News behind The News – 26 September, 2022

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Cover Story: Scepticism Over Rahul Gandhi’s Unity March

  • PFI Premises Raided In 14 States over Terror Funding

  • Supreme Court on Hate Speech on TV Channels

  • India’s Global Rankings: What do They Tell?

 

DEFENCE

  • Two Diving Support Vessels Launched at HSL

  • Defence Ministry Signs Deal for Dual Role Naval Variant Brahmos Missile

  • India on Cusp of Infra Revolution: Indian Army's Engineer-in-Chief

  • Comment: The Pacific Islands And Geopolitical Jostling: Can India Play a Stabilising Role?

  • Comment: Delegitimising China’s Naval Presence in the Indian Ocean Region

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China: Despite Limited Disengagement, China Still at an Advantage

  • India - China: Dubious Stand on Terror

  • India - Pakistan: Pakistan Encouraging Sikh Separatist Groups in Canada

  • India - Sri Lanka: Debt Restructuring Talks

INTERNATIONAL

  • SCO Summit: Samarkand Declaration

  • Expert Anlayses: SCO Summit: Takeways for India

  • India as Chair of the SCO: Challenges

  • SCO: Power Play in Central Asia

  • India - US: Jaishankar AIMS to Fix Biden’s Disinterest in India

  • India - Russia: India Gains on Discounted Russia Crude

  • UK, Canada on Notice over Sikh Radicals and Attacks on Hindu Temples

  • India, UAE, France Ministerial Trilateral

  • India - Australia: Not Natural Allies

  • Comment: Foreign Policy in a Divided World: Will India Rise to the Occasion?

  • Comment: India Badly Needs a Refugee Policy:  Harsh Treatment Rohingya Goes Against International Principles

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • ADB cuts India's GDP growth forecast to 7%

  • India to grow at over 7% in FY23, says CEA

  • India could be world’s second largest economy by 2031: RBI Deputy Governor

  • Inflation vs growth: dilemma in fixing its priorities

  • Retail inflation for farm, rural workers rise in August

  • Free food programme for poor likely to be extended

INDUSTRY

  • $25 billion investment expected into semiconductor plan

E-COMMERCE

  • e-commerce has evolved to become a disruptive force in the retail sector

ENERGY

  • India 2022 solar target

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Rupee hits fresh record low

  • Banking system liquidity slips into deficit: RBI

  • India spending forex reserves at quicker pace

  • Bad bank plans to buy 18 distressed accounts