Current Issue: News behind The News – 05 May, 2025

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Expert Analyses: Government Approves Caste Census: Implications

  • Challenging Time for Indian Muslims

  • Kerala: Tussle between WAQF and Christians Over Land in Coastal Munambam

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s Dilemma

 

DEFENCE

  • India - Pakistan: Pahalgam Terror Attack

     - US DEFENCE SECRETARY SUPPORTS INDIA REGARDING PAHALGAM TERROR STRIKE

    - PAKISTANI TROOPS VIOLATE CEASEFIRE ON LOC FOR 7TH STRAIGHT DAY; INDIAN ARMY RESPONDS

    - ATTARI-WAGAH BORDER BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN COMPLETELY SHUT

     - INDIAN NAVY FLEXES MUSCLE IN ARABIAN SEA WITH LONG-RANGE PRECISION ANTI-SHIP MISSILE FIRINGS

  • Navy Gets 26 Naval Variants of Rafale Fighter Jets

  • China Outspends India on Defence in 2024, Shows SIPRI report. Pakistan far behind Navy gets 26 Naval Variants of Rafale Fighter Jets

  • Lt Gen Pratik Sharma Takes Over as Northern Army Commander AMID Heightened Tensions with Pakistan

  • India’s Military Space Capabilities Remain Inadequate

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Cover Story: India - Pakistan: On the Brink 

  • Cover Story: The The Indus Water Treaty (IWT): India will Explore Options That it has never considered

  • India - Afghanistan: Reset in Ties

  • India - China: A Thaw in the Making

  • Tibet: The Penpa Tsering, Sikyong (Elected Leader) of the Central Tibetan Administration, Interview with the Hindu

  • Bangladesh:  Resurrection of Islamist Hizbut Tahrir (HT)

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - US: Trump Pivoted from 'Full Support’ to Neutrality

  • Decline of the US Dollar and its Potential Implications for India

  • India - Canada: Pro-Khalistan Party Defeated; Relations Could Now Improve

  • India - UK: FTA Talks - Much Ground Remains to be covered

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • IMF trims forecast: navigating tariffs

  • Income inequalities remain a concern despite rising GDP per capita

  • Rate cuts and imported inflation concerns

  • Mapping capex by private sector

INDUSTRY

  • Dip in industrial activity

TECHNOLOGY

  • India’s AI compute moves

INVESTMENTS

  • DIIs surpass FPIs in ownership of companies