News behind The News – 06 February, 2023

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Cover Story: Government - Judiciary Tussle on Appointment of Judges and on the ‘Basic Structure’ of the Constitution

  • Expert Analyses: BBC Documentary on PM Modi Raises Questions

  • Conference of Director Generals of Police: Threat from Radicalisation Flagged

  • Comment: Can ONDC be the UPI Moment for India's Digital Economy?

  • Curbing Fake News: Draft Amendments Akin to Censor

  • Foreign Universities in India: Analyses

 

DEFENCE

  • India, US NSAS Discuss ways to Jointly Push Critical Tech
  • OROP Arrears make Impact: Pension Bill High; Tech Assist Fund Fails to Take Off
  • Indian Army Contributing to Development In Ladakh Through ‘Sadbhavana’ (Goodwill)  Projects
  • Lockheed Martin to Reaffirm Commitment to ‘For India, From India, For the World’ At Aero India 2023
  • LCA Tejas at the Centre Stage of ‘India Pavilion’ At Aero India 2023
  • General Atomics Initiates Three Key Projects in India in Artificial Intelligence, Drones and Semiconductors
  • Comment: Egyptian President visit to India Strengthens Partnership

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Cover Story: India - Pakistan: Engaging with a Purpose 

  • Cover Story: India - Pakistan: The Indus Waters Treaty another Pressure Point

  • Comment: Is Pakistan on The CUSP of Unbuilding from Inside?

  • India - China: Building Strategic Infrastructure along LAC and Mountain Ecology

  • Comment: Three South Asian Nations - and Common Factors in Their Economic Downslide

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - US: ICET Dialogue Elevates Strategic Partnership

  • SINO-Russian Alliance Compelling India to Recalibrate

  • India - Russia: Record Crude Oil Imports in January

  • India - Myanmar: India Worries as China, Russia Close in

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: UNION BUDGET 2023: PRAISE FOR A CREDIBLE EXERCISE

RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHEST-EVER CAPITAL OUTLAY

ECONOMIC SURVEY 2022-23: OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GROWTH

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • IMF projections on Growth

  • Inflation expected to come down to 5% in 2023, 4% in 2024: IMF

  • India has done fairly well, but….: Kaushik Basu

  • April-December fiscal deficit widens

INDUSTRY

  • Core sector output rises by 7.4%

  • Electronics manufacturing to cross Rs 1.28 lakh crore next fiscal

ENERGY

  • Exporting fuel for small planes