Kerala is reaping the reward of the India-UAE bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) which came into force on May 1.
Exports from the State are expected to go up in the coming months even as a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Abu Dhabi on Tuesday appeared to have cooled the embers with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations over the alleged negative remarks by former BJP spokespersons about the Prophet.
In fact, the UAE as well as Saudi Arabia reacted more judiciously unlike Iran, Kuwait, and Qatar, which summoned Indian envoys to lodge a protest note and demand a public apology from the Indian government over the remarks.
