News behind The News – 20 January, 2025

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

POLITY

  • Congress, BJP War of Words: But no Strategy to Reign in BJP

  • A New Imagination of Hindu Heritage

  • Slow Growth: Sign of Declining Confidence in Government?

  • Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi’s Outreach but Statehood Remains Elusive

  • Draft Rules for Implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP)

 

DEFENCE

  • India Transforming Military into Modern Warfare Machine: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

  • Prime Minister Modi Commissions Frontline Warships in the Indian Navy

  • India, UK Defence Top Brass hold Telecall on Bilateral Ties

  • Zen Technologies Registers Design for 60mm Mortar Training Simulator

  • India Signs Rs 2,960 Crore Contract with BDL for Mr-Sams for Indian Navy

  • Spadex Docking Experiment Successful

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - China: Trade, Dam and two New Counties in North-Eastern Ladakh

  • Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan - Afghanistan: Advantage India 

  • Expert Analyses: India - Bangladesh: Navigating Rough Waters

INTERNATIONAL

  • Cover Story: Major Changes in the New World Order: Trump and China, the Key

  • India - US: Trump 2.0, Implications for India Mixed

  • India - US: US Deep State wants to Keep India under Check

ECONOMY

EXPERT ANALYSES: A FALLING RUPEE: THE BAD AND THE GOOD NEWS

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • WPI inflation increases to 2.37% in December