News behind The News – 01 January, 2024

POLITY

• Cover Story: Jammu and Kashmir: Fragility of Peace

• Ayodhya Ram Temple Consecration Ceremony:  Congress Dilemma

• Congress: The Relevance of Rahul Gandhi

• CWC Meeting: Old Wine in New Bottle

• 2024:  Key Issues that will determine the Election Year

• New Criminal Laws:  Some Progressive, Others Not So

DEFENCE

• Rajnath Singh visits Border Areas of Jammu and Kashmir to Review Security

• Navy Inducts 4th Missile-cum-Ammunition Barge

• Navy Commissions Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer INS Imphal

• Comment: Lost Bets: Rethinking India’s Myanmar Strategy

• Comment: Islamic Triad of Turkey, Pakistan & Azerbaijan Rake up Kashmir Issue as India Firmly Stands behind Armenia

NEIGHBOURS

• India - China: China’s Aggressive Strategies to Expand Strategic Influence in the Indian Ocean

• India Loosing Influence in South Asia?

INTERNATIONAL

• India - France:  Significance of Macron as Republic Day Chief Guest

• Expert Analyses: West Asia War Escalates to Red Sea, Closer to India

• 2024: Some Key Foreign Policy Challenges

• Comment: Myriad Challenges on the Security Front

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Finance Ministry’s response IMF’s  statement on debt

MONEY AND BANKING

• Banks well capitalised

TRADE

• Dynamic nature of India’s imports