News behind The News – 22 May, 2023

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Cover Story: Karnataka Outcome: Major National Significance

  • Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Replaced by Arjun Ram Meghwal

  • Comment: Will Karnataka Mark the Turning of the Tide in Indian Politics?

  • BJP Can’t Win Over Kerala by Giving it A Bad Image

  • ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ (Unity March) and the Role of Civil Society

  • Expert Analyses: Manipur:  Kuki’s Demand ‘Separate Administration’

 

DEFENCE

  • Planned Army Withdrawal from J-K Shelved 'Indefinitely'

  • Be Fully Prepared to Meet All Contingencies along LOC: Northern Army Commander to Troops

  • NIA Files Supplementary Charge Sheet against Terror Operative in Let Offshoot Case

  • French Defence Major Safran Group Opens Unit in Kerala

  • Sea Trial of Indian Navy's First Indigenous Fast Interceptor Boat to Start in Goa on Thursday

  • INAS 312 Squadron Clocks 40,000 Hours of Operations: Navy

  • 4th Import Ban List in Defence Sector

  • Indigenisation with the Right Approach

  • Comment: India Makes ‘Big Push’ to Export LCA Tejas & Brahmos Missiles; ‘Reverses’ the Role of Defense Attaches in Key Nations

  • Third Moon Mission in July: Senior Official

  • Opening up the Space Sector

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - Pakistan:  Civil War in Pakistan Could Envelop India

  • India - China: Countering the Space Threat from China

INTERNATIONAL

  • PM Modi's visit to Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia

  • India - US: PM Modi’s Visit  

  • India - US: Enhancing Defence Industrial Cooperation

  • The ‘New Washington Consensus’: Opportunity for India

  • EU objects to India Selling Refined Russian Crude Products to Europe

  • India - EU: Expediting Negotiations on FTA

  • G20 Meet in Srinagar

  • Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC): Another Audacious Idea

  • Comment: Why India Went Nuclear 25 Years AGO

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Low inflation: capex cycle looks poised for an uptick

  • Cash squeeze risks derailing economic recovery

ENERGY

  • Government cuts windfall gains tax on domestic crude oil to nil

  • India seeking long term  LNG deals

  • India a frontrunner in the global renewable energy market

AUTOMOBILES

  • Tesla considers India in pivot beyond China

TRADE

  • India’s exports to UAE dip

HOSPITALITY

  • Investments to exceed $2.3 bn over the next 2-5 years: CBRE