News behind The News – 17 October, 2022

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • RSS Perspective on ‘Hindu Rashtra’ (Hindu Nation): No Threat to Minorities

  • RSS, BJP Relationship

  • Debate over Hinduism

  • Congress President Election: Urban Elite not Comfortable with Kharge

  • Rahul Gandhi’s Unity March:  Give it A Fair Trial

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Terror Funding

  • Comment: BJP Seeks to Etch New Lines on The Political Map of Jammu and Kashmir: Will This End its Electoral Drought in The Valley?

  • Supreme Court: Two Important Interim Verdicts

 

DEFENCE

  • Rajnath Singh Calls Defence Attache as Bridges Of Friendship between India, Friendly Nations

  • Navy, Management Institue-Nagpur Sign up for Training Personnel

  • Navy Holds Maritime Exercise in Krishna-Godavari Basin Area

  • Navy MIG-29k Combat Jet Crashes Off Goa Coast, Pilot Safe

  • Army Plans Military Exercise Focusing on Pakistan

  • IAF'S New Weapons Systems Branch: Facts & Figures

  • India to Hold 'Invest in Defence' Event during Defexpo

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - Pakistan: US Cozying up to Pak Army Chief   shouldn’t be a Concern for India

  • India - Pakistan: Terror Rollback by Pakistan is Tactical

  • India - China: India should be Firm on Human Rights Violations

  • India - Myanmar:  Rising Insurgency in Myanmar Could Have Implications in Northeast

INTERNATIONAL

  • India - US: Shared Vision on INDO-Pacific

  • Expert Analyses: G20 theme:  ‘Soul of India’

  • Explaining how India Thinks to the World

  • India at the UNGA: New Approach

  • Comment: India in the United Nations Security Council

  • India - UK: FTA talks Face Deadlock

  • India - US: Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri visit to US

  • Expert Analyses: India - Russia:  India’s Tight Rope Walking

ECONOMY

COVER STORY: INDIA’S GROWTH PROSPECTS:  ANALYSES

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • India’s growth, external profile solid buffers against turbulence: S&P

  • Nomura moderates growth rate for FY24 to 5.2%

  • WPI inflation at 10.7% in September

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Making Rupay globally acceptable

  • Rules for uncovered foreign currency exposures tightened

  • Central bank uses buy-sell swaps for liquidity

INFRASTRUCTURE

  • India’s national highway construction slows

INVESTMENTS

  • Investments in realty touch $ 3.6 bn during Jan-Sept 2022, up 18%: Colliers

AUTOMOBILES

  • Passenger vehicle wholesales surge 92%

E-RETAIL

  • e-retail market is estimated to increase to $150 billion$170 billion by 2027

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  • 5G to create 45k jobs in next 2 quarters