in Cybersecurity with Cyber Insurance

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: India - US:  A Temporary Convergence of Interests ?

• India’s Weight in The International System will Continue to Grow

• Nuclear Power to Drive Clean Energy

• Ukraine War: India as Peacemaker

• India as Security Provider in The Indian Ocean

• Moscow Attack: Implications for India

ECONOMY

RBI'S DISPROPORTIONATE ACTION AGAINST FINTECHS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Morgan Stanley raises GDP growth expectation for FY25 to 6.8%

• Economic indicators paint a mixed picture

INDUSTRY

• Assessing India's manufacturing prowess

AUTOMOBILES

• Car shipments improve

MARKETS

• Elections and markets