News behind The News – 16 October, 2023

POLITY

• Cover Story: Assembly Polls in 5 States: National Implications 

• Expert Analyses: Ladhakh: NC-Congress Alliance Sweeps Kargil Election

• Jammu and Kashmir: Solutions to Militancy 

• Manipur: Rebuilding Trust between Ethnic Groups

• Rural India catching up with Urban India

• Global Hunger Index: India Ranked 111 Out Of 125

DEFENCE

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Meets CEOS of top French Defence Companies in Paris

• Setting up Theatre Commands: No Progress

• Defence Forces Studying Hamas Attack

• Israel-Hamas war ‘Shatters’ India’s dream; Modi’s Ambitious Project to Counter China’s BRI Jeopardized?

• ICG Conducts 21st National Maritime Search and Rescue Board Meeting

• DRDO’S Oceanographic Research Vessel ‘Ins Sagardhwani’ Embarks on Sagar Maitri Mission-4

• Indian Navy's Annual Joint HADR Exercise Chakravat-2023 Concludes

• Comment: Aircraft Carrier: US, India ‘Bet Big’ On Fighter Jet-Armed Warships to Shift Balance of Power in the Region

• ISRO Looks beyond Earth

NEIGHBOURS

• India - Maldives: Advantage China

• Comment: With China Tightening Hold on South Asia, Maldives a Wake-Up Call for India

• Comment: Islamic State's Expanding Footprints Pose Grave Security Threat to Pakistan And South Asia

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: Israel - Palestine Conflict: Has BJP Abandon India’s Nuanced Middle East Policy Approach?

• Foreign Policy: Claiming the High Moral is Hypocrisy

• India - Canada: A Tale of Three Punjabs

• India - Saudi Arabia: India Closer to its One Sun One World One Grid Mission

ECONOMY

MONETARY POLICY REVIEW:  ANALYSES

SERVICES SECTOR COULD DEFINE THE TRAJECTORY OF GROWTH

INDIA’S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OVER THE YEARS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Economy: optimism should be tempered

• India earns upgrade from CLSA

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOBS

• Over 85% Indian employers expect AI to create new jobs in 1-5 years

AUTOMOBILES

• Retail sales jump 20% in September