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Why India And ASEAN Must Learn From Japan’s Landmark Worker Heat Protection Laws

Why India And ASEAN Must Learn From Japan’s Landmark Worker Heat Protection Laws

India and ASEAN can learn from Japan’s new heat protection rules for workers. With Asia warming faster than the global average, stronger labour...

27.04.2026 20

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West Asia Conflict Disrupts Global Pharma Supply Chains, Exposing India And ASEAN Healthcare Vulnerabilities

The West Asia conflict and disruption of the Strait of Hormuz have begun affecting global pharma supply chains, raising costs and delaying shipments....

30.03.2026 20

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India’s Artificial Intelligence Story Does Not Need Hype, It Needs Realism

At the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, experts cautioned against blind optimism around AI in healthcare. Citing IBM Watson’s failure due to lack of...

22.02.2026 10

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Vietnam’s Pragmatic Pluralism Offers Lessons For India’s Social And Economic Cohesion

Visible on Ho Chi Minh City’s Bùi Viện Street, where diverse cuisines and lifestyles coexist alongside economic dynamism. She argues India,...

25.01.2026 20

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ASEAN And India Are Becoming Each Other’s Strategic Hedge In An Uncertain World

As global uncertainty deepens, India and ASEAN are emerging as mutual strategic hedges. From trade and supply chains to education, migration and...

01.01.2026 30

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India’s Buddhist Diplomacy: Pilgrims Come, Travellers Still Too Few

From December 2 to 13, 2025, Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where the Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree, will host more than 20,000 monks, nuns,...

23.11.2025 20

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Babies And The Battle For The Future: What India Offers

Miss that window, and the consequences are lifelong. “When children miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” as UNICEF warns, “they pay...

30.10.2025 20

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India's Aspiration Paradox: Lessons From Vietnam & China In The Global Talent Race

Every society aspires. But in India, aspiration has long been framed through the prism of exit. For many in the middle class, success means...

30.09.2025 30

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A Lesson From ASEAN To The Indian MSMEs On Trade Tariffs

If we could have Operation Sindoor, why can’t we have Operation Exports?” That question, posed by Vinod Kumar, President of the India SME Forum,...

27.08.2025 10

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Beyond The Bargaining Table: How India's Soft Power Is Rewriting The ASEAN Playbook

Trade talks between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a dynamic block of 10 economies with over 650 million people and a...

27.07.2025 10

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Risk To Life vs Jobs: A Dilemma Facing Indians In War Zones

A fragile truce now holds between the two long-standing adversaries, bringing their twelve-day war to an end. Ravi has spent nearly two decades in...

29.06.2025 20

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Asia’s Talent Grab: Can India Seize The Moment As US Falters?

A federal judge in the US has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to revoke Harvard’s ability to enrol foreign students. The...

01.06.2025 20

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Soft Power And Hard Battles In Times Of Tariff Turmoil

Beijing has seized the moment to project itself as a source of stability and is offering ASEAN nations a narrative of inclusion and mutual growth.

20.04.2025 30

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How To Make New Friends, Survive Trump 2.0’s Trade Agenda

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has already cautioned against the knock-on effects of a trade war on the global...

23.03.2025 10

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Indian Tourists Flock To Southeast Asia, But ASEAN Visitors To India Remain Low—Here’s Why

Southeast Asia is looking to India for a tourism reboot. The pitch is working, going by the rising number of Indian tourists flocking to Southeast...

09.02.2025 40

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