News behind The News – 25 December, 2023

STORIES, ANALYSES, EXPERT VIEWS

Dec 25, 2023 - 22:06 Updated: Dec 31, 2023 - 17:22
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POLITY

  • Cover Story: Fourth Meeting of The India BLOC: Elusive Consensus

  • Cover Story: Suspension of Opposition MPs

  • Cover Story: India Alliance No Match to BJP as PM Modi Re-Shapes BJP

  • Cover Story: 2024: Looking at The Crystal Ball

  • Expert Analyses: J&K Supreme Court Verdict on Article 370; Politically Acceptable, Not Constitutionally Correct

  • Assam Rifles: Focus on China 

  • British-Era Criminal Laws Replaced

  • Telecommunications Bill, 2023: Analyses

  • GPAI Summit in Delhi: India’s Challenge In AI

 

DEFENCE

  • ‘Affordable Defence’ vs ‘Affordable Effectiveness’

  • India is Co-Chair of Ions working Groups on Maritime Security and HADR

  • Coast Guard to Procure 6 Next-Gen Offshore Patrol Vessels from Mazagon Dock

  • Piracy attack on MV Ruen in Central Arabian Sea, Indian Navy Deploys Second Warship

  • Modeled on US B-2 Spirit, India Joins Elite Group of Nations with Indigenous, Hi-Speed, Flying-Wing UAV

  • Comment: ’New Highway’, ‘Old Dream’: China Builds New Road Near Ladakh to Better Prepare for Galwan-Like Clash

  • Comment: Pak Taliban Given ‘Free Hand’ to Attack Pakistan; Ambassador at UNSC Takes a Potshot at India

  • Comment: Change of Wind in Pakistan’s Sindh: Why Calls For Homeland ‘Sindhudesh’ Grew Post-Bangladesh Creation

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • India - S Asia: Challenges from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives  (All Due for Polls) and Afghanistan

  • Nepal Having Second Thoughts on BRI

INTERNATIONAL

  • The PM Modi Interview

  • Khalistani Activists: Understanding India Treating Canada Differently Than The US

  • India - Oman: Sultan of Oman, Haitham BIN Tarik Visit

  • India - UK: Uk’s Carbon Tax May Impact $775 Mn Worth of Indian Goods

ECONOMY

ECONOMY ON A HIGH

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • India one of the ‘star performers’: IMF

  • Inflation trends: RBI

  • Debt rises to Rs 205 lakh crore in Sept quarter

  • IMF on Rupee and macroeconomic stability

  • Rating agencies biased, need reform: CEA

ENERGY

  • Windfall tax on crude slashed

TRADE

  • Making sense of data / statistical  divergences

TELECOMMUNICATION

  • Spectrum allocation: Centre  seeks Supreme Court’s view

MONEY AND BANKING

  • Japan’s biggest bank to build India operations