Australian envoy bats for India’s UNSC seat, closer cooperation in G-11 & Quad
By Shweta Aggarwal & Rushali Saha Nearly a month after the first virtual India-Australia summit, Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell said Canberra will work closely with New Delhi in shaping a new global order through the proposed G-11 grouping, suggested by US President Donald Trump, and batted for enhanced cooperation among like-minded democracies […]
From G7 to G11: Australian envoy, top experts to unpack new world order
By Shweta Aggarwal The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a geopolitical churning and intensified competition among global players to shape a mutating world order. On May 31, US President Donald Trump, in his vintage maverick style, responded to this growing impatience with the existing order of things by terming the G7 as a “very outdated group”, […]
India set for UN Security Council seat with NORM mantra, to fast-track counter-terror pact
With international norms under attack and the pandemic unleashing death and devastation across the world as a backdrop, India is poised for its eighth innings in the UN Security Council with the mantra of NORMS – New Orientation Towards Reformed Multilateralism – and a new resolve to shape an inclusive global agenda to spur innovative […]
Foreign Ministers of India & China opt for restraint after border killings
Amid rising nationalist sentiments in the country over the killing of 20 Indian soldiers during a face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Ladakh, India sent out a tough message to China and accused it of taking “pre-meditated and planned action that was directly responsible for the resulting violence and casualties.” In the telephonic conversation […]
Modi invokes soldiers’ sacrifices, says India capable of befitting reply to China
India’s relations with China have come under unprecedented strain after the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a bloody face-off in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling the country that the sacrifices of soldiers along the border “will not go in vain”. India wants peace but is capable of giving […]
First-ever India-Australia virtual summit: Meaty outcomes on a ScoMosas plate!
It’s a pity that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison could offer “Sunday ScoMosas with mango chutney,” to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi only virtually, via a tweet! The real samosas may have to wait for the pandemic to recede, but the first-ever virtual summit between the leaders of India and Australia on June 4 promises […]
Trump brainwave: Ring out G7, ring in G10 with India on board
By Rushali Saha Move on, G7. It’s time for G10, with India on board. This is no fanciful theoretical construct but the latest brainwave of US President Donald Trump. In widely-quoted remarks, President Trump told reporters aboard his special aircraft Air Force One that he would be postponing the next meeting of G-7, which the […]
India, Africa should accelerate UNSC reforms: South Africa’s BRICS Sherpa
India and Africa should renew their joint efforts to accelerate reform and expansion of the UN Security Council, said Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s Sherpa for BRICS and G20, at a virtual conference held to mark the 2020 Africa Day. “The attempts at the UN Security Council to put a halt to global conflicts during the […]
The present and future of 130 crore will never be dictated by an adversity : Modi
This day last year began a golden chapter in the history of Indian democracy. It was after several decades that the people of the country voted back a full term government with a full majority.Once again, I bow to the 130 crore people of India and the democratic ethos of our nation.During normal times, I […]
India-China border stand-off: Chinese envoy calls for settling amicably, invokes close ties
In a reassuring message to New Delhi amid a prolonged standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, China’s Ambassador to India Sun Weidong has expressed hope that the two sides could settle the current impasse amicably and underlined that the Elephant (India) and Dragon (China) can dance and stay friends despite differences. Mr Sun […]