US not to finance sale of F-16 jets to Pakistan, asks Pakistan to pay
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Washington in June, the Obama administration made a major announcement that the US would not be financing the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. India had expressed its displeasure earlier over the US’ decision to sell the fighter jets to Pakistan. The significant turnaround […]
G4 countries raise pitch for expansion of UNSC permanent members
With a focus on the outdated structure of the UN Security Council, the G4 countries including India have raised the pitch for the expansion of UNSC’s permanent members. The four countries—India, Germany, Japan and Brazil—said that the problem of “imbalance of influence” in the Council cannot be corrected if only non-permanent members are added to […]
BRICS think-tanks agree to create digital diplomacy
Think-tanks from the five BRICS countries—Brazil, India, China, Russia and South Africa—have agreed to come up with a roadmap to create digital diplomacy. This emerged from the recent BRICS digital conference that was held in New Delhi from April 28–29, Sandiso Ngcobo, a member of the South African think-tank delegation to the conference, said. BRICS […]