News behind The News – 10 March, 2025

POLITY

• ‘Maha Kumbh’:  A Political Project for UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

• Bihar Assembly Elections Year End: Politicians Have Failed

• India BLOC: Elusive Unity

• Expert Analyses: North vs South: Language (Hindi) and Delimitation Issues

• Manipur:  Kuki and Meitei Groups Continue to Oppose Each Other 

• Mizoram: Transit Hub for Explosives Smuggling

• AI: India’s Plans for Indigenous GPU Chips

• Targets for UN's Sustainable Development Goals: Mixed Bag

DEFENCE

• India's Security Apparatus must Remain Adaptive to Emerging Threats: Rajnath Singh

• IAF at an Inflection Point

• India's most Advanced Air-to-Air Missile Set to alter Balance of Power with its Unmatched Range

• RTX's Collins Aerospace Unveils New Engineering Development & Test Centre

• India Achieves Milestone with Successful High-Altitude Trial of Indigenous Integrated Life Support System for LCA Tejas

• BEL Executes Indian Army Order for Weapon Locating Radar ahead of Schedule

• Comment: India–Indonesia Defence Ties: Potential Areas of Cooperation

NEIGHBOURS

• Chinese Navy’s Forays into Bangladesh, Myanmar: Concern for India

• India - Nepal: Challenges in Managing the Relationship

INTERNATIONAL

• Cover Story: India - US: Tariffs from April 2; India Discusses its Strategy

• Cover Story: The New Trump World Order: Foreign Policy and Security Implications for India

• India - US: Usaid Closure may be Unexpectedly Positive

• India-EU: Strategic Significance of President Ursula Von Der Leyen’s Visit

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: SERIOUS ISSUES WITH INDIA’S GROWTH

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Growth, consumption and an economy turning the corner

• Factory activity growth dips to 14-month low in Feb

• Understanding the decline of the rupee and its impact

AGRICULTURE

• Prospect of a reduced wheat harvest

AUTOMOBILES

• Sales are down at home, but exports are thriving

ENERGY

• India third largest biofuel producer

MARKETS

• Market wounded,  but no blood on the Streets yet

• Market share in global m-cap drops to 16-month low