News behind The News – 10 October, 2022

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Cover Story: Congress: The Leadership Election is a Tipping Point for the Party

  • Cover Story: Rahul Gandhi’s Unity March:  Not a Routine Political Event

  • Jammu and Kashmir:  Amit Shah’s Visit

  • RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Annual Speech:  Outlines Organisation’s Vision

  • 10 Individuals Designates as Terrorists: Home Ministry

  • Comment: RSS Leader's Outreach To Muslims: Reconciliation or Cooption?

  • ‘Gati Shakti’: $1.6 Trillion Plan To Remove Bottlenecks in Infrastructure Projects

  • The Economy Doing well, But Still has a Long Way to Go

 

DEFENCE

  • New Chief of Defence Staff (CDS): Challenges

  • Working Towards Tri-Services Missile Command

  • Air Force Inducts Indigenous Light Combat Helicopter

  • Appropriate Measures put in Place to Deal with Chinese Activities along LAC: IAF Chief

  • Mars Orbiter Run out of Propellant

  • Comment: Chinese Targeted Cyber Operations against Taiwan: Key Takeaways for India

  • Comment: Western Hydrocarbon Exodus and Arctic Boycott: Opportunities for India in Russia

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: Lessons from the 1962 War

  • India - China: Xiaomi Assets Frozen

  • Afghanistan: India’s Concerns on Pakistan

  • Comment: Pakistan’s Chinese Bugbear: Growing Attacks Pose a New Security Challenge for Islamabad

  • Comment: Bangladesh’s Rohingya Camps are Growing Security and Environmental Hazard

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - Russia: Abstaining at the UNSC again - Political Embarrassment for India

  • The Modi, Zelenskyy Discussion

  • Ukraine War: Conventional Wisdom vs New Thinking

  • Russia is India’s 2nd-Largest Crude Supplier

  • Expert Analyses: G20 Presidency: Opportunity to take a Leadership Role

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • India ‘would become the third largest in the world by the end of 2027-28’

  • India on course for 7% growth: CEA

INDUSTRY

  • Industry ranks higher post-pandemic

  • Earnings estimates lowered on cost inflation, slowdown fears

  • The Indian startup ecosystem

TRADE

  • Exports drop, imports slide

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  • Government owned C-DOT designed the core network architecture of 5G

  • Plans to set up 100 5G labs

ENERGY

  • Coal output rose 12% in September

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Government-promoted ‘bad bank’ gets going

  • Global currency reserves shrink by $1 trillion