News behind The News – 04 December, 2023

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Expert Analyses: Assembly Elections: BJP Strategy - Hindutva Plus Welfare Emerges

  • Manipur: Off The National Political Radar

  • Jammu and Kashmir: High Court Draws a Red Line on Defining ‘Terror’

 

DEFENCE

  • 3 MEGA Defence Projects Worth Rs 1.4 Lakh Crore

  • Battered in Ukraine War, India ‘Bets Big’ On Archaic T-72 Tanks to Counter Double Threat of China & Pakistan

  • MSME Shipyard Delivers 3rd of The Eight Missile-Cum-Ammunition Barges

  • Indian Warship Deployed at Maputo, Mozambique

  • Indian IDS Hq Signs MOU with CSIR for Joint R&D On Defence Technology

  • Comment: Afghan Taliban Continues to Inflict Pain on Pakistan as Pashtunistan Movement Grows Louder

  • Comment: After Jf-17, J-10c Fighters, Cash-Strapped Pakistan Turns to China for Light Combat Aircraft JL-15

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - Maldives: Muizzu’s Stridency is the Bigger Challenge Than Removal of The Troops

  • Cover Story: Biden-Xi Summit:  India Need Not be Worried 

  • India - China:  Need to Promote Mutual Trust

  • India - Myanmar: Concern Over Civil War Leading to  Refugee Influx

  • India - Bangladesh:  Steady Improvement in Relations

  • Comment: Bangladesh’s Coming Election Draws Big-Power Attention: New Delhi Against External Interference

  • India - Afghanistan: Afghan Embassy Shuts Down

  • Comment: Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean Rim: Challenges and Opportunities for Region

INTERNATIONAL

  • Israel-Hamas Deal: Increase in US Heft in The Middle East

  • Islamic-Arab Summit: Religion Not a Major Factor in Islamic States’ Foreign Policy

  • India, Japan as Security Providers for Southeast Asia

  • India - Canada: E-Visas Restored, But Restoration of Normal Ties a Long Way Off

ECONOMY

NEED TO TEMPER EUPHORIA OVER ECONOMY

LONG WORKING HOURS, NO SOLUTION TO HIGHER OUTPUT

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Economy to grow by 7% in the second quarter

  • Currency in circulation declines: Ecowrap report

  • 20,000 GST notices annoy industry

MARKETS

  • Analysing the Market

MONEY AND BANKING

  • RBI guidelines on unsecured loans