News behind The News – 03 July, 2023

POLITY

• Cover Story: Uniform Civil Code (UCC): Arguments for and Against

• PM Modi’s The Most Powerful Leader: His Style of Governance

• Serious Opposition Meet: Formidable Task of Stopping BJP

• Expert Analyses: Manipur: Turmoil in The Sensitive Borderland

• Comment: Healing Process in Manipur will be long

• National Research Foundation Established: Rs 50,000 Crore Over 5 Years for R&D

DEFENCE

• Will be Left with No Option but To Go for Counter Measures, Says Pakistan on Us-India Defence Ties

• 2nd Meeting of India-Tanzania Joint Defence Cooperation Committee Held in Arusha

• IAF'S Rafale Fighter Jets to Take Part in Bastille Day Parade in Paris

• Fixing Dhruv Helicopter Flaws on a Priority Basis: Defence Official

• Comment: Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Egypt: Building a Strategic Partnership

• Comment: India-Vietnam Defence Partnership Gaining Ground

• Comment: The China-Russia Challenge to India-EU Relations

NEIGHBOURS

• Core of India’s Foreign Policy

• India - Pakistan: Intelligentsia’s Views of India

• India - China: India Ahead of China in Wearables Production

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: India - US:  Deepening Ties and India’s Increasing Involvement in Regional Geopolitics

• India - US: Defence and Space Collaboration at ‘Strategic Levels’

• Expert Analyses: India - Egypt: PM Modi’s visit - A ‘Strategic Partnership'

• India - Russia: India Reaching Limits of Russian Oil

• India - UK: Trade Deal

• Mpact of Armed Conflict on Children: India No Longer In UN Report

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Inflation: surge in food prices

• RBI financial stability report positive on economy

• Growth projection at 6% for FY24: S&P

• Current account likely turned to surplus in Jan-March: Reuters poll

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Infosys, TCS etc win huge contracts