PM Modi to attend ASEAN Summits in Manila
The Prime Minister's visit to the Philippines for key regional meetings was announced by the Ministry of External Affairs.
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PM Modi to attend ASEAN Summits in Manila
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What this story says
- Prime Minister Modi will attend the 49th ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits in Manila, Philippines, from November 16 to 18.
- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced the visit, with Secretary (East) Rupendra Tandon detailing the Prime Minister's schedule.
- The Philippines will host at least 19 world and global institution leaders at the summits.
- The theme for this year's ASEAN Summit is 'Navigating the Future'.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 16 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
40/100
Craft
45/100
Hype
20/100
16 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend the 49th ASEAN-India Summit and the 21st East Asia Summit in Manila, Philippines. The visit, confirmed by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), will take place from November 16 to 18. Secretary (East) Rupendra Tandon provided details of the Prime Minister's engagements during a special briefing.
The Philippines is set to host a significant number of world leaders, with at least 19 heads of state and global institution representatives expected. The theme for this year's ASEAN Summit is 'Navigating the Future', focusing on enhancing collaboration to build resilience against global changes. Secretary Tandon noted that the East Asia Summit is an ASEAN-led forum where leaders discuss global security and issues of common concern in an informal setting.
Disagreement on trade figures
Tribune India reported that Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Rudrendra Tandon stated India's trade with the ASEAN region has reached approximately USD 122 billion, making it a major trading partner. No other reports mention this specific trade figure.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre or right-rated reports mention the MEA Secretary's statement about adjusting the Prime Minister's schedule to include a meeting with the Indian community in the Philippines, as reported by Devdiscourse.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 12 Nov 2026, 13:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Centre
3 rated outlets
- Devdiscourse and WTVB, both rated centre, highlighted Prime Minister Modi's attendance at the 49th ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits in Manila from November 16 to 18. Both reports noted the announcement was made by the Ministry of External Affairs and detailed by Secretary (East) Rupendra Tandon. Devdiscourse, in its full report, also mentioned the summit's theme 'Navigating the Future' and the potential for a meeting with the Indian diaspora. It also included details about other world leaders, including Chinese Premier Li Qiang and US President Donald Trump, expected to attend, and noted the importance of ASEAN's convening power. WTVB's digest focused on the dates and location of the summit.
Right
5 rated outlets
- Tribune India, NDTV, aninews.in, Times of India, and regionalmedianews.com, all rated right, reported on Prime Minister Modi's upcoming visit to Manila for the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits. Tribune India's digest specifically mentioned that Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Rudrendra Tandon stated India's trade with ASEAN is approximately USD 122 billion. NDTV and aninews.in's digests noted that Secretary (East) Rudrendra Tandon announced the visit details during a media briefing. Times of India and regionalmedianews.com's digests focused on the dates and location of the summit, with regionalmedianews.com citing India's foreign ministry.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover PM Modi to attend ASEAN Summits in Manila?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 11% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 56% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 16. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is PM Modi to attend ASEAN Summits in Manila left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of PM Modi to attend ASEAN Summits in Manila biased?
- PM Modi to attend ASEAN Summits in Manila is one event reported by 16 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting PM Modi to attend ASEAN Summits in Manila?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered PM Modi to attend ASEAN Summits in Manila?
- 16 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- When will Prime Minister Modi attend the ASEAN Summits?
- Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to attend the 49th ASEAN-India Summit and the 21st East Asia Summit in Manila, Philippines, from November 16 to 18.
- Who announced Prime Minister Modi's visit to the Philippines?
- The visit was announced by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Secretary (East) Rupendra Tandon provided specific details about the Prime Minister's schedule and engagements during the summits.
- What is the theme of this year's ASEAN Summit?
- The theme for this year's ASEAN Summit is 'Navigating the Future'. This theme focuses on how leaders can enhance collaboration to become more resilient and better handle the changes occurring around them.
Read it at the source
16 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
3- PM Modi to attend 49th ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits in Manila from Nov 16 to 18 (opens Devdiscourse in a new tab)
Devdiscourse — is Devdiscourse biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Indian PM Modi to attend ASEAN summit in Manila from November 16 to 18 (opens Reuters in a new tab)
- Indian PM Modi to attend ASEAN summit in Manila from November 16 to 18 (opens WTVB in a new tab)
Right
5- ASEAN a major trading partner with USD 122 billion trade: MEA Secy (East) Tandon ahead of PM Modi’s Philippines visit - The Tribune (opens Tribune India in a new tab)
Tribune India — is Tribune India biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Indian PM Modi to attend ASEAN summit in Manila from November 16 to 18 - Regional Media News (opens regionalmedianews.com in a new tab)
regionalmedianews.com — is regionalmedianews.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi To Attend ASEAN-India Summit In Phillipines From November 16 To 18 (opens NDTV in a new tab)
- PM Modi to attend 49th ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits in Manila from Nov 16 to 18 (opens aninews.in in a new tab)
aninews.in — is aninews.in biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi to visit Manila for ASEAN Summit from November 16 to 18 (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Times of India — is Times of India biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
7- Philippines: PM Modi Will Participate in the 49th ASEAN-India and East Asia Summit, Know when and Where the Event Will Be Held (opens Amar Ujala in a new tab)
Amar Ujala — is Amar Ujala biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi to Attend 49th ASEAN Summit in Manila (opens chitralekha in a new tab)
chitralekha — is chitralekha biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi to visit Philippines next week for ASEAN-India Summit - OrissaPOST (opens Orissa POST in a new tab)
Orissa POST — is Orissa POST biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi to visit Philippines next week for ASEAN-India Summit (opens Indian Abroad News in a new tab)
Indian Abroad News — is Indian Abroad News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi to visit Philippines next week for ASEAN-India Summit - tennews.in: National News Portal (opens tennews.in in a new tab)
tennews.in — is tennews.in biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi to visit Philippines next week for ASEAN-India Summit (opens bhaskarlive.in in a new tab)
bhaskarlive.in — is bhaskarlive.in biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet ASEAN leaders in Manila (opens NewsBytes in a new tab)
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