News behind The News – 15 January, 2024

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

Jan 15, 2024 - 22:05 Updated: Jan 21, 2024 - 16:05
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POLITY

  • Cover Story: Ram Temple Inauguration: Congress Declines invite; BJP Set to Make Political Capital

  • India Alliance: The Leadership Crisis

  • The Contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) Rules

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Local Bodies, Assembly Polls Likely as Militancy Character Changes

  • Tamil Nadu, Gujarat:  $1 Trillion Economies by 2030 

  • SC holds Remission the Bilkis Bano Case Unlawful: Blow for the Rule of Law

  • 1,111 NGOS  Granted Permission to Receive Foreign Donations under FCRA in 2023

 

DEFENCE

  • India ‘Knocks Out’ Chinese Spy Ship from Colombo; Its Sri Lankan Victory turns into A Failure in Maldives

  • UK’S ‘5th-GEN’ Carrier Strike Group to Conduct Wargames with Indian Navy to Check China in Indian Ocean

  • Despite Israel-Hamas war, India gets Timely Delivery of Israeli-Origin, Adani-made Hermes 900 Drone

  • IAF Lands C-130j Aircraft at Night on Kargil Airstrip

  • DRDO Conducts Successful Flight Test of New Generation Akash Missile off Odisha Coast

  • Aditya-L1 Mission

  • After Beating US, China & Russia to Moon’s South Pole, India Puts Aditya-L1 in HALO Orbit to Study Sun

  • Comment: Why Djibouti and the Gulf of Aden Matter for India and the INDO-Pacific

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - Maldives:  Relations under Stress; China Gains

  • India - China: Perceptions on India’s Approach

  • India - Russia:  Ties at Crossroads

  • Expert Analyses: India - Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina gets Fourth Straight Term

  • Comment: BNP’s Miscalculation can Prove Costly for Party and Bangladesh

  • India    - Myanmar: Ending Free Movement Regime (FMR)

  • India - Nepal: Joint Commission Meeting

INTERNATIONAL

  • Israel-Hamas War - Red Sea Escalation: India already Impacted

  • India - US:  India must make Sense of American Society, Its History, and Politics

  • Comment: Litmus Test for India’s Politico-Diplomatic Acumen

ECONOMY

ECONOMY STILL SEARCHING FOR DURABLE DRIVERS OF CONSUMPTION-LED GROWTH

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • ‘India’s big advantage: two-thirds Economy Consumer-Oriented’

  • Direct tax collections cross 80% of 2023-24 target

AUTOMOBILES

  • Auto growth for CY 23 in double digits