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...
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 of...
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...
I. India in the UN
India pushes for equitable status for Global South
India to support the 3rd UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries
II. Plurilateral Developments
Russia assumes BRICS Presidency
BIMSTEC gets an Indian SG
Cabinet...
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 ends to...
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 world. Click here to read...
I. India in the UN
India-UN Development Partnership Fund turns six
Special Political Missions face new challenges, need transparent budgets, says India
II. India’s G20 Presidency
Virtual G20 Summit held
PM announces Social Impact Fund
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I. India in the UN
EAM addresses 78th UNGA
Launch of a new India-UN initiative
India suggests renaming of the G77
PBC needs better mandate, role
Essentials for reform of UNSC working methods
II. India’s G20 Presidency
G20 Summit adopts New Delhi...
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 Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago mentioned the problems of ‘War,...
Under the framework of the Group of Twenty (G20) presidency, India hosted the final summit on September 9 and 10 in the presence of more than 40 world leaders, including the G20 Heads of State or their representatives.[1] And one major outcome of...