News behind The News – 23 October, 2023

POLITY

• Cover Story: Assembly Elections to 5 States: Probable Outcome and National Impact

• Haryana: Congress has a Chance if it Plays well on the Caste Factor

• Kerala: A Confident Congress

• Expert Analyses: No Fundamental Right to Marry Between Persons of Same Sex: Constitution Bench of Supreme Court

• Government Asks WhatsApp to Divulge Identities of Those who First Shared Certain Videos

DEFENCE

• Former Army Chief on Theaterisation

• Delivery of Second MCA Barge, LSAM 8 (Yard 76)

• French Navy Warships Docks in Mumbai for a Five-Day Visit

• Navy Provides Operational Sea Training to South African Ship Crew

  Defence Ministry Signs Contract with MDL for First Indian Coast Guard Training Ship

• Indian Warship Docks at Lagos in Nigeria

• Army's Vajra Corps hold CBRN Disaster Management Exercise

• Air Show in Arunachal Pradesh!

• Comment: Tanzania: A Key Partner for India in The Western Indian Ocean Region

NEIGHBOURS

• India - China: Assessing the Bri from India’s Perspective

• China Hosts Largest-Ever Bri Event: Fears Emerge Nepal’s Pokhara Airport Could be A “Chicken Farm”: Analysis

• Strategic Significance of The Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) Countries for India

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: Israel-Hamas War: Analysing India’s Position

• HAMAS - Israeli War: Lessons for India

• India - Canada: Growing Reputation of Canada as a ‘Safe haven for Terrorists….’

• India-UK FTA:  Delays Expected

• India Should Draw Lessons from The East, Not from The West

ECONOMY

INTERPRETING LATEST EMPLOYMENT DATA

AGRICULTURE: HIGH INVESTMENT, LOW YIELDS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• India to grow at 6.5-6.8 pc this fiscal: Deloitte

• Wholesale inflation at 6-month high in September

TRADE

• Concerns on  trade

• Restriction on export of all varieties of sugar extended

AUTOMOBILES

• 3.61 lakh units PV sales in September

• Two-fold increased expedited in two-wheelers over nine years

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• IT firms slash revenue guidance across the board

• Europe more attractive than the US

• Restrictions on laptop, tablet imports in policy eased

ENERGY

• Windfall tax on crude petroleum slashed