News behind The News – 05 August, 2024

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • PM Modi to Industry: Focus on Economy

  • Cover Story: BJP’s Discomfort: Heading Minority Govt and the War within

  • The Question of Caste: Rahul Gandhi’s Rhetoric

  • Landmark Supreme Court Judgement on Reservations: Attempt to Remove Intra-Quota Imbalances and Disparities

  • The Complex Voter Behaviour

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Jamaat-E-Islami Jammu and Kashmir (JEI-J&K) Return to Political Mainstream - Strategic Recalibration

  • Comment: Kargil@2025: PM Modi Needs to Carry Forward Steps Taken by Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Strengthen National Security

  • Development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRS)

 

DEFENCE

  • ‘Towards an Inclusive Approach': DG ICG Inaugurates The 7th ICG Subordinate Officers’ Conclave

  • Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair Becomes First Woman DG Medical Services (Army)

  • HFCL Develops Critical Defense Technologies Indigenously with Focus on Exports

  • Grse Signs MOU with Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd: One More Step Towards Aatmanirbharta

  • Gaganyaan Astronaut to Travel to International Space Station (ISS)

  • Comment: Kargil Revisited: 25 Years of Kargil Conflict

  • Comment: Cheap Thrills, Costly Spills: The Real Price of Made-in-China

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China: Security and Economic Imperatives

  • India - Pakistan:  Lasting Peace Remains Elusive

  • India - Bangladesh: India’s Choices

  • Changing Dynamics in South Asia for India

INTERNATIONAL

  • India - Vietnam: PM Modi’s Visit - Strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

  • Hamas Chief Assassination: Impact on The Region and India

  • Expert Analyses: Quad Eams Meet: Concerns About South China Seas and Ukraine

  • PM Modi’s Ukraine Trip: Tight Rope Walking Becoming Difficult

  • India - US: The Unpredictable Kamala Harris

ECONOMY

GDP TO $55 TRILLION BY 2047: ED, IMF

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • PMI signals factory activity eased a little
  • Unemployment rate of youth has fallen although the problem is huge
  • Digital economy to make up 1/5th of GDP by 2026: RBI  

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Private banks' first quarter financials not good