News behind The News – 30 September, 2024

POLITY

  • State of the Nation: Rahul Gandhi, Opposition Strategy

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Peaceful Polls and Good Voter Turnout 

  • Manipur: No Roadmap for Normalcy

  • Centre’s ‘Fact-Checking Unit’ Struck Down: Violates Right to Freedom of Expression

 

DEFENCE

  • National Security Strategy: Bringing together Diverse Aspects

  • Rajnath Exhorts ICG to become a Technology-Oriented Force to Deal with Conventional & Future Threats

  • 5th Missile Barge Delivered to Indian Navy

  • Dassault Aviation has decided to create a Company Dedicated to its Military MRO Activities

  • Rule-Based International Order, Primacy of Global Institutions are Imperatives for Maintaining Peace: India's CISC

  • Defence Production and Exports at Record High

  • DRDO, INAE Engineers Conclave on Emerging Technologies & Advancements in Indigenisation

  • DRDO, IIT-Delhi Develop Abhed Light Weight Bullet Proof Jackets

  • Lockheed Martin’s 10th Annual Suppliers Conference Paves way for Stronger Partnerships with the Indian Industry

  • Comment: Taking Stock of India’s Military Preparedness

 

NEIGHBOURS

  • Expert Analyses: India - Sri Lanka: JVP’s Dissanayake as The New President could impact Relations with India

  • Expert Analyses: Sri Lanka and India’s Neighbourhood: A Seismic Shift that Could Reshape South Asia’s Geopolitical Landscape

  • Expert Analyses: India - China: Diplomatic, Security and Economic Challenges 

  • India - Myanmar:  A Subtle yet Potentially Transformative Shift by India

  • India - Bangladesh: India Coming to Terms with Ground Reality

INTERNATIONAL

  • Cover Story: PM Modi’s US visit: Strengthening Military, Strategic and Technological Cooperation

  • Cover Story: The Quad Meeting:  Military and Non -Military Means to Contain China

  • PM Modi attends ‘Summit of the Future’

  • PM Modi Meets Global Leaders:  Meet with Zelenskyy most Important

  • Expert Analyses: India Experimenting with a New Posture, a Geopolitical Balancing Act

  • PM Modi Attends Roundtable with Tech Ceos: India’s Tech Diplomacy

  • BRICS: Countries Recognize Group’s Importance for Multipolarity: Jaishankar

  • Gaza and Lebanon: Licence to Israel to Act with Impunity

  • Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): India must do more

  • FATF Publishes India’s Mutual Evaluation Report (MER)

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  • Growth forecast at 6.8%: S&P

  • Growth forecast at 7%: ADB

  • Asia Power Index: India overtakes Japan as third largest power

  • Fed rate cut, but rates unlikely to lower

INDUSTRY

  • Business growth slowest this year

AGRICULTURE

  • Foodgrain production at record 332.22 million tonne

MARKETS

  • Sensex could rise to 1,00,000 in FY25

ELECTRONICS

  • Foxconn to invest $1 billion for smartphone display modules

INVESTMENTS

  • Global firms keen to grow in India via M&A, IPOs:  JPMorgan

  • Bullish IPO season

  • Hyundai's major IPO