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Topic: ASEAN summit

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.

Jaishankar talks border issues with China on sidelines of ASEAN meet, point of diplomats’ safety with Canada

Jaishankar met foreign policy chief of Communist Party of China Wang Yi in Indonesia, where the latter said the 2 countries should not let 'specific issues' affect ties.

Antony Blinken to meet China’s Wang Yi on sidelines of ASEAN summit in Jakarta

Blinken met China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Wang in Beijing last month, marking the first visit to China by a US Secretary of State in five years.

Chinese foreign minister unwell, senior diplomat Wang Yi to attend ASEAN meetings in Jakarta

Citing 'health reasons', China announced that Qin Gang will be unable to attend the ASEAN-plus foreign ministers' meetings in Indonesia, scheduled to be held from 13 to 14 July.

On Camera

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.