News behind The News – 18 March, 2024

POLITY

• Cover Story: General Elections 2024: Alliance-Building by BJP and Congress

• Expert Analyses: Simultaneous Polls, Common Electoral Roll Recommended

• Election Commission: Upholder of Free and Fair Elections

• Electoral Reform: Details of Electoral Bonds Revealed

• Jammu and Kashmir:  ‘I’ve come to Win Hearts’, PM Modi

• Expert Analyses: Citizenship Amendment Act Rules Notified Amidst Opposition

• 18 Ott Platforms, Associated Social Media Accounts Blocked for Publishing Vulgar Content

DEFENCE

• Agni-V Ballistic Missile with Multiple Warhead Technology Test Fired

• Indian Navy's Anti-Submarine Craft Launched at GRSE

• Coast Guard Apprehends Pakistani Boat during Drug Haul in Arabian Sea

• Rajnath Singh Clears Proposal to Expand NCC with Additional 300,000 Cadet Vacancies

• MOD Signs Contract with Avnl for 693 Armament Upgrades of Infantry Combat Vehicles

• MOD Signs Contracts with HAL for Dhruv Helicopters

• BEL Receives Orders Worth Rs.1,940.35 Cr

• Space: Private Space Sector Comes of Age

NEIGHBOURS

• Expert Analyses: India - China: Boosting Infrastructure along LAC and the Bigger Picture

• Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan: India has Outgrown Pakistan

• India - Nepal: Back to a Communist Alliance 

• India -Bhutan:  Gelephu Project - A Potential Game Changer

• India - Sri Lanka: Dispute Over Katchatheevu Island

• India - Taliban: India needs to be Circumspect

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses:Trade Agreement with EFTA: Significance of The Deal

• India - US: Implications of Return of Trump

• Lessons from the 13th Ministerial Conference (Mc13) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) 

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• 12 of 22 states see higher retail inflation than all India average

• India may become an upper middle income economy by FY33-36: India Ratings and Research

• ‘The Indian Economy ~ A Review’

• India planning to improve the quality of its economic data

MARKETS

• Equity market on a strong bull run