News behind The News – 29 May, 2023

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Expert Analyses: Beyond Karnataka:  Road to 2024; BJP is Worried

  • G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting in Srinagar: of Boycotts and Development

  • Manipur:  Still Tense

  • Comment: The Crisis in Manipur has been Brewing: Depths of Discord in Northeastern India

  • Privatisation Drive Slows to a Trickle

  • Adani Investigation: ’Prima Facie no Manipulation by Adani Group’ - SC Expert Panel

 

DEFENCE

  • Need to Focus on Technological Advancement in Defence Sector: Rajnath Singh

  • India Junior Defence Minister visits Border Roads Facility

  • Russian-Origin Mig29ks Carry out Night Traps Onboard INS Vikrant Aircraft Carrier

  • Mrsam Successfully Test-Fired fom Navy's INS Mormugao: Officials

  • Navy to Seek Extended Lease of US Sea Guardian Drones

  • ISRO to Launch NVS-01 Navigation Satellite

  • Comment: The Commonwealth and India–Africa Relations

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: Chinese Strategy of Model Villages and Enlarged Buffer Zones

  • India - China - Bhutan: Implication of Change in Bhutanese Stance on the Doklam Plateau

  • Comment: Bhutan’s Foreign Policy Is Guided by A Set of Philosophical and Cultural Values

  • India - Pakistan: Case for India to help Pakistan

  • Comment: Political Turmoil in Pakistan Raises More Questions than Answers

INTERNATIONAL

  • Cover Story: PM Modi @ Hiroshima:  India’s Extraordinary Ability to Stand up for Itself

  • G7: Even As Ukraine Steels Focus, There are Challenges to India’s Foreign Policy

  • Expert Analyses: PM Modi Addresses FIPIC Summit in Papua New Guinea: Strategic Significance of the Pacific Island Nations

  • Expert Analyses: India - Australia: PM Modi’s visit; Towards a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

  • Comment: India and Australia: A Relationship whose Time has come

  • Quad-Led Biometric Hub in India India - Russia: Under Threat from Fatf, Russia Pushes India for Help

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • GDP crosses $3.5 tn in 2022: Moody's

  • GDP growth may breach 7%-mark in FY23: RBI Governor Das

  • Economy to surpass 7 per cent growth in FY 23: SBI research report

  • India poised for world-beating growth: CEA

  • FPI buying at 6-month high in first half of May

  • Salary growth dips in FY23 to 9%

AGRICULTURE

  • India’s wheat output set to touch a new record of 112.74 mn ton in 2022-23: Govt data

INVESTMENT

  • Investors from 21 nations exempted from angel tax

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Justifying decision to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes

AUTOMOBILES

  • Reduction of subsidy of electric two-wheelers: two contrary views