Old and the new
There was a time when speaking of India’s civilisational past in policy circles invited a knowing smile, sometimes a pitying one.
There was a time when speaking of India’s civilisational past in policy circles invited a knowing smile, sometimes a pitying one.
In August 2025, S&P Global Ratings upgraded India’s sovereign credit rating from BBB ~ to BBB ~ the first such elevation in eighteen years.
Widening disparities in income and wealth both within and across countries have become among the most pressing global challenges of our time. As inequalities deepen, the call for coordinated international action has only grown louder, highlighting the need for shared commitment and collective responsibility.
New Delhi is expected to follow the development closely, given India’s own recent presidency and sustained role in shaping G20 priorities.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would “take up South Africa’s cause” with US President Donald Trump after Trump announced that South Africa would not be invited to the 2026 G20 summit to be hosted in Miami.
Security was tightened across the national capital and traffic restrictions were put in place for the two-day G20 Leaders’ Summit…
The 55-member AU is the second multi-nation grouping after the European Union to become a permanent member of G20. Its inclusion was the first expansion of the grouping of the largest economies since its inception in 1999.
The Russian leader accused the Western countries of not fulfilling their promise about funds to deal with climate change.
He also wrote about the Global Biofuels Alliance among India, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Mauritius, UAE and the US, describing it as a partnership to make progress in their shared commitment to deploy cleaner, greener fuels around the world to help meet decarbonisation goals.
A day after the G20 Summit adopted the Delhi Declaration, which doesn’t mention Russia and in a major departure from…
