News behind The News – 15 April, 2024

POLITY

• Cover Story: ’Narendra Modi and the Unstoppable Rise of India’: But there are Areas of Discomfort

• ‘INDIA’ Well Placed in South but Northern Comfort Elusive

• Congress Manifesto:  Areas of Focus Identified

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

• Expert Analyses: CSDS-Lokniti 2024 Pre-Poll Survey: Issues for Elections

• Jammu and Kashmir:  India Bloc in Disarray

• The Citizenship (Amendment) Act: Contentious

• Citizen’s ‘Right to be Free from the Adverse Effects of Climate Change’: Supreme Court

DEFENCE

• Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Military Infrastructure Upgrades

• Need to Develop a ‘Joint Culture’ for the Forces

• CDS Stresses the Need for Developing a Joint Culture for Armed Forces

• India Receives a Fresh Batch of IGLA-S Air Defence System from Russia, to be deployed at LAC

• India's HAL Bags Rs 65k Crore Tender for 97 Tejas Combat Jets

• Steel Cut for First Fleet Support Ships at Hindustan Shipyard

• Tata's Military-Grade Satellite Successfully in Orbit

• ISRO’S ‘Zero Orbital Debris’ Milestone

NEIGHBOURS

• China’s setting UP Border Villages along Lac and The Indian Response

• Expert Analyses: Domestic issues Could Potentially Damage Ties

• India - Pakistan: Revival of Trade will benefit both 

• India - Maldives: India’s Positive Gesture

• India - Sri Lanka: More on Katchateevu

• India - Bangladesh: India out Campaign

INTERNATIONAL

• Biden for ‘Responsible Competition’ With China: India needs to watch for Implications

• India - Russia - Ukraine - China

• ‘No First Use’ Nuclear Policy: Mirv Tech Impact

ECONOMY

FIXING THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Q4 GDP growth may be at 6.5%-7%

• Monetary Policy Committee’s concerns over headline inflation

MARKETS

• Stock market at 75,000

INDUSTRY

• Imports fall as PLI boosts local production of electronics parts

• Torrid times for MSMEs

AUTOMOBILES

• PV surge

INVESTMENTS

• FDI: India’s potential

COMPUTERS

• PC imports from China