News behind The News – 28 July, 2025

POLITY

• Trajectories of NDA and The Opposition

• Vice President Dhankhar’s Sudden Resignation:  Opposition Alleges Political ILL-Health

• Bihar Assembly Election:  High Stakes

• Tamil Nadu: The AIADMK and BJP Proposed Tie-Up

• 7/11 Mumbai Train Blasts: Nineteen Years on, All Accused Acquitted

• Takeaways from The Clean India Campaign

• Climate: India’s Forests Losing Ability to Absorb Carbon Dioxide

DEFENCE

• Farewell MIG-21: Kargil War, Abhinandan Varthaman, Accidents Colour A 60-Year Legacy

• British F-35 Stranded in Kerala for Over a Month Takes off from Thiruvananthapuram Airport

• Why India’s ‘Bunker Buster’ Missile has Pakistan Worried: A Wonder Weapon in the Making?

• Chabua Air Force Station Upgrade: Major Infra Developments at Key Airbase Near China Border

• Army Gets 1st Batch of Apache Helicopters: ‘Tanks in The Air’ Finally Land in India

• Army’s AI Roadmap for OPS by 2026-27

• India-Philippines Naval Drills Signal Strategic Shift as China-Vietnam Deepen Army Ties

• Comment: Nisar Satellite: Strengthening India-US Space Ties with Cutting-Edge Earth Observation Technology

NEIGHBOURS

• India - Maldives: PM Modi’s Visit

• Cover Story: India - China: The Border and Dam Issue Complicate Relations

• India - China: India Open to Electronics JVS based on Tech Transfer

• India - China: Buddhism, The Real Geopolitical Frontier

• India - Bangladesh: Tough Times for Indian Diplomacy

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses; India - UK: FTA Signed on PM Modi’s visit

• Expert Analyses: India - US:  India Should Look beyond us

• A Restart of the Israel-US-Iran War: Threat to India’s Strategic Footprint in West Asia

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Unemployment data ‘inaccurate’:  Reuters poll

INVESTMENTS

• India’s FDI challenge

ELECTRONICS

• Govt likely to extend electronic manufacturing scheme beyond July on high interest: Official

MONEY AND BANKING

• Firms prefer capital markets over banks