News behind The News – 13 May, 2024

POLITY

• Cover Story: General Elections: The Many Speculative Challenges to PM Modi

• Congress will Contest in 328, Lowest Lok Sabha Tally: Gives 101 Seats for Allies

• Cover Story: Rahul Gandhi to Contest from Rae Bareli in UP, Calculated Gamble

• Negative Campaigns by BJP, Congress:  Impact on Marginalised Communities, Democracy

• BJP, Congress Manifestos:  Comparison on National Security Related Issues

• Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Elections: Enduring Distrust

• Assembly Elections: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim

• Manipur: Inquiry into Ethnic Violence Receives 11,000 Affidavits

• Rural Distress: Living on the Margins

DEFENCE

• Vice Admiral Bhalla Takes Over as Indian Navy's Personnel Chief

• Indian Coast Guard MOU with Private Sector for Marine Grade Steel

• Army's Western Command holds Exercise Gagan Strike

• Jordan Armed Forces team visits Indian Military Training Establishments

• India Urges Infra Firms to Contribute in Border Areas Development

• Comment: Indian Special Forces Operations Since 2014: Key Inferences

• Comment: What Explains the Decadal Upswing in India-UAE Relations?

NEIGHBOURS

• India - China: The Trust Deficit

• India - Myanmar: Little Debate on how to Deal with The Myanmar Crisis

• India - Nepal: The Simmering Border Issue

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: Xi Jinping’s Europe visit:  A Divided Europe and India’s Challenge

• Expert Analyses: Indian Intelligence Operations in Focus

• West Asia War: Why are Indians so Quiet

• Indian Workers Treated As ‘Disposable Casualties of War’

• Indian Democracy: Western Bias

ECONOMY

INDUSTRY

• New Income Tax clause to ensure MSMEs are paid on time creates problems

• Services sector’s strongest growth rates in around 14 years: PMI data

MARKETS

• Downgrading China and upgrading India: Citygroup

TELECOM

• Spectrum allocation through administrative route

ENERGY

• Biggest power shortfall in 14 years in June projected

• India now third largest producer of solar power

TRADE

• Smartphone shipment volumes surge: strong outlook