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Topic: Sikkim airport

Modi inaugurates Sikkim’s first airport, furthers BJP’s ‘look northeast’ policy

Ruhi Tewari -
Plan is part of BJP’s ‘look northeast’ policy through which it hopes to expand influence in region not known as its stronghold as it heads into 2019.

Want people who wear hawai-chappals to travel by hawai-jahaz: PM Modi

PTI -
Prime Minister inaugurated Sikkim's first airport in Pakyong Monday.  Pakyong (Sikkim): Dedicating Sikkim's first airport at Pakyong to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday...

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Sikkim’s first airport on 24 September

PTI -
The first commercial flight from Pakyong would begin from 4 October 

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Opinion

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

Varun Ramdas -
A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

Chandrababu Naidu is dreaming new dreams at 75. What other CMs are missing

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What India can learn from Israel about atmanirbharta in defence

Economy

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

Keshav Padmanabhan -
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.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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