India-Australia ties on upswing, CECA by year-end: Indian envoy
SYDNEY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to Australia has created quite a buzz in Down Under, and put the spotlight on this blossoming relationship between the two robust democracies and G20 economies. In this interview in Sydney with Manish Chand, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, India and the World and Centre for Global India Insights (CGII), […]
Modi weaves spell in Sydney, announces new consulate in Brisbane
SYDNEY: The Modi magic cast its spell on thousands of Indian-Australians who cheered him loudly as he shared his soaring vision of a new India on the move, and unveiled the new mantra of India-Australia relations, pivoted around 3Ds – democracy, diaspora and dosti (friendship). More than 20,000 Persons of Indian Origin, who have made […]
With Global South on mind, Modi touches down in Hiroshima for G7 summit
HIROSHIMA/NEW DELHI: With the overarching objective of strengthening multilateralism and bolstering New Delhi’s role on the global stage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched down in Hiroshima to participate in the G7 summit of the world’s wealthiest nations. “Landed in Hiroshima to join the G7 Summit proceedings. Will also be having bilateral meetings with various world […]
Sunset in Goa: India-Pakistan ties sink deeper in darkness, Jaishankar exposes terror duplicity
In a blistering expose of Pakistan’s duplicity on terrorism, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari the “promoter, justifier and a spokesperson” of the terror industry and made it clear that “victims of terrorism do not sit for talks with perpetrators of terrorism.” Just as the sun was setting […]
Terrorism disconnect between India, Pakistan dominates SCO meeting
PANAJI (GOA): Combating the twin evils of terrorism and radicalisation dominated discussions at the SCO foreign ministers’ meeting, with India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar exhorting SCO countries not to take the “eyes off this menace of terrorism, which continues unabated.” Dr Jaishankar’s remarks were aimed at Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who participated in […]
China, India Foreign Ministers focus on border peace, peaceful coexistence
BENAULIM (GOA): Amid the continuing stalemate in Ladakh, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang underlined the need to walk on the path of peaceful coexistence as he held bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar in a resort in southern Goa to resolve outstanding issues that stalk bilateral ties. The foreign ministers […]
Russia happy with India’s efforts to strengthen SCO: Russian diplomat
The SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Goa on May 4-5 will be pivotal in shaping the agenda of the SCO summit New Delhi will host on July 3-4, 2023. The meeting will be held at a time of unprecedented global turbulence and the escalating confrontation between Russia and the West over the Ukraine conflict. Ahead […]
A Time for Global South in G20
With developing countries poised to hold the presidency of G20 for the next three years, India has a unique opportunity to redefine and refocus the G20 agenda to reflect interests and priorities of the Global South. Under India’s presidency, India is looking to create mechanisms that strengthen the capacity of developing countries to tackle health […]
Continent of Hope: It’s Time for Compact with Africa 2.0
Africa hasn’t loomed large in the G20 agenda so far. India’s G20 presidency is an opportunity to focus global attention on myriad challenges facing the African continent in the aftermath of COVID-19 and the Ukraine crisis. India should not only project aspirations of African resurgence on the G20 platform, but should work with its partners […]
Inclusion, Global South to guide India’s G20 presidency
By Shweta Aggarwal The G20 should not allow the Ukraine deadlock to derail the focus on people’s issues and Sustainable Development Goals, said senior diplomats and experts at a conference in the run up to the G20 summit in New Delhi in September. In an oblique reference to the Ukraine crisis, India’s G20 Chief Coordinator […]