News behind the News Magazine - NbN 04 August, 2025

In this issue

PAHALGAM TERROR ATTACK AND OPERATION SINDOOR DEBATE SELECTION FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, BJP CHIEF: POLITICAL AND CASTE EQUATIONS CONTROVERSY OVER BIHAR ELECTORAL ROLL REVISION ASSAM: THE INDIGENOUS vs MUSLIMS
TAMIL NADU: PM MODI’S VISIT

DEFENCE PAHALGAM ATTACK: LET PROXY TRF NAMED IN UNSC REPORT – WHEN DID TERRORISTS ENTER INDIA FROM PAKISTAN?
RED TEAMING: INDIAN ARMY EMBRACING US, ISRAEL-STYLE COMBAT TACTIC TO ASSESS ENEMY MIND
OPERATION SHIVSHAKTI: ARMY STOPS INFILTRATION ACROSS LOC 2 DAYS AFTER OP MAHADEV; 2 TERRORISTS KILLED
NAVY ACHIEVES 70% AMMO INDIGENISATION, PLACES ₹5,000 CRORE ORDERS TO BOOST SELF-RELIANCE
CAN PAK NAVY’S ‘MADE IN CHINA’ HANGOR-CLASS SUBMARINES HOLD UP AGAINST INDIA’S ASW FLEET?
FIRST INDIA-MADE HOVERCRAFT: CONSTRUCTION BEGINS AT CHOWGULE SHIPYARD; HOW THEY WILL HELP COAST GUARD
PRALAY MISSILE TEST: GREATER SPEED, BIGGER PAYLOAD – WHY DRDO’S LATEST TRIALS MATTER
TECTONIC SHIFT: WHY WESTERN NATIONS ARE READYING TO RECOGNISE PALESTINE, AND WHERE DOES IT LEAVE ISRAEL
NISAR SATELLITE: NASA, ISRO COLLABORAETION

NEIGHBOURS EXPERT ANALYSES: INDIA - CHINA: SUBTLE CHANGES IN RELATIONS - DANGERS OF A POTENTIAL RAPPROCHEMENT
INDIA - PAKISTAN: LEARNING FROM PAHALGAM AND OPERATION SINDOOR INDIA - MALDIVES: PM MODI’S VISIT - A POST-MORTEM

INTERNATIONAL COVER STORY: INDIA - US: TRADE DEAL HITS A TRUMP WALL; ANALYSES OF THE IMPACT ON INDIA
WEST VS THE EAST / REST: THE AMITAV ACHARYA THEORY CASE FOR A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY INDIA - UK: UNDERSTANDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC AND TRADE AGREEMENT (CETA)