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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicLook East-Act East

Topic: Look East-Act East

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.

Delays, security challenges — how turmoil in Myanmar is holding back India’s ‘Act East Policy’

Key projects for connectivity to South-East Asian nations are stuck due to the security situation in Myanmar. Experts explain the challenges faced by India and how they can be overcome.

Manipur violence an ‘indictment’ of Centre, setback to long-term strategy in northeast, say scholars

State authority could be undermined in long term, warn Amit Ahuja & Devesh Kapur, co-editors of ‘Internal Security in India: Violence, Order and the State’.  

Tripura is the Waterloo of the Left movement in the country

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s focus on the North East is a springboard for his Look East-Act East outreach.

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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.