News behind The News – 10 March, 2025

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • ‘Maha Kumbh’:  A Political Project for UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

  • Bihar Assembly Elections Year End: Politicians Have Failed

  • India BLOC: Elusive Unity

  • Expert Analyses: North vs South: Language (Hindi) and Delimitation Issues

  • Manipur:  Kuki and Meitei Groups Continue to Oppose Each Other 

  • Mizoram: Transit Hub for Explosives Smuggling

  • AI: India’s Plans for Indigenous GPU Chips

  • Targets for UN's Sustainable Development Goals: Mixed Bag

 

DEFENCE

  • India's Security Apparatus must Remain Adaptive to Emerging Threats: Rajnath Singh

  • IAF at an Inflection Point

  • India's most Advanced Air-to-Air Missile Set to alter Balance of Power with its Unmatched Range

  • RTX's Collins Aerospace Unveils New Engineering Development & Test Centre

  • India Achieves Milestone with Successful High-Altitude Trial of Indigenous Integrated Life Support System for LCA Tejas

  • BEL Executes Indian Army Order for Weapon Locating Radar ahead of Schedule

  • Comment: India–Indonesia Defence Ties: Potential Areas of Cooperation

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Chinese Navy’s Forays into Bangladesh, Myanmar: Concern for India

  • India - Nepal: Challenges in Managing the Relationship

INTERNATIONAL

  • Cover Story: India - US: Tariffs from April 2; India Discusses its Strategy

  • Cover Story: The New Trump World Order: Foreign Policy and Security Implications for India

  • India - US: Usaid Closure may be Unexpectedly Positive

  • India-EU: Strategic Significance of President Ursula Von Der Leyen’s Visit

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: SERIOUS ISSUES WITH INDIA’S GROWTH

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Growth, consumption and an economy turning the corner

  • Factory activity growth dips to 14-month low in Feb

  • Understanding the decline of the rupee and its impact

AGRICULTURE

  • Prospect of a reduced wheat harvest

AUTOMOBILES

  • Sales are down at home, but exports are thriving

ENERGY

  • India third largest biofuel producer

MARKETS

  • Market wounded,  but no blood on the Streets yet

  • Market share in global m-cap drops to 16-month low