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.
Between 2000 and 2023, India’s richest 1 per cent have grown their wealth by 62 per cent, said the World Inequality Database in a new report commissioned by the South African Presidency of the G20.
The minister also underlined the enabling government schemes that have contributed towards the same.
Despite its vast size and diversity, India’s Gini Index stands at 25.5, placing it fourth globally after the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and Belarus.
India is a member of George W Bush and other formations. Where to locate the Global South? The language of development is the best way to understand worlds in the making. But it has become la langue de bois (the language of evasion).
In what is seen as a diplomatic offensive against Pakistan, India on Thursday briefed envoys of G20 countries, including China and Canada, on the Pahalgam terror attack and the role of the neighbouring country in the assault.
