News behind The News – 26 May, 2025

POLITY

• Selection of Teams to Highlight Pakistan’s Support to Cross-Border Terrorism: BJP, Congress Fault-Lines Emerge

• Jammu and Kashmir: ‘Windows of Terror Infiltration and Recruitment Still Remain Open’

• One Nation, One Election: Cost and Logistic Challenges

• Limits on Powers of President and Governors: Presidential reference to SC

• Naxalism: A Turning Point in Chhattisgarh

DEFENCE

• Operation Sindoor: Near-Impregnable Air Defence

• Operation Sindoor: Indigenous Akashteer Shifts Battlefield Balance During

• Operation Sindoor: How did Chinese Pl-15 Missile Perform

• Bangladesh Cancels Shipbuilding Deal with India's GRSE, No Impact on Company Bottomline

• Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence ties up with Rheinmetall AG

• IIT Kanpur-Incubated Startup vu Dynamics Collaborates with Path Group to Advance Indigenous Defence Manufacturing

• ISRO PSLV-C61 Mission Failure

• ‘Over 7,200 Tests Have Been Completed’: ISRO Chief

• India’s Semi-Cryogenic Engine Revolution

• Comment: Digital War: Pakistan’s Cyber Activity against India

NEIGHBOURS

• Expert Analyses: Post Operation Sindoor - Diplomatic Offensive:   Global Outreach to Present India’s Case

• Cover Story: India - Pakistan:  Understanding the ‘New Normal’ 

• India - China: Water Diplomacy Signal to India

• India - Bangladesh: China Benefiting from Trade Tensions

• India - FTA: India’s Maturing Global Presence

INTERNATIONAL

• Cover Story: India - US: Trump Crossed All the Red Lines

• India - US: India Expects Multi-Phase Trade Deal

• Expert Analyses: India - Turkye: The Great Betrayal

ECONOMY

INDIA’S ECONOMIC EDGE

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• March quarter GDP growth pegged at 6.8%: ET Poll

• Net FDI inflows drops  96%

• Middle class  in financial trouble

• Listed new-generation fintech firms feel the pinch of lenders going slow on unsecured lending

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Delicensing 6 GHz band for WiFi services

• iPhone production shift away from China:  Foxconn pumps $1.5 billion

MARKETS

• Defence stocks up 

• IPO market gains momentum