News behind The News – 12 June, 2023

POLITY

• Making the South Politically Irrelevant Through Population Driven Delimitation

• Post Karnataka, Difficult Times for BJP

• PM Modi,the Charismatic Populist Leader and The Public Mood

• Jammu and Kashmir: Changing Terror Tends 

• Wrestler’s Protests are Important

• Expert Analyses: Manipur: Lull before the Storm

• Sedition: Criticism of Law Commission of India’s Report

DEFENCE

• India, France, UAE Conclude First Joint Maritime Exercise

• 'Agni Prime' Ballistic Missile Successfully Flight-Tested by DRDO off Odisha Coast

• Chandrayaan-3 Launch in Mid-July

• Comment: Brahmos: 25 Years of the Joint Venture

• Comment: Israel’s Approach to Building Cyber Capabilities: Lessons for the Indian Armed Forces

NEIGHBOURS

• Expert Analyses: India - China: Irreconcilable Positions; Heightened Threat

• India - China: This Decade belongs to India - Nomura

• India - China: Caution on Chinese Investment / Tech As Make in India Suffers

• India - Pakistan: Delhi Should Continue its Hard Line

• Expert Analyses: India - Nepal: Nepal Opposition Accuses PM Dahal visit as ‘Sell-Out’ To India

INTERNATIONAL

• Cover Story: Curtain Raiser on PM Modi’s US visit: Stage Set for Further Elevation of Relations

• Ukraine Conflict: Restoring Peace is a Complex Phenomenon for India

• Expert Analyses: SCO Summit in Virtual Mode: Understanding India’s Logic  

• OPEC Crude Cuts: Implications for India

• India-Namibia Joint Commission of Cooperation: Jaishankar Participates

• Case for The Fourth India-Africa Forum Summit during Delhi’s G20 Presidency

ECONOMY

RBI’S MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE (MPC) MEETING:  REPO RATE UNCHANGED

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Growth to slow to 6.3% in FY2023: World Bank

• Services growth defies inflation pressures

INDUSTRY

• Tata Group, India’s most valuable brand

CIVIL AVIATION

• IndiGo’s potential 500 jet order to Airbus

AUTOMOBILES

• Retail sales surge