News behind The News – 25 October, 2021

POLITY

• Jammu and Kashmir: Attempt to Destabilise State

• Farmer Protests: Deepening Faultlines

• Congress: Sonia In-Charge; Priyanka on Offensive

• Covid-19: One Billion Jobs Administered

• Special Feature: ’Gati Shakti’: A Rs 100 Trillion Master Plan for Coordinating Planning of all Infrastructure Connectivity Projects

• Action Plan on GIS-Based Planning

DEFENCE

• Procuring Advanced Surveillance Systems Topmost Priority: CDS

• Shouldn't Expect Favourable Outcome in Every Round of Border Talks with China: Army Chief

• Relationship with India Today is Stronger than Ever:  Maldives Defence Minister

• Naval Commanders' Conference

• First India-UK joint Tri-Services Military Exercise between Oct 21-27

• IAF "Much Better Prepared” In Eastern Ladakh

• India Developing Hypersonic Missiles: US

• India Successfully Test High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target Abhyas

• India Among top 25 Exporting Nations: Rajnath Singh

• Comment: What Beijing’s Growing Polar Silk Road Means to India?

• Comment: Why is China Interested in Africa’s Ports?

NEIGHBOURS

• Expert Analyses: Afghanistan: Foreign Policy Changes - Proposes NSA Meet

• India - China: Worsening Relations

• India - China:  Bilateral Trade up by 29.7 Per Cent; ‘De-Risk’ better Option

• Pakistan to Remain on Fatf 'Grey List till April 2022

INTERNATIONAL

• Expert Analyses: The New Quad - India, Israel, UAE and US

• India, Israel, US and UAE: Making of A New Middle East Quad?

• UK - India:  Strategic Ties

• ‘India’s Path to Power: Strategy in a World Adrift’

• Challenges in India’s Bid to be Military Power

• Mauritius May Be Out of FATF Grey List

ECONOMY

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

• Economy in better shape: RBI paper

• FMCG sales set for double-digit rise in Q2

EMPLOYMENT

• Outlook on jobs

TAXATION

• Global tax deal to hurt Indians