News behind The News – 10 February, 2025

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Expert Analyses: Narendra Modi vs Rahul Gandhi

  • Delhi Polls: Political Fallout 

  • Revisiting the Question of Muslim Backwardness

  • Government  Employees to Stop Using Ai Tools like Chatgpt, Deepseek

  • Manipur: Saving The Border State

 

DEFENCE

  • Defence Budget Plans $21 Billion Arms Purchases in Fy26 – $13 Billion from Domestic Firms

  • Comment: Defence Budget Grows, but Combat Deficiencies Persist

  • Rajnath Singh Calls up US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth

  • IAF'S Mirage-2000 Crashes in Madhya Pradesh, Pilots Safe

  • Russia to ARM India Navy Submarine Fleet with Anti-Ship Kalibr Cruise Missiles

  • AERO India 2025: HAL to Highlight LUH, Cats Warrior at India Pavilion

  • 5th India, Spain Defence Ministry Meeting Reviews C295 Aircraft Project

  • India Signs Deal to Arm Pinaka Rockets with Key Munitions to Boost Army Fire Power

  • NVS-02 Satellite Suffers Orbit Glitch

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Cover Story: India - China: An Unequal Relationship; Subtle Warning / Signal to Misri

  • China-Pakistan: China Loosing Interest in Pakistan

INTERNATIONAL

  • India - US: Trump’s China Policy will Create Problems for India

  • Expert Analyses: India - US: Deportation of Illegal Indian Immigrants

  • India - Bangladesh: Interim Government Committed to Protecting Hindus - Foreign Adviser to the Interim Government of Bangladesh

  • India - Greece:  Foreign Ministers Discusses IMEC, India-Mediterranean Connect

  • Deep State:  Who represents it in India

  • Expert Analyses: Removing Structural Problem Ailing the Atomic Energy Programme

ECONOMY

RBI’S MPC CUTS LENDING RATE BY 25 BASIS POINTS TO 6.25%

EXPERT ANALYSES: UNION BUDGET: FALLING SHORT AT CLOSER SCRUTINY