News behind The News – 12 May, 2025

POLITY

• Jammu and Kashmir: Pahalgam Impact

• Expert Analyses: Caste Survey:  History, Objective and Context

DEFENCE

• Operation Sindoor Successfully Executed by Indian Armed Forces with High-Quality Military Equipment: Rajnath Singh

• Operation Sindoor: India’s Combat Aircraft Hit Pakistan Terror Camps without Crossing the Line

• Rajnath Outlines Indian Defence Industry’s Potential to Collaborate with Japan on New Areas Including Tank Engines & Aeroengines

• 800 Vessels, One Vision: GRSE Continues to Shape the Seas with the Delivery of INS Arnala, Marking a New ERA in Shipbuilding

• Cenjows Hosts MRSAM-India Eco-System Summit 2.0

• Comment: Balancing Legacy and Innovation: Russia, US and India’s Defence Procurement Policies

• Comment: Surya Kiran XVIII: Strengthening India–Nepal Military Cooperation

NEIGHBOURS

• Cover Story: India - Pakistan: Massive Escalation; Conflict May Get Out of Hand

• Indus Waters Treaty

• India - Japan:  Defence Minister Consultations

• India - Bangladesh: Safeguarding the Northeast

INTERNATIONAL

• Saudi and Iranian Foreign Ministers in Delhi

• Expert Analyses: Pakistan-Turkey Nexus: India’s Counter Measures

• UNSC Holds Closed Consultations on Indo-Pak Tensions, Hears Calls for ‘Restraint'

• PM Modi’s Different Approaches to US, China

• India - US: U.S. to Stay out of War; but trade deal is on

• India - UK: FTA Concluded

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Top Indian firms shift to remote work

• IMF trims forecast

MARKETS

• Markets slump

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• India tightens satcom rules