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Topic: ASEAN summit

Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing to attend regional summit in Thailand amid earthquake crisis

Hlaing is the subject of Western sanctions and is barred from attending ASEAN summits due to the Myanmar military's failure to implement an agreed peace plan with the bloc.

India says no ‘substantive’ Modi-Trudeau talks at Laos as Canada PM recalls stressing on ‘work we need to do’

India-Canada ties rocky since Trudeau last year said Ottawa was investigating ‘credible allegations’ linking Indian officials with killing of Indian designated terrorist Hardeep Nijjar.

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.

With ruling generals barred from key meetings, Myanmar sends senior official for ASEAN meet

Military-ruled Myanmar sent a bureaucrat to Monday's meeting. Move was in line with ASEAN's policy on the conflict-torn country's attendance.

Udhayanidhi on the hook and an ‘Air Bharat One’ flight to ‘INDonesia’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

SC must regulate judges’ post-retirement conduct to ensure judicial independence

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

PM Modi at ASEAN-India Summit ‘honoured to be co-chair’, highlights India’s Act-East Policy

The Summit in Jakarta is the first since the elevation of the ties between India and the ASEAN bloc of countries to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2022.

PM Modi attends ASEAN-India Summit at Jakarta Convention Centre

Before leaving, PM Modi termed the engagement with the ASEAN group as an important pillar of India’s ‘Act East Policy'.

ASEAN replaces Myanmar with Philippines as 2026 chair amid concerns over 5-point consensus implementation

Loss of chairmanship blow to Myanmar's ruling military leadership in gaining international recognition. In 2021, ASEAN leaders had agreed to a 5-point consensus to address Myanmar situation.

A look at India’s trade deficit with ASEAN, likely to be discussed at Indonesia summit PM will attend

Modi to attend Indonesia meet just days before G20 Summit. India, whose trade deficit with bloc stood at $43.57 bn in FY23, ‘keen’ to hold at least one meeting reviewing 2009 trade pact.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.