News behind The News – 06 November, 2023

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Expert Analyses: BJP Over-Exposing PM Modi in the Coming Elections

  • One Worldview, Not Democracy: Alternative Perspectives

  • Electoral Bonds (EBS) Promote Secret Political Party Funding

  • Cover Story: Kerala Blasts: Mix of Diverse Radicalisations

  • Apple Spyware Alert:  Individuals being Targeted by A State-Sponsored Attacker

  • Jammu and Kashmir:   Lurking Terror Threat

  • Expert Analyses: Manipur:  Full-Blown Civil War

 

DEFENCE

  • Maritime Security in The Indian Ocean Region:  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s views

  • With Active Industry Participation, India will soon Become 'Aatmanirbhar,' A Global Manufacturing Hub: Rajnath Singh

  • 15th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue Agrees to Enhance Military Interactions, Bilateral Exercises

  • Navy Bids Farewell to Il-78sd Long-Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft

  • Second Ship of Five Diving Support Craft Launched at Titagarh

  • Rattanindia Enterprises' Company Receives DGCA's Certification for its Drone

  • Comment: The Permanence of Chaos in Kashmir

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India-Maldives: Indian Apprehensions

  • India - Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif can Improve Ties with India Only as Far as The Army Allows

  • India - Bangladesh: Rail, Power Sector Projects Inaugurated

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: West Asia War: Explaining India’s Abstention

  • Lessons from Israel’s Border Defence Defeat: Technology Cannot Substitute for The Training and Preparedness

  • India - Qatar: Test for India’s Diplomacy

  • India - Canada: India Challenging the West  

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Sober analyses of the economy

  • Most macro indicators  remain robust

  • Fiscal deficit contained at 39% of FY24 target

  • Unemployment rate climbs

  • Top 10 states with the fastest growth in per capita income

INDUSTRY

  • Eight core sectors' output grows 8.1% in September

  • Manufacturing PMI growth slows

  • Services sector activity slows

  • Identifying a dozen sectors  that  can emerge as a global manufacturing hubs

  • FMCG firms’ present and future  prospects

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • Rs 45,000 crore investments likely in data centre industry

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

  • India, a global leader in AI skill penetration: Stanford University’s AI Index Report 2023