New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Hailing the ties between India and Japan, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday that New Delhi attaches the highest priority to working with Tokyo in international forums such as the Quad, the United Nations and the G20. In his opening remarks during the 18th India-Japan Strategic Dialogue with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi in New Delhi, EAM Jaishankar noted that the ties between the two nations have transformed from an economic relationship…
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New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) At a time when the world is undergoing unprecedented transformation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the importance of the Global South charting new pathways. Inaugurating the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) at the Samvidhan Sadan here on Thursday, he emphasised India’s role in voicing the concerns of the Global South on every global platform.Recalling India’s G20 Presidency, he noted that the country placed the…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) India pursued strategic autonomy in 2025, which was aimed not at dominating the international system but at balancing it, drawing on historical experience and emphasising institutional continuity, economic resilience, and multidimensional diplomacy, observed a recent report in Europe. During the Mughal period, the Indian subcontinent functioned as a balancing pillar within a fragmented regional system, not through constant military expansion, but with administrative cohe…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Chile’s Ambassador to India, Juan Angulo, on Monday stressed the importance of India in the international arena, and termed it key that nations like India act as intermediation in many sectors in the international agenda. In an interview with IANS, Angulo praised India’s leadership of G20, terming it “very substantial and important.” He also mentioned that Chile has participated in the Global South initiatives that took place years ago.Asked his opinion on how Prime Mini…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) India’s primary challenge lies in balancing its foreign policy priorities between the US and BRICS, particularly as several members of the bloc are under increasing scrutiny from Washington. While India views BRICS as a means to uphold the multilateral world order, other members, such as Russia and China, consider it a geostrategic tool to counterbalance the USA, a report detailed on Friday. According to a report in the India Narrative, India’s current US policy, driven …
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Amid the growing debate over gig workers, former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said that politicising the gig economy will kill quick commerce, destroy jobs and push workers back into the informal sector.In a post on X, former G20 Sherpa Kant said that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha and his party are “not job creators but job killers”.“Gig jobs are set to grow from 7.7 million to 23.5 million by 2030 — among India’s largest job-creation engines…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) India is building a commercially grounded relationship with Africa large enough to matter, without mortgaging sovereignty, according to a report. The country is also engaging with Africa in the health sector. Furthermore, India is contributing to United Nations peacekeeping in Africa.”Some actors translate this into dependency through scale or force. India stands apart, advancing its interests most effectively when African partners retain agency. This is not soft power v…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) India has taken over the BRICS+ presidency for 2026, demonstrating its highly enriching founding membership and opportunity to boost the intergovernmental association as a leading geopolitical force in the Global South. With its presidency set to begin in 2026, India has already outlined its framework of priorities for BRICS, a report highlighted on Friday. Brazil took over the BRICS presidency from Russia in 2025 and India is set to assume its presidency in 2026. Curren…
Seoul, Dec 26 (IANS) South Korea’s stock market enjoyed a stellar year and outperformed both regional and global peers, boosted by artificial intelligence (AI) and the government’s market reform measures.Once hovering around the 2,400 mark, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) hit a new milestone on Oct. 27, surpassing the 4,000 level for the first time since the index was introduced in 1983, reports Yonhap news agency.The KOSPI was the best-performing stock gauge among those …
Brasilia/New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, could visit India early next year, top sources indicated to IANS on Tuesday. The visit, which could materialise at the end of January or early February 2026, is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between India and Brazil.It is expected that India and Brazil will solidify ties in key areas such as trade, investment, defence cooperation, energy, agriculture, and technology during the proposed visit.”Both side…