News behind The News – 06 January, 2025

POLITY

• Why Rahul Gandhi is failing to make an Impact

• Expert Analyses: Manipur: Laxity by Executive and Legislature

• United National Liberation Front (UNLF) ‘Extorted’ Millions from Politicians

• Jammu and Kashmir: Differences between LG and CM

DEFENCE

• Defence Ministry’s Vision for 2025

• Rajnath Singh Readies Plan to Streamline Procurement, Promote Partnerships

• DRDO’S 67th Foundation Day: Rajnath Singh Meets Senior Scientists & Officials

• Indian Navy to Commission 2 Frontline Warships, 1 Submarine on Jan. 15

• HAL Forms Panel to Negotiate Ge-F414 Deal with US, AIMS to Ink it by March 2025

• Mission Spadex for Space Docking

• Comment:United States Sanctions on Pakistan

• Comment: Iran’s Strategic Recalibration amid Geopolitical Shifts in West Asia

NEIGHBOURS

• Cover Story: India - China:  Threats from the Land and Waters

• India - Bangladesh: The Hasina Wazed Tangle

• India - Pakistan: Lists of Nuke Installations, Civilian Prisoners and Fishermen Exchanged

• India - Bhutan: Bhutan King’s Third Visit

INTERNATIONAL

• Quad Foreign Ministers Meet: Working Towards Free, Stable INDO-Pacific

• Foreign Policy:  2024 and Challenges for 2025

ECONOMY

DIGITAL ECONOMY TO TRANSFORM INDIA INTO A DEVELOPED NATION BY 2047

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Fiscal deficit at 52.5%

TRADE

• Textile exports increase 7%

MONEY AND BANKING

• Indian banking system: i¯n good health

MARKETS

• Volatile 2024