News behind The News – 02 September, 2024

POLITY

• Cover Story: ’India’ Alliance Still not an Alternative Despite Fissures in BJP / NDA

• Realistic Plan to Fight Maoists

• Jammu and Kashmir: Banned Jamaat-e-Islami to Contest Polls

• Delay in holding census

• Migration: Indians who migrate abroad See Incomes Double

• Despite Steady Rise, India will Struggle to become a Developed Economy by 2047

• Labour Codes: Further Consultations with Trade Unions

DEFENCE

• India Emerges as a Formidable Defence Exports

• India Commissions Second Arihant-Class Submarine 'INS Arighaat' Boosting Nuclear Triad

• India, South Africa Navies hold 12th Staff Talks

• First Indigenous Pollution Control Vessel for ICG Launched in Goa Shipyard

• Vadm Rajesh Dhankhar takes Over as Director General of Project Seabird in Karwar

• Vadm. Praveen Nair takes over as indian naval academy commandant

• DRDO Scientists Complete End-to-End Testing of a 6-Qubit Quantum Processor

• Mahindra Group, Sentrycs Team Up to Develop, Provide Anti-Drone Solutions in India

• HAL Selects Safhal Helicopter Engines to Develop and Produce ‘Aravalli’ Engines for Powering India's Imrh and Dbmrh Platforms

• ISRO May See Increase in Budget

NEIGHBOURS

• Expert Analyses: India - China: Security, Tibet and Environment Issues

• India - Sri Lanka: Presidential Polls; India Keeping a Close Eye

• India - Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities

• India - Pakistan: Backlash against Democracy!

• India - Pakistan: Baloch Liberation Army Carries Out Coordinated Attacks

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: Defence Minister’s visit to US and PM Modi’s visit to Ukraine:  More Than a Balancing Act

• US-India: Trump or Harris - India’ S Relations on an Upward Arc

• Us, China Could Start New Nuclear Arms Race:  India Should Reassess Options

ECONOMY

UNIFIED LENDING INTERFACE (ULI): RECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE AND TIMELY CREDIT TO AGRICULTURE AND SMALL ENTERPRISES

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Moody’s raises GDP Growth forecast to 7.2% for 2024

• Economic growth forecast projections

• Countering inflation: policy dilemma

• Food crisis: under-nutrition and food security

AUTOMOBILES

• Inventory piles up

MONEY AND BANKING

• 10 years of PM Modi’s ‘Jan Dhan’ (financial inclusion)

INDUSTRY

• 12 new smart cities with a Rs 28,000 crore outlay

TELECOM

• Foxconn ‘city’: spoilt for choice

• India’s 6G vision

MARKETS

• IPOs of 2024: top performers