News behind The News – 20 May, 2024

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

May 20, 2024 - 14:44 Updated: May 24, 2024 - 21:50
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POLITY

  • Cover Story: General Elections:  Is it a Done-Deal ?

  • Cover Story: Controversy On PM Modi’s Retirement and his Probable Successors Amit Shah and Yogi

  • Jammu and Kashmir: High Voter Turnout and Peaceful Conduct of The Elections

  • Myths about Muslim Population

  • Manipur: Change in Approach Needed

  • Reform of Archaic Laws

  • Explaining Surge in Employment

 

DEFENCE

  • Integrated Commands Structure

  • Comment: Has the Chief of Defence Staff post Improved India’s Combat Efficiency?

  • India-Mongolia Joint Working Group Meet to Bolster Bilateral Defence Ties

  • Director General Defence Intelligence Agency Lt Gen DS Rana visits to Tanzania

  • Technology is Driving the Revolution in Military Affairs: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan

  • ICG Apprehends Fishing Vessel, with Five Crew, Five Tons Diesel Worth Rs 27 Lakh

  • Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Celebrates 250th Foundation Day

  • Comment: Underwater Challenge in Indian Ocean

  • Hindustan Aeronautics Shares at One-Year High

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - Pakistan: Election Rhetoric and Protests in POK

  • India - China:   Blaming Modi’s Electioneering for Fanning Anti-China Mood

  • Interplay between Maldives, China and INDO-Pacific

  • Expert Analyses: India - Nepal: Countering Chinese Influence

INTERNATIONAL

  • Expert Analyses: India - Iran: Strategic Significance of Chabahar Agreement

  • Expert Analyses: India - US: Impact on India of Trump’s Return and of The US, China Trade War

  • India - Russia - China: Putin’s China visit 

  • India’s free Trade Agreement Diplomacy

  • India - Russia: Oil Imports Determined by National Interests  

  • Khalistanis’ Nexus with Organised Crime in Canada

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • 2024 economic growth projection at 7%: UN

  • Southwest monsoon in Kerala around May 31

  • Modest IIP rebound

  • Inflation concerns

  • Changing base year for major economic gauges to FY23;  revamp of key datasets being planned

TRADE

  • Trade imbalance

ENERGY

  • Diesel exports to Europe

MARKETS

  • How foreign investors view the market

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Tighter regulations may hurt banks in FY25