News behind The News – 06 May, 2024

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

May 6, 2024 - 13:35 Updated: May 12, 2024 - 13:16
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POLITY

  • Cover Story: General Elections: BJP Allies may be Uncomfortable with a Powerful PM Modi with A 370 Seat Majority 

  • Constitution, Reservation as Key Campaign Issues

  • Expert Analyses: Low Voter Turnout Worries for BJP

  • Rahul Gandhi Resurgence may not be Enough to Score Victory

  • Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP Chief Arrest: Suspect Timing

  • Expert Anlayses: Inequality:  Debate over Wealth and Inheritance Tax

  • Spectrum Allocation: Supreme Court Declines to Receive Government Plea on ‘Administrative Allocation’

 

DEFENCE

  • National Security Strategy:   No Progress

  • Admiral Tripathi Takes Over as Indian Navy Chief

  • Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Takes Over as Navy Vice Chief

  • Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo System Successfully Flight-Tested by DRDO off The Odisha Coast

  • ICG Rescues Fisherman with head Injury onboard IFB St. Francis off the Gujarat Coast

  • Comment: India and The Scorpene Club

  • Air Marshal Kapoor Take Over as Air Force Training Commander

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China: The Dissimilarities

  • Allowing Chinese Electronics Companies to Invest:  Also, Pressure from Textile Lobby in Gujarat

  • India - China: Increasing Threat Perceptions

  • India - Pakistan: Ex-Envoy TCA Raghavan on Future of Bilateral Relations

  • South Asia: India in a Slightly more Favourable Than it has been for a While

  • Comment: Maldives Moving Closer to China

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - Canada: India Protests Trudeau Taking Part in Pro-Khalistan Event

  • Expert Analyses: Indian Democracy: Western Perceptions and Indian Realities

  • The Technology Challenge for India

ECONOMY

EXPLAINING THE STOCK MARKET BULL RUN

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Manufacturing PMI falls to 58.8 in April from March’s 16-year high

  • Positive economic  outlook, but with some concerns

  • Real growth about 6-6.5%, not 8.5%': Raghuram Rajan

  • Economist Arvind Panagariya  about India's economy

SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY

  • India’s strategy to become one of the top 5 chip makers by 2029