News behind The News – 11 March, 2024

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Cover Story: General Election 2024: Understanding Bjp’s Strategy

  • Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi’s visit

  • Ladakh: Centre Mulling Granting Article 371-Like Protection

  • MPs and Mlas Taking Bribes Stripped of Immunity

  • Manipur: Ethnic Polarisation

  • Indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR)

  • The Pre-Wedding Ceremony of Mukesh Ambani’s Son: Show of Power

  • AI Knowledge Consortium Launched

 

DEFENCE

  • India's Defence is more vital than Ever as Government bolsters it with Indianness: Rajnath Singh

  • Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Creates Eight Engineering World Records

  • Navy Commissions Romeo Squadron in Kochi

  • US Coast Guard Ship visits Port Blair for The Joint Exercise with India

  • Navy Commission Naval Station Close to Maldives

  • Preparing for Gaganyaan-12: Rigorous Training for Astronauts

  • Comment: Tiers of Motivation: Bilateral and Regional Drivers of the Iran-Pakistan Missile Strikes

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan: Normalcy in Relations Still Far Away

  • India - China: Implications of China Increasing its Defence budget by 7.2%

  • India Blocks China-Led Investment Pact at WTO

  • India - Maldives: Maldives’ Free Military Assistance Pact with China

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - Korea: Jaishankar visit, More Than a Mere Diplomatic Engagement

  • India - Taiwan: Agreement on Migration and Mobility

  • West Asia War Underscores Complexities of Global Trends and Conflicts

  • India-US: Limits to Strategic Partnership

  • Comment: A Battle of Competing Narratives

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • National income data: a poll-eve talking point

  • Boosting manufacturing

AGRICULTURE

  • Untimely rainfall and hailstorms damage crops

MARKETS

  • Bloomberg India bond inclusion to bring $1-2 billion inflows

TRADE

  • India’s trade policy  has been defensive

  • Penalty for unfair trade practices to be linked to global turnover

AUTOMOBILES

  • 3% on-year growth in Feb auto sales

ENERGY

  • Rs 41,000 crore investment for natural gas network in Kashmir, northeast