News behind The News – 24 March, 2025

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

Mar 24, 2025 - 10:54 Updated: Apr 9, 2025 - 16:47
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POLITY

  • Bihar Elections: Crucial for Ruling JD(U), BJP and Congress

  • Congress ‘Must Die for a Shot at Resurgence’

  • Punjab:  AAP’s Mounting Problems

  • Tamil Nadu: Road to a One Trillion Dollar Econmy

  • Regulating The Overwhelming Dominance of ‘Tech Monopolies’

 

DEFENCE

  • Put Nation First, Remain United, Discharge Duties Honestly & Move Fearlessly Towards Set Goals: Rajnath Singh

  • Don’t ARM ‘Terror Sponsor’ Pakistan, Rajnath Tells Netherlands Counterpart as India Raises Terror Pitch

  • Rs 54,000 Crore Purchases for ‘Made in India’ Military Hardware

  • Defence Ministry Approves Cutting down Procurement Timelines by Half

  • Defence Ministry Clears Key ‘Eye in the Sky’ Project to Catch Up With Pakistan

  • INDIA'S CCS CLEARS MEGA-DEAL FOR BIG INDIGENOUS ARTILLERY GUNS

  • Need For an Anti-Tank Missile

  • Comment: Ak-203 Rifle Joint Venture and India–Russia Defence Cooperation

  • ‘Unknown Gunmen’ Strike Hafiz Saeed’s Close Aide Sindhi in Pakistan; Was behind Poonch-Rajouri Attacks

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China:  A Dragon-Elephant Tango

  • Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan:  Blaming India and Afghanistan Distracts from the Real Issue - A Homegrown Insurgency in Balochistan

  • India - Afghanistan:  Dangers of Getting Too Close to Taliban

  • India - Nepal: King’s Return Has Sparked a Debate

INTERNATIONAL

  • Raisina Dialogue:  Jointly Inaugurated By Modi, Luxon

  • India - US: Rajnath Singh, Tulsi Gabbard Meeting

  • India - New Zealand: Modi,  Luxon  Talks

  • Growing Speculation over the Future of the Five Eyes

  • Cover Story: India - US: Serious Issues in Negotiating Tariffs and Defence with Trump

  • Expert Analyses: PM Modi’s Podcast with LEX Freedman: Analyses

  • Expert Analyses: Indian Ocean Region: Maritime Diplomacy

  • Comment: Modi’s Mahasagar: India’s Big Bet on Maritime Power and The Global South

  • International Institutions and Multilateralism

ECONOMY

MACRO CHALLENGES TO THE ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Forex reserves rise to $654.27 billion

INDUSTRY

  • $23 billion plan to incentivize domestic manufacturing lapses

  • Average attrition rate declined in 2024

ELECTRONICS

  • Incentivising electronic manufacturing could help deepen an ecosystem

TRADE

  • Chinese companies looking for local partners: change in strategy