News behind The News – 18 November, 2024

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Modi Era is not Ending Soon, But Cannot Ignore Rahul Gandhi

  • Expert Analyses: Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Ruling ‘Mahayuti’ Alliance has the Edge

  • Jharkhand Assembly Elections: The Infiltration Bugbear

  • Expert Analyses: Jammu and Kashmir: Future Challenges

  • Manipur: More Violence; ‘AFSPA' Reimposed

 

DEFENCE

  • India, China to Patrol Once Every Week in Demchok and Depsang, Complete One Round of Patrol Each

  • Govt begins Process of Procuring ATVS for Deployment along Northern Borders

  • India's TRI-Service Headquarters Conducts Annual Joint Electromagnetic Board Meeting 2024

  • Coast Guard Conducts Regional-Level Pollution Response Exercise at Paradip

  • Hindustan Shipyard Lays Keel for First Fleet Support Ship for Indian Navy

  • DRDO Successfully Completes Flight Tests of Guided Pinaka Weapon System

  • DRDO's Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile Passes Maiden Flight Test

  • Army to Test Indigenously Designed and Developed Light Battle Tank Next Year

  • Govt Starts Process of Procuring Surveillance Helicopters with Accessories

  • Defence Space Agency Successfully Conducts Maiden ‘Exercise Antariksha Abhyas – 2024’ to Enhance Strategic Readiness in Space Warfare

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China: Much More Remains to be done 

  • India - Afghanistan: ‘Pragmatism is clearly the Order of The Day’

  • Colombo Security Conclave: Enhances Cooperation on Security Issues in the Maritime Domain

INTERNATIONAL

  • Cover Story: India - Us: India Not Nervous about us under Trump; Many Complementarities

  • Comment: Challenge for India, US to Keep Defence Ties on Track

  • Expert Analyses: India - Canada: Balancing Act by Trudeau Does Little to Quell the Diplomatic Fallout

  • India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC): Mixed Report

  • Debate on India Joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

  • India on the CUSP of a Future where it contributes and also shapes the Global Narrative

ECONOMY

GROWTH BYPASSES THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Rise in Consumer Price Index

  • Over 100,000 new crorepati(millionaire) taxpayers in 3 years

  • India’s sports market to hit $130 billion by 2030: Deloitte-Google report

INDUSTRY

  • Industry downgrades worst since 2020

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • Tablet market surges 46%

MARKETS

  • 10% fall in 7 weeks; FII selling worries