India's incredible year

After the success of G20 and the moon mission, the country needs a few vital course corrections to pave the way to an advanced nation by 2047

When we look back on 2023, it may well mark the year that India arrived on the global stage. It became the world’s most populous country and the world’s fifth-largest economy, surpassing its former colonial power, Great Britain. The successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of the moon brought it into a select list of three space powers, the USA, the former Soviet Union (Russia failed this time), and China. And the fact that India, a nuclear power, will soon become the world’s third-largest economy, should guarantee it a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

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