News behind The News – 04 April, 2022

POLITY

• Cover Story: Learning From Modi’s Electoral Strategy

• Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath Pan-India Ambitions

• Assam, and Meghalaya Settle Inter-State Border Dispute

• Northeast: Security Act Partially withdrawn in Nagaland, Assam and Manipur

• Karnataka: Muslim Traders Prevented from Setting up Stalls on Temple Premises

DEFENCE

• India Signs up Goa Shipyard for Coast Guard fast Patrol Vessels

• Navy Commissions New P-8 Squadron for Western Coast

• India's IOR Initiative Holds First Maritime Exercise

• BEL Signs Contracts worth Rs. 3,102 Crore for Equipping Air Force

• Army Variant of Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile System Completes Development Trials

• BEL, Army Design Bureau Sign up for Artificial Intelligence Solutions

• Cabinet Nod for Indigenous Light Combat Helicopters Purchase from HAL

• Experts Urge India to Play Greater Role in Promoting Stability in West Asia

• Comment: Colombo Security Conclave: Prospects for India as ˜preferred Security Partner”

NEIGHBOURS

• Expert Analyses: India - China: In-Depth Analyses of the Wang Yi Visit

• China’s Nepal Outreach

• India’s  S. Asia Diplomatic Offensive: Reclaiming the Lost Advantage from China

• Comment: A Missile Misfire that Could Have Gone Horribly Wrong

INTERNATIONAL

• BIMSTEC Summit: Key Takeaways

• The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visit

• Expert Analyses: Ukraine Conflict: India Under Immense Pressure From Russia, US and its Allies

• Ukraine Conflict: Three Dominant views in India

• India Considering Rupee-Ruble-Denominated Payments

• Quad:  High on Rhetoric but low on Substance

• India - Australia: Free Trade Agreement

ECONOMY

UKRAINE CONFLICT: RUSSIA REQUESTS CLEARANCE OF HALTED ARMS PAYMENTS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Current account deficit zoomed to $23 billion in Q3

• Core sectors rise 5.8% in February

INFRASTRUCTURE

• 374 high impact infra projects  to be reviewed