News behind The News – 27 January, 2025

POLITY

• Two State Systems: The Constitutional Republic and the Hindutva State

• Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists have Adapted, Army Hasn’t

• Farmer Protests: Increase Incomes Rather than MSP

• Uttarakhand UCC:  Issues

DEFENCE

• India’s Defence Spending

• India must Reduce Defence Acquisition Timeline

• Battlefield Tourism: Developing Remote Border Villages

• Rajnath Singh Flags off 'Sanjay' Battlefield Surveillance System

• India moves ahead with Submarine Plan, L&T Loses Bid, MDL Qualifies

• Indian Navy's Survey Ship Sarvekshak Completes Mauritius Hydrographic Mapping

• Development of Tejas: Delays in General Electric F404 Engine

• JSW Defence Signs MOU with Telangana for Rs 800 Crore UAV Manufacturing Plant

NEIGHBOURS

• Army Chief on China, Pakistan and Bangladesh

• Expert Analyses: India - China:  India’s most Consequential Challenge

• Critical Minerals: India Needs a Better Strategy

• India - Bangladesh: Address the False Narrative

• South Asia: Common Problems, Yet the Region Remains Divided

INTERNATIONAL

• Cover Story: India - US:   Converting the Trump Challenge into Opportunity

• Meeting of The Quad Grouping: Aimed at China’s Assertive Behaviour in the Indo-Pacific Region

• India - France:  Discuss High-Tech Cooperation, Civil Nuclear Issues Ahead of Modi visit in February

• India - Indonesia:  Maritime Convergence

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: A FALLING RUPEE: THE BAD AND THE GOOD NEWS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• 8% growth possible if the bureaucracy is reformed

• Rupee’s recent struggle and challenges

• Business growth slows

MONEY AND BANKING

• RBI could transfer another bumper payout to govt

AUTOMOBILES

• Scheme for Manufacturing Electric Cars

TECHNOLOGY

• World’s largest data centre in Jamnagar