New Delhi, Feb 11 (TIWN) At a time when Modi 2.0 has ticked all checkboxes in providing vaccine aid to India's neighbours, the Centre has ratcheted up a mega plan for a strategic partnership with Japan in poll-bound Assam.

Ahead of the state Assembly elections, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will be taking a Japanese delegation headed by their Ambassador to India, Satoshi Suzuki, to the northeastern state on February 14, a move seen as fillip to NDA's Look East policy.