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Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to Nigeria Enhances Partnership
Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Abuja on 16-17 November, 2024 enhances India’s relations with Nigeria, a key country in the African continent, in the political, economic and security spheres. In recent years, India has stepped up it....

November 22, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , economy , agriculture , Defence , PM Modi , energy , diaspora , health , Nigeria , Global South
India’s Growing FinTech Cooperation : Bridging Borders and Empowering Digital Economies

India has emerged as a leader in the Financial Technology (FinTech) innovation and growing acceptance of its digital payments mark an important milestone in the global expansion of India’s digital payment system. The cross-border digital transactio....

November 01, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , RBI , Digital India , Fintech , QR code , Global South , UPI , NPCI , Digital Payments , DPI , Digital Literacy , Fast Payments System , NIPL , RuPay Card , SWIFT System
President’s Visit Rekindles Ties with Africa
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

In a welcome continuation of India's attention to Africa, President Droupadi Murmu, made a cross-continental visit to three African countries between 13-19 October. She visited old friend Algeria, largely ignored Mauritania and the ‘warm heart o....

October 24, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , International Solar Alliance , Algeria , Malawi , Global South , Mauritania , IAFS IV , President Murmu
India and Voice of Global South Summit 3.0
Amb Gurjit Singh Commentary

India successfully held the third Voice of Global South Summit (VOGSS) on 17 August. It carried forward the agenda of the previous two summits, which had fed into the G20 process. The VOGSS remains India's initiative and is not held in conjunction....

August 30, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , G20 , Global South , VOGSS
Multilateralism Digest: January 2024 - Issue 1

I. India in the UN

  1. India pushes for equitable status for Global South
  2. India to support the 3rd UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries

II. Plurilateral Develo....

February 08, 2024 agriculture , Security Council , BIMSTEC , BRICS , Houthi , European Commission , G20 , Gaza , WHO , ICJ , semiconductors , Global South , Multilateralism Digest , Multilateralism digest , G20 Common Framework , WTO Ministerial , sustainable development bond , UN reform , 3rd UN Conference on landlocked developing countries
Sustainability, Knowledge Platform and G-20 for Emerging Economies
Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

The recent COP 28 in Abu Dhabi and prior to that the G20 Summit in New Delhi observed “at the midway point to 2030, the global progress on SDGs is off-track with only 12 percent of the targets on track”. Global Leaders are tying loose....

January 11, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , SDGs , Sustainability , Global South , CSO , ESG
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 52, 2023)

Commentary

How the Global South is rediscovering centuries of shared history to challenge Western domination
India’s engagement with Africa, backed by the common legacy of a colonial past, aims to create a true multipolar wo....

January 01, 2024 China , modi , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , South Sudan , BRICS , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , BRI , Algeria , Sudan , Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Zimbabwe , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Global South , Cameroon
Multilateralism Digest: November 2023 - Issue 11

I. India in the UN

  1. India-UN Development Partnership Fund turns six
  2. Special Political Missions face new challenges, need transparent budgets, says India

II. India’s G....

December 12, 2023 ASEAN , World Bank , WTO , health , ICJ , IAEA , ADMM-Plus , Global South , Multilateralism Digest , India-UN Development Partnership Fund , Special Political Missions , Virtual G20 Summit , DPI repository , developing countries , IMF Quota , Digital Trade , UN Police
Multilateralism Digest: September 2023 - Issue 9

I. India in the UN

  1. EAM addresses 78th UNGA
  2. Launch of a new India-UN initiative
  3. India suggests renaming of the G77
  4. PBC needs better ....

    October 03, 2023 ASEAN , East Asia , G20 summit , United Nations , Capacity Building , ECOWAS , Global South , Multilateralism Digest , Multilateralism digest , General Assembly , G77 , Peacebuilding Commission , Security Council reform , SDG Summit , Global health governance , Fisheries funding , UNIDO , UN-AU Joint Task Force , UNOCT
United Nations in a World of Crises
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The 78th session of the United Nations opened amidst a deepening sense of crisis. The UN Secretary-General said that the ‘world is becoming unhinged.’ [1] The UNGA President ....

September 29, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Climate Change , BRICS , South Asia , Global South , UN reforms
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