Current Issue: News behind The News – 04 August, 2025

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

Aug 4, 2025 - 08:06
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POLITY

  • Pahalgam Terror Attack and Operation Sindoor Debate

  • Selection for Vice-President, BJP Chief: Political and Caste Equations

  • Controversy Over Bihar Electoral Roll Revision

  • Assam: The Indigenous vs  Muslims

  • Tamil Nadu: PM Modi’s Visit

 

DEFENCE

  • Pahalgam Attack: Let Proxy TRF Named in UNSC Report – When did Terrorists Enter India from Pakistan?

  • Red Teaming: Indian Army Embracing us, Israel-Style Combat Tactic to Assess Enemy Mind

  • Operation Shivshakti: Army Stops Infiltration Across LOC 2 days after OP Mahadev; 2 Terrorists Killed

  • Navy Achieves 70% Ammo Indigenisation, Places ₹5,000 Crore Orders to Boost Self-Reliance

  • Can Pak Navy’s ‘Made in China’ Hangor-Class Submarines hold up Against India’s ASW Fleet?

  • First India-Made Hovercraft: Construction begins at Chowgule Shipyard; How they will help Coast Guard

  • Pralay Missile Test: Greater Speed, Bigger Payload – Why DRDO’s latest Trials Matter

  • Tectonic Shift: Why Western Nations are Readying to Recognise Palestine, and where does it Leave Israel

  • Nisar Satellite: NASA, ISRO Collaboration

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China: Subtle Changes in Relations - Dangers of a Potential  Rapprochement

  • India - Pakistan: Learning from Pahalgam and Operation Sindoor

  • India - Maldives: PM Modi’s visit - A Post-Mortem

INTERNATIONAL

  • Cover Story: India - US: Trade Deal Hits A Trump Wall; Analyses of the Impact on India

  • West vs the East / Rest: The Amitav Acharya Theory

  • Case for a National Security Strategy

  • India - UK: Understanding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

ECONOMY

POVERTY AND INEQUALITY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • India to grow 6.4% in 2025 & 2026: IMF

  • A 10 month Index Industrial Production (IIP) low

MARKETS

  • Jio Infocomm’s largest ever Rs 52,000 cr IPO

ACQUSITIONS

  • Tata Motors to acquire Italian truck maker Iveco for $4.5 billion

E-COMMERCE

  • Only 20-25% of India's 850 mn internet users shop online: McKinsey Report

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • TCS layoffs shake Indian IT

  • PLI upsets Samsung's exports  growth