BRICS Overtaking G7 In Economic Might
The rapid rise of the BRICS is transforming the global economy, with the group’s share of world gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) set to…
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G7 Versus BRICS: Power Struggles Are Not Class Struggles
Class struggles interact with but are different from power struggles. The ancient conflicts between city-states Athens and Sparta were power struggles, while within each, slaves and enslavers engaged in class…
Post-G20 Summit Euphoria: Will India Emerge an Axis for Afro-Asian Nations?
There was undoubtedly a display of a friendly lexicon at the 18th G20 summit in New Delhi-India on September 9–10, 2023, including phrases like, We are One Earth, One Family,…
G20 Biofuel Alliance threatens Food security
During the recent G 20 summit India has launched the Global Biofuel Aliance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the G20 nations to join the initiative with a plea to take…
Indian farmers interest has been surrendered to the US to ensure G20 success
As part of the ongoing discussion between India and US on the sideline of the G20 meetings in 2023, both countries agreed to resolve their outstanding dispute at the World…
G20 Delhi Declaration – A Postscript
The internet portal CRUX named India, Russia & African Union as Winners of the G20 Meet in New Delhi (Sept.9-10 2023). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DoeMuIbWS0 The general euphoria sonograph now certifies India as…
A Major Diplomatic Triumph, Yes, but has the G-20 Summit Brought Ukraine Nearer to Peace?
There is no doubt that the G-20 declaration is a major diplomatic triumph for Indian negotiators. The contribution of others, like those from Brazil, who helped in securing consensus agreement…
G-20 Summit: Diplomatic “Success” or Hype?
Defying speculations about G-20 concluding with adoption of a Joint Declaration, host country India succeeded in convincing participating countries and the summit concluded “successfully.” Apprehension on this issue were entertained…
What Does The G20 Summit Have Done?
While India is glowing with the achievement of successfully concluding the G20 Summit in New Delhi, questions about outcome of the summit are being raised by different parties concerned with…
G-20 Call for ‘One Earth, On Family, One Future’ Deserves Appreciation But Must Face the Reality
It is a very commendable effort that the G-20 Summit could issue a common declaration with consensus. The most praiseworthy part of this declaration is the basic precept given on…
G20 Aesthetics: Modi’s Brutal Delhi Facelift
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi really wanted to make an impression for his guests and dignitaries, and coarse realities would simply not do. The occasion of the G20 summit presented…
In the Grip of G20: Behind Many Façades
I. When the media and elites are debating what would be the proper name of the country, issues like ‘one country one election’, ISRO chief’s statement, Uday Stalin’s statement and…
Previewing the G20 Summit
India is all set to host for the first time the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in the national capital on September 9-10, on the theme ‘One Earth, One Family,…
Bharat, G20 – The tragic plight of millions of voiceless poor
Our rulers have changed the country's name from “India” to “Bharat”. The first invitation from the head of the nation to senior delegates to attend a G20 dinner in Delhi…
The forced evictions across India around G20 events
Release of Report on Public Hearing New Delhi, 13th July 2023: At the Press Conference organized by the Concerned Citizens of India at the Foreign Correspondents' Club, the release of the…
International body slams Media Repression in Kashmir During G-20 Event
As India holds the G20 meeting in Srinagar, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has slammed the brutal repression of media in Kashmir. Press freedom remains under attack even as…
Legalising Same-Sex Marriage – Appeal to Member Countries of G-20 Summit 2023 in India
Hon’ble Members, The logo of the G20 meet in India has a message of ‘one earth, one family, one future’. Lofty idea indeed but pray could LGBTQIA community be permitted…
G-20 summit in Delhi – legacy of the colonial `durbar’ of 1877, when a teenager composed a poem against its pomposity
New Delhi today sits at the centre of the global summit called G-20 - hosting VIPs from different parts of the world in the midst of pompous demonstrations of Prime …
BKU (EKTA-UGRAHAN) stage massive protest against G-20 in Amritsar
On the call of the Bharti Kisan Union (EKTA-UGRAHAN)on March 15th thousands of farmers, farm labour, hundreds of women, youth, and students thronged into Amritsar .They protested and held Demonstration,…
Public Statement by Indian people’s movements, trade unions and other civil society groups on G20
India’s presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) comes at a critical juncture; even as the pandemic wanes, geopolitical tensions between the US and China could spiral into a possible…
The G20 is dead. Long live the G20
The seventeenth G20 Heads of State and Government Summit held in Bali, Indonesia, on 15–16 November stands out as a consequential event from many angles. The international politics is at…
One Earth Theme and G-20 grim realities
‘One Earth’ is A Great Theme for G-20, But How Do We Take it Forward in the Middle of Grim Realities? India has done well to select ‘One Earth, One…
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