News behind The News – 09 December, 2024

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Maharashtra Outcome: National Significance - Comeback by BJP; Congress / Opppositon in Disarry 

  • All too Familiar Temple-Mosque Dispute Again

  • Punjab: Resurgence of Radicalism!

  • Ladakh: 95% Government Job Reservation for Locals

  • Two Mutually Facilitating Phenomena: A Majoritarian Polity and an Unequal Economy

 

DEFENCE

  • Indian Coast Guard Rescues 12 Distressed Seafarers in North Arabian Sea in Coordination with Their Pakistani Counterpart

  • Indian Navy's Operation Demo at Puri on Navy Day 2024

  • India's Rs 21,772 Crore Naval Defence Boost: What it means for Maritime Security

  • India Poised to Finalise Deal for 26 Rafale Marine Jets from France: Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi

  • Made in India Submachine Gun Beats Competition from UZI and MP5

  • India's Zen Technologies Targets us Expansion with Strategic Partnership with AVT Simulation

  • Indian MSME Applied Electro Magnetics Bags Fresh Contracts from HAL, DRDO

  • Acceptance of Necessity (AON) for Five Capital Acquisition Proposals

  • Comment: Air Power for High Seas – IAF in the IOR

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China:  Suo Motu Statement in Parliament by Government; The 1959 Chinese Claim Line and Buffer Zones Threat 

  • Expert Analyses: India - Bangladesh: Need for Strategic Patience 

  • India - Myanmar: Difficult Choices for India

INTERNATIONAL

  • Cover Story: India - US:  Delhi’s Primary Concerns under Trump

  • India - France and the INDO-Pacific

  • India - Oman: 13th IOSCG Meeting

  • India - Kuwait: Foreign Minister Talks

  • Expert Analyses: India - Nigeria: Strategic Focus on West Asia

  • The Jaishankar-Modi Doctrine: Issues on Its Sustainability

  • Launch of the K-4 Missile: A Credible Nuclear Triad

ECONOMY

MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE (MPC) REVIEW: POLICY RATE UNCHANGED; GDP FORECAST REDUCED TO 6.6%

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Slow economic growth in the second quarter

  • Budget variables

INDUSTRY

  • Government open to the idea of alternate financing models for MSMEs

AUTOMOBILES

  • Nomura Report on passenger vehicles