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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicAct East policy

Topic: Act East policy

India’s cross-border railway network must reflect its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy

India’s emphasis on developing railway connections with neighbouring countries is driven by the need to respond to China’s expanding railway infrastructure in the region.

As Modi heads to Laos, a look at what’s at stake in the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits

Modi will be in Laos 10-11 October for 21st ASEAN-India summit & 19th East Asia summit. Review of New Delhi’s Act East policy to take place, discussions on Myanmar to take centrestage.

India extends $100,000 aid to flood-hit Laos

Humanitarian assistance under Operation Sadbhav includes 10 tonnes of relief materials and medical supplies.

Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh visits India as New Delhi seeks to deepen Act East partnerships

PM Chinh's visit is the first since the 2 countries established a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2016. Trade, defence, and new areas of cooperation are on the agenda.

1800s Kolkata is key to Modi’s Act East policy. It needs imagination, not just bureaucracy

A globalised India is a project of imagination. It must model itself after 19th century Kolkata, as it seeks to integrate with the economic powerhouses to its East.

Necessity or trouble in making? What fencing of borders with Myanmar could mean for India

Modi govt has announced it will fence India’s border with Myanmar. Experts remain divided over the move, with some saying that it can make a dent in ‘Act East Policy’.  

SubscriberWrites: Is it the Act East Policy or the Lack East Policy?

Would it be that by default or design, means a revision of the objectives of the AEP, where the Northeast becomes irrelevant & that maritime cooperation alone is sufficient.

How INS Kiltan has become the strategic flag-bearer of India’s Act East policy

The warship has been a significant pillar in India’s policies at a time when maritime sub-regions in the Pacific have been subject to China’s assertive actions.

Assam springboard of India’s Act East policy, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says

Addressing a press conference Monday, Jaishankar mentioned the need to create an enabling environment by ensuring better connectivity in order to bring more investment into Assam.

India, Myanmar review bilateral ties, discuss trade, investment, power & healthcare

The MEA said the foreign secretary stressed how important India's partnership with Myanmar is, in accordance with its Neighborhood First and Act East policies.

On Camera

Modi govt has learned from past FTAs. Its priority now is building a manufacturing powerhouse

Past FTAs failed to yield much benefit because they exposed domestic industries to global competition without strengthening the manufacturing ecosystem.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.