News behind The News – 03 April, 2023

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Cover Story: PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Opposition and Democracy

  • Expert Analyses: Punjab: Khalistan, A Threat to Security - A Dangerous Trend

  • Northeast: Lifting AFSPA

  • Hate Speeches: Supreme Court Slams ‘Silence of State’

 

DEFENCE

  • Arms Race Fears Rise, as Russia Supplies Uranium to China that can Help Deploy 1,500 Nukes

  • Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Crash

  • India Signs Rs 9,100 Crore Deal for Improved Akash Missiles, Swathi Radars for Army

  • India Signs 10 Contracts worth Rs 5,498 Crore with BEL for Indian Armed Forces

  • India Signs Deal to Buy Brahmos Missiles for Coastal Batteries worth Rs 1,700 Crore

  • India Signs Deal for Next Generation OPVS and Missile Vessels for Navy

  • Comment: The Importance of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to India

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China: Chinese Transgressions Remain Potential Trigger for Escalations - Army Chief

  • In Case of China-Taiwan Conflict, Speculation on India’s Response

  • China - Tibet: Dalai Lama Appoints Mongolian Head of Buddhism

  • India -Bhutan: China has an Equal Say in Resolving the Doklam Plateau Dispute

INTERNATIONAL

  • PM Modi’s Participation in G7 and G20: The Challenge

  • G20: Promoting a Vision of ‘Blue Economy’

  • Expert Analyses: SCO Summit: A Difficult Summit for PM Modi

  • Middle East: India Needs to Stay Out of the Great Power Manoeuvring

  • The ‘New Warsaw Pact’: Implications for India

  • India - Russia: Push for Maritime Connectivity

  • Energy Supplies:  India to Keep Monitoring

  • Semiconductor Manufacturing:  Firms Build Talent Pool

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Impact of global economic slowdown for India

  • CAD seen narrowing: ET Poll

  • Net direct tax growth for 2022-23 slows

INDUSTRY

  • Task force to make India 'product developer and manufacturing nation'

  • Freight corridors: making India into a global industrial hub

AUTOMOBILES

  • Rs 800 crore subsidy  to oil companies for setting up over 7000 charging stations

ENERGY

  • $540 bn investment needed by 2029 to meet renewable targets: S&P Global Ratings

TRADE

  • Exports cross record $750 nn-mark

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • Fixed communication market revenue to hit $13.9 bn in 2027