Iran’s inclusion in SCO: Implications for India and the region
The expansion of the SCO to include Iran as a full-fledged member at the Samarkand summit opens doors for a Central Asia pivot to West Asia, says Dr. Meena Singh Roy. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summer held in the historic city of Samarkand drew global attention as it was held in the backdrop of […]
The Modi Way: Making India a leading global power
As the world rings out the crisis-ridden 2022, and ushers in another year, India has emerged as a beacon of “hope, healing and harmony”—the trinity of ideals that defines New Delhi’s worldview, as reimagined by the country’s hands-on Prime Minister. These three ideals have also been chosen by Narendra Modi to frame India’s first-ever G-20 […]
India’s SCO, G20 presidencies to strengthen world stability and security: Putin
In a New Year message of confidence in New Delhi, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that India’s presidencies of the SCO and G20 will build multi-dimensional cooperation between the two countries and will strengthen the stability and security in Asia and the entire world. In messages to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra […]
Sporting Rajasthani turbans, G20 sherpas brainstorm on SDG, green growth
UDAIPUR: In the serenity of a lakeside luxe hotel in backdrop of the iconic City Palace, sherpas (senior officials) from G20 countries and international organisations brainstormed to infuse new ideas and initiatives into India’s presidency of the influential multilateral grouping. It wasn’t just serious talk, but sherpas attending the meeting also got a taste of […]
Five Reasons why India’s G20 presidency matters
The first test of G2O unity under India’s G20 presidency will be at the December 4-7 Sherpa Meeting in the scenic lake city of Udaipur. Given bitter acrimony in meetings ahead of the Bali summit, it will be reassuring to see sherpas of all G20 countries posing for a group photo and agreeing on a […]
India@G20: A presidency of healing, harmony and hope
By Prime Minister Narendra Modi Today, India commences its G20 Presidency. The previous 17 Presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results — for ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden on countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these achievements, and build further upon them. However, as India assumes this important mantle, […]
India’s G20 presidency: Preview in Andaman resort for foreign diplomats, with yoga & LiFE
Far from the clamour of Delhi, in a tranquil Andaman and Nicobar Island resort, more than 40 diplomats and officials from international organisations got a privileged preview of priorities and preparations ahead of India’s G20 presidency. It was a briefing with a difference – yoga on beach, beach-cleaning, blowing of the conch-shell and a scintillating […]
Diplomacy triumphs in Bali: India sets tone for inclusive & ambitious G20 presidency
BALI: The G20 summit ended in the resort island of Bali with India taking over the G20 presidency amid ringing applause and stressing that it will forge “inclusive, ambitious, decisive, and action-oriented” agenda under its leadership of the twenty-nation grouping of the world’s richest and most powerful nations. In many ways, the Bali summit was […]
India takes over G20 presidency, promises inclusive and action-oriented agenda
BALI: The G20 summit ended in the resort island of Bali with the overarching message of peace amid Ukraine tensions, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi assuring the world that India’s G-20 presidency will be “inclusive, ambitious, decisive, and action-oriented.” At the end of the two-day summit on November 16, Indonesian President Joko Widodo handed over […]
India saves G20 from collapse, shapes Bali Declaration
BALI: In a mark of New Delhi’s growing global stature and soft power, India played a pivotal role in rescuing the G20 summit of the world’s most powerful countries in Bali by midwifing a consensus on acceptable language in the planned joint communique on the Ukraine crisis, and playing the role of a bridge builder […]