News behind The News – 09 September, 2024

POLITY

  • Cover Story: BJP Down but Not Out: It’s Growth Strategy

  • Expert Analyses: Caste Census: Reasons for BJP to oppose it

  • Expert Analyses: Jammu and Assembly Election: Hope for Restoration Statehood

  • Haryana: A Resurgent Congress  

  • Manipur: More Escalation - Use of Drones

 

DEFENCE

  • Warships, Tanks to Combat China

  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Presides Over Maiden Joint Commanders’ Conference in Lucknow

  • India, Saudi Arabia hold 6th Meeting of Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation

  • India, Kenya holds 3rd Joint Defence Cooperation Committee Meeting

  • Indian Coast Guard Participates in the 20th Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting

  • Indian, South African Navies Sign Agreement to Enhance Submarine Rescue Support Cooperation

  • Vice Admiral Vineet Mccarty takes charge as Controller of Personnel Services

  • DRDO Hands over Production Document of 30mm HEPF Shell to Director General of Naval Armament Inspection

  • Comment: Vibrant Village Programme: A Focussed attempt to Develop Border Areas?

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - China: Key Aspects of the Relationship

  • Comment: INS Arighaat will Bolster India’s Deterrence Capability

  • Neighbourhood in Disarray: India has not done too badly

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - Singapore: PM Modi’s visit - Ties Elevated to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

  • Forum on China-Africa Cooperation: India’s Engagement with Africa

  • India’s Global Outreach over the Years

ECONOMY

INDIA AS A DEVELOPED COUNTRY BY 2047: FOUR KEY PRIORITIES

TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • World Bank’s India Development Update

  • Low GDP growth in the first quarter of 2024-25: the bad and the good

  • Financial services sector must grow 20x for India to reach $30 trillion GDP: BCG report

INDUSTRY

  • Manufacturing PMI at three-month low

  • Services sector: remarkable resilience

AUTOMOBILES

  • Passenger car sales dip

TRADE

  • Bangladesh effect:  exporters eye gains

ENERGY

  • Highest-ever renewable capacity added till July 2024

AVIATION

  • Special purpose vehicle for aircraft manufacturing

INVESTMENT

  • ADIA-backed India fund to seek $4 billion for infrastructure