News behind The News – 17 July, 2023

POLITY

• Cover Story: BJP: Strategy to Prevent its Shrinking Footprint

• West Bengal ‘Panchayat’ (Rural Local Bodies) Elections: TMC Sweeps Polls Amidst Repolling, Violence, Deaths

• Jammu and Kashmir: Constitutional Challenge to the Centres Decision

• Expert Analyses: Manipur: Entire Northeastern Could be pushed into an Abyss

• Data Protection Bill: Advantages of Data Portability and Interoperability

• India’s Semiconductor Ambitions

DEFENCE

• Procurement of 26 Rafale Marine Aicraft, Submarines for Its Navy

• Indian Warship Participates in OP Southern Readiness Exercise with Multination Navies

• Rajnath Singh Inaugurates HAL's Regional Office in Kuala Lumpur

• Expert Analyses: C Chandrayaan 3 Mission to the Moon And Beyond 

• Indian Firm L&T Powers ISRO's Moon Mission Chandrayaan 3

NEIGHBOURS

• Pakistan, China Constrain / Hurt India

• India - China:  Impact of Settling Trade Payments in Yuan

• India - China: India More Attractive Emerging Market

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: India - France: Assessment of PM Modi’s two say visit 

• European Parliament Debate Manipur Violence

• India - US: Potential for a Multi-Polar Asia

• Comment: Stronger Multipolarity Elusive In SCO

• Khalistan Rallies: US, Canada and UK allow Khalistan Freedom Rallies to Take Place

• India - UK: Trade Ministers Discuss FTA

• India - Tanzania: Human Resource Development Drives Ties

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• 415 million people coming out of poverty in 15 years: United Nations

• Retail inflation surges to 4.81% in June

• Industrial output up 5.2% in May from 4.5% in April

INDUSTRY

• Improved Business confidence

• Lithium mining gets a boost

MONEY AND BANKING

• Public sector banks likely to be the stars of Q1 show

• Road map for the internationalisation of the India rupee

MARKETS

• Explaining the bullish stock market