Current Issue: News behind The News – 29 September, 2025

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Shift in BJP’s Economic Strategy

  • Demographic Dividend: Challenges from Artificial Intelligence

  • Bihar Assembly Elections: Corruption as an Issue

  • Manipur: Still No Resolution

  • Ladakh: Clashes Over Demand for Statehood

  • Uttar Pradesh: Government Prohibits ‘Public Display of Caste-Based Signs’ During Political Rallies

 

DEFENCE

  • India Relooks at Russian SU-57

  • India Signs $7 Billion Deal with State-Run HAL for 97 more Tejas Combat Jets

  • Govt Extends CDS General Anil Chauhan’s Tenure till May 2026 AMID Push for Theaterization

  • Operation Sindoor to OP Mahadev: How Forces Tracked Down Pahalgam Terrorists’ Key AIDE

  • Brief Exchange of Small Arms Fire: India-Pak Soldiers Engage 5 Months After OP Sindoor

  • Greater Coordination in IOR: India-Sri Lanka Naval Ties Touching New Depths with ADM Tripathi’s visit?

  • India Tests Rail-Based Agni Prime Nuke-Capable Missile in Message to Pakistan, China

  • India’s 5th-Gen fighter Jet: L&T–bel Join hands for Rs 15,000 Crore AMCA Project – Big Atmanirbhar Boost?

  • India to Acquire more Heron Drones, Plans to Arm Them with Spike Missiles

  • Whap 8×8: Vehicles to be Rolled Out from Tata’s Manufacturing Plant, Largest Defence Factory in Morocco

  • Comment: Sergio Gor and The Future Trajectory of India–US Relations

  • Comment: Pakistan’s Nuclear Ploy

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: Pakistan-Saudi Pact: Implication for India

INTERNATIONAL

  • Cover Story: India - US:  Pressure Points on India - Trump, Trade, H-1B Visa

  • India - Iran: Chabahar Port - US Revokes Sanctions Exemption

  • G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting:  Jaishankar Critical of US and EU for their “Double Standards”

  • Way Forward in the Semiconductors, Systems and Infrastructure That Power the Digital Age

  • India - Palestine: Strategic Miscalculation by India

ECONOMY

INDUSTRY

  • Strong private sector expansion loses some steam in September

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Government considering raising foreign investment limit in PSU banks

MARKETS

  • Busiest IPO month in nearly 30 years