News behind The News – 25 April, 2022

POLITY

• Cover Story: Communal Trouble ‘Could Irretrievably Fracture Indian Society’

• Comment: The Changing Anatomy of Hate and Communal Violence in India

• Congress: Prashant Kishor as Strategist can bring change

• No Bumper Wheat Harvest:  May Limit India Taking Advantage of High Global Demand

• Covid: ‘Excess Mortality’ in India

DEFENCE

• New Recruitment Scheme

• Navy, L&T sign up for Defence Technology Partnership

• Sixth Scorpene Submarine 'Vagsheer' Launched at MDL

• LT Gen Manoj C Pande is Next Chief of Army Staff

• Rajnath Singh Launches Idex-Prime, Defence India Start-up Challenge

• Defence Minister Invites us Companies to Carry out Joint R&D, Manufacturing

• Comment: Galvanise Mod to Reduce Military Import Index

• Comment: The Ukraine Crisis: India’s Approach

NEIGHBOURS

• Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan: Possibility of Talks 
  

• India - Sri Lanka: Opportunities and Challenges for India

INTERNATIONAL

• India -UK:  Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit

• Expert Analyses: India-US: The Importance of US to India

• India - Russia: The Oil Factor

• Ukraine Conflict: PROS and CONS of India’s UN Vote 

• BRICS Meet Likely in June

• India - Mongolia: India Assures Help in Space, Telecom and Energy Sectors

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: INFLATION: THREAT TO SHORT- AND MEDIUM-TERM GROWTH

UNEMPLOYMENT: THE SKILL GAP

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• RBI’s state of the economy  report

• IMF lowers GDP forecast to 8.2%

• Success of PLI scheme across sectors

• India should become high-income country by 2047

ENERGY

• 2.6% drop in oil production in FY22