News behind The News – 09 May, 2022

POLITY

• Rise of Populism: Fiscal Price of Political Failures

• Jammu and Kashmir:  Delimitation Commission Redraws Electoral Map

• Rising Communal Tensions

• Comment: Why Hate has Visceral Appeal in India

• Judicial Reforms: Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts

• Expert Analyses: Covid-19-Linked Deaths: Who Estimates 4.7 Million; India Estimates 0.48 Million

DEFENCE

• Bureaucracy Undermining Preparedness

• Procurement through Gem Reaches All-Time High

• Rajnath Singh Exhorts Indian Air Force to become Aerospace Force

• General Manoj Pande takes over as 29th Chief

• Appointment of New Chief of Defence Staff Delayed

• Boeing, Air Works Accelerate MRO Capabilities for the Indian Navy's P-8i Fleet in India

• Navy's Second Diving Support Craft Keel Laying at Titagarh Wagons

• Crown Group Defence Sets up MRO Facilities across India

• Comment: Testing the Strength of India-Japan Relations

• Comment: India and Vietnam: 50 Years of Diplomatic Ties

NEIGHBOURS

• India - China: No De-Escalation along the Border

• Comment: A 'Made in India' De-Radicalization Programme that has benefited Thousands

INTERNATIONAL

• Cover Story: PM Modi’s three-Nation European Tour: Significance

• India ‘Will Need the West more than it has in the Recent Past’

• India’s Ukraine Dilemma

• The Old World order is being ‘Seriously Challenged’

• Soft Power Gives way to Hard Power

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: MONETARY POLICY REVIEW: REPO RATE UP 40 BASIS POINTS, CRR UP 50 BPS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Economy may take till 2034-35 to overcome COVID-19 losses: RBI

• India may not become a $5 trillion economy before FY29

• High April GST collections

AUTOMOBILES

• EVs popularity soars despite battery fires