Harsh V Pant and Samir Bhattacharya South Africa’s G20 Presidency represents a landmark moment for Africa and the broader Global South, building on the momentum generated by preceding Global South chairs, Indonesia, India, and Brazil. With South Africa taking charge…
The stock market indices in India continue to be below their record high reached in September 2024. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) frenzy in the US keeps its market indices elevated and buoyant. Other markets rise in sympathy, or, at least, avoid sharp falls. In any case, an IPO boom continues in India.
The economic relationship between India and Israel has evolved strategically, moving beyond the traditional defence-centric ties to encompass high-technology sectors like cyber, water management, and most significantly, Agri-Tech. This partnership leverages Israel's cutting-edge agricultural innovation and India's massive scale, diverse market, and vast talent pool, creating a powerful synergy for sustainable and inclusive growth.
No, not for the Israel-Hamas peace deal, which might yet unravel, but for systematically undermining, from within, the greatest imperial power the world has ever known.
US President Donald Trump has been campaigning for a Nobel Peace Prize for some time now, claim have ended seven wars, and now, the eighth one in Gaza. Instead of seeing the plain logic in giving the award to a man who has changed the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War, the Nobel Committee has given it to a democratic campaigner in Venezuela.
A storm is brewing around a race for leadership in Asia, with China rising further as a global force, at the Centre of it. The immediate trigger was Japan’s “iron lady” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent statement in Parliament that China’s military invasion of Taiwan would be an “existential crisis” to Japan. This is possible as any invasion of Taiwan could disturb the Indo-Pacific sea lanes of communications that now converge on Taiwan. Japan, in the 1930s, assiduously protected these trade routes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to India next week (December 4-5) at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the annual summit – which was institutionalised over two decades ago – is timely as well as futuristic. It is a given that this time-tested and trusted special and privileged strategic partnership has been a ‘constant’ (as stated by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar) amidst the global chaos, unilateralism and polarisation.
Inaugurating the ‘Orbeli Forum’ (November 4-5, 2025), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan convincingly flagged his Peace for Prosperity initiative, urging for prevalence of the Corridors for Peace platforms for regional development.