News behind The News – 20 November, 2023

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

Nov 20, 2023 - 11:53 Updated: Nov 26, 2023 - 12:35
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POLITY

  • Cover Story: Assembly Elections: Congress Confident in Assembly Polls, BJP in General Elections

  • Manipur: Ethnic Divide Widens 

  • Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Restraint or Belligerence

 

DEFENCE

  • India Committed to Freedom of Navigation, Overflight & Unimpeded Lawful Commerce in International Waters: Rajnath Singh

  • Rajnath Singh holds Bilateral Meetings with Indonesian, Vietnamese Counterparts

  • Navy’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier – INS Vikrant – Achieves full Operational Status; India Joins ‘Elite Club’ of Nations

  • India Launches 4th Anti-Submarine Warfare Craft at L&T Shipyard

  • Comment: ASEAN’s INDO-Pacific Priorities

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: Stalemate in Eastern Ladakh

  • Pakistan’s Economic Crisis: How China’s Vicious ‘Debt Trap’ Under $25 Billion CPEC Loan has Ruined its Economy

  • Comment: Nawaz Sharif’s Return and Prospects for India–Pakistan Relations

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI): Discussions in UN and India’s Position

  • India - Myanmar: Violence by Ethnic Minorities Escalates

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - US: Significance of the 2+2 talks

  • Comment: Despite India-US 2+2, A Long and Solitary HAUL

  • Expert Analyses: Xi-Biden Meeting: Significance for India

  • Palestine Conflict: Two Parts to India’s Response

  • Khalistani Activities in UK and Canada

  • India - UK: Irrespective of Much-Delayed Trade Deal, Relations on Right Track

ECONOMY

INTERPRETATION OF DATA BY MINISTRY OF STATISTICS

COMPARING GROWTH IN POST-2008 PERIOD AND PRESENT: THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Low inflation: temporary reprieve

  • Luxury market example of strong growth

INDUSTRY

  • Index of Industrial Production data at 5.8% in September, half of August

  • India Inc Q2 profit surge

TRADE

  • Rise in exports: trade deficit at a record high in October

ENERGY

  • Govt reduces windfall tax on crude oil, diesel

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Goldman downgrades China stocks, raises India

MARKETS

  • 2024 polls could disrupt India’s $3.7-trillion stock market: Morgan Stanley