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India supports peace process and capacity building in South Sudan

India on Tuesday supported the peace process and capacity building in South Sudan in the journey for peace.Pratik Mathur, Counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to United Nations reiterated India's strong support via UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)."At @UNPeacebuilding Commission's meeting on South Sudan, Counsellor @PratikMathur1 expressed India's strong support via @unmissmedia (#India provides 2400+ peacekeepers) & bilaterally to support peace process & capacity building in #SouthSudan in the journey for peace," tweeted Mathur.Recently, India deployed an all-woman platoon of peacekeepers as part of the Indian Battalion to the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (on the border between South Sudan and Sudan).The Abyei Area is a border area between South Sudan and Sudan that has been granted "special administrative status" by the 2004 Protocol on the Resolution of the Abyei Conflict (Abyei Protocol) in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the ..

Assam to host G20's Sustainable Financial Working Group meeting on Feb 2-3

The two-day meeting will be attended by 94 delegates from the member countries of G20, guest countries, different international organizations and also officials from the Union government

India to be theme country at 2025 Madrid International Book Fair: Envoy

India will be invited as the focal country at the Madrid International Book Fair in 2025, the Ambassador of Spain to the country Jose Maria Ridao said on Tuesday. Spain is the theme country at the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair here, which began on Monday. Ridao, who was present at the Spain Pavilion', said, "We want to have a direct relation with Indian authors, which will begin from this book fair in a bigger way. "We are inviting India as the theme country at the Madrid International Book Fair in 2025. It is usually for publishers only. But, we can expand the horizon, to include cinema and music as well," he told PTI. There are over 100 events lined up at the pavilion, the envoy said. He said as part of the cultural exchange between the two countries, Spain has donated books to five universities in Bengal on Tuesday, where the Spanish language is taught. Works of Spanish authors are also being published by leading Indian publishing houses, Ridao said. "We are happy that

Challenge to build 'brand India' continues: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the challenge to build "brand India" continues because it is world's perception about the country that matters, not what "we are trying to sell about ourselves". Addressing an event organised by Mathrubhumi media group here, he said India witnessed rapid economic growth post liberalisation in the 90s and emerged as the world's fastest growing economy. Now the whole issue of our magnificent diversity and how the world perceives it with the current political environments in our country raises the question, he said, adding the "challenge to building brand India continues". The essential fact remains that what really matters is not the image but the reality. What really matters is not what we are trying to sell about ourselves but what people think of us, (and) whether we want them to think that way or not, he added. The Thiruvananthapuram MP also talked about the challenges and opportunities that Kerala faces. "There are a number of econ

Inflation in India expected to come down to 5% in 2023 and 4% in 2024: IMF

Inflation in India is expected to come down from 6.8 percent in the current fiscal year ending March 31 to 5 percent the next fiscal, and then drop further to 4 percent in 2024, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. Inflation in India as in other countries is expected to come down from 6.8 percent in 2022 to 5 percent in 2023 and then 4 percent coming towards the target in 2024, Daniel Leigh, Division Chief, Research Department of the IMF told reporters here. That partly reflects the central bank's actions, he added, According to the World Economic Outlook update released by the IMF on Tuesday, about 84 percent of countries are expected to have lower headline (consumer price index) inflation in 2023 than in 2022. Global inflation is set to fall from 8.8 percent in 2022 (annual average) to 6.6 percent in 2023 and 4.3 percent in 2024 -- above pre-pandemic (201719) levels of about 3.5 percent, it said. The projected disinflation partly reflects declining internationa

Against the flow

Pakistan has nothing to complain about the Indus Waters Treaty

Guru of globalisation

The Presidency of G20 should be used by India to argue for globalisation and a rules-based global economic order

Welspun India reports 68% drop in Q3 profit due to rising inflation

Analysts had, on average, expected a profit of 609.5 million rupees, according to Refinitiv IBES data

India's SRF beats Q3 profit view on strong demand in chemical business

SRF saw strong demand from overseas markets, higher capacity-utilisation of facilities and significant cost-savings across all product streams

Promise made to India fulfilled: Rahul after hoisting tricolour in Srinagar

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday unfurled the national flag at the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar as part of the Kanyakumari-Kashmir 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and said a "promise" made to India has been fulfilled. Gandhi described the yatra as the deepest and beautiful experience of his life. The security for the 10-minute event was at its peak as all roads in a one-kilometre radius leading to the chowk, which holds symbolic importance for the city, were sealed off from Saturday night and no vehicular movement was allowed. Barricades were set up and concertina wires installed at all entry points with a heavy deployment of security personnel, while shops, business establishments and the weekly flea market were closed as part of the security exercise. Gandhi, along with his sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party leaders and workers, resumed the final lap of the yatra in Jammu and Kashmir from Srinagar's Pantha Chowk around 10:45

India should have a permanent seat in Security Council, says UNGA chief

Korosi has previously noted that during the high-level week in September 2022, one-third of world leaders underscored the urgent need to reform the Council - more than double the number in 2021

Explained: Why Chinese electronics companies are getting a break in India

A small policy relaxation outside the rubric of Press Note 3 is designed to help global and domestic electronics manufacturing build a local supply chain ecosystem

India looking for solutions for many other countries: UNGA president

Describing India as one of the leaders of the Global South, UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi has said there are large similarities between the Indian strategic thinking and that of the UN body on the need for transformation in the world. Korosi will arrive in India on Sunday on a three-day visit at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. It is his first bilateral visit to any country since he assumed his role as President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2022. I'm traveling to India with very high hopes, he told PTI ahead of his visit. I see similarities, large similarities between the Indian strategic thinking of how this world should look like, what kind of transformation this world needs and the thinking in the General Assembly (of) how we transform ourselves, how we transform this organisation and how we transform some of the dealings we have in the world. So, my key message will be to the partners - I'm going there to seek

India records 109 new Covid-19 infections, tally of active cases now 1,842

India has recorded a single-day rise of 109 new COVID-19 infections and its count of active cases now stands at 1,842, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The tally of Covid infections in the country has reached 4.46 crore (4,46,82,639), it showed. The death toll due to the disease stands at 5,30,740 with one death reported by Gujarat, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.07 per cent and the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.08 per cent, as per the data. Active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.81 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,41,50,057, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent, the data showed. According to the ministry's website, 220.4 crore doses of vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19

India-US relationship not as strong as it needs to be: Congressman Thanedar

The relationship between India and the US has not been as strong as it needs to be, Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar has said, vowing that he will work to strengthen economic ties that benefit both countries and help enhance cooperation between their people. Thanedar, 67, represents the 13th Congressional District of Michigan, which mainly comprises parts of Detroit and its suburbs. He was sworn in as a member of the US House of Representatives early this month. He became the fifth Indian-American to be in the current Congress, joining four others: Dr Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal. I think historically, this (India-US relationship) has not been as strong a relationship as it needs to be. We are the two biggest democracies. India has a huge economic power. India now has the leadership of G-20, Thanedar told PTI. His first month of in the House has been quite historic as he voted 15 times to elect the Speaker. This week, he was made members of

Amit Shah asks youth to make India number one in every field by 2047

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asked the youth to join hands in nation building and ensure that when the country celebrates its centenary year of independence in 2047, India is number one in every field. He also called on the youth to take a resolve for progress in their personal lives and also to contribute towards nation building in some field, in this 75th year of independence. "When we celebrate the centenary year of independence in 2047, in every field this great nation of ours should be number one. To build such a nation, you the youth must join hands on the appeal of PM Modi and contribute in building a great India," Shah said. Speaking at the platinum jubilee celebrations of B V Bhoomaraddi College and after inaugurating an indoor stadium at the campus, he listed out progress made by the country in various fields and strong foundations laid by the government for development in a number of areas. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is also an alumni of

Need alternatives to Russian military equipment for India: Biden admin

Ahead of her India visit for foreign office consultations Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, has told lawmakers that the US needs to help India find alternatives to Russian military equipment and that is part of the "job we have to do." Nuland is travelling to India as part of a four-nation trip including Nepal, Sri Lanka and Qatar from January 28 to February 3. I think they (India) find themselves after 60 years of entanglement having to find alternatives, and that's part of the job we have to do, is help them with alternatives, Nuland told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a Congressional hearing on Russia. She was responding to a question from Senator Jeff Merkley when she told lawmakers that she is travelling to India. I'm glad to hear that you're going to India. I would think that after the performance of Russian weapons on the battlefield has been demonstrated, they might be somewhat less interested, Merkley said. India ha

Indus Water Treaty: India sends notice to Pak, seeks changes in pact

The notice sent on January 25 through respective commissioners for Indus waters, is set to open up the process for making changes to the treaty

Indus Water Treaty: The what and why of a decades-old conflict

The treaty contains a preamble, 12 articles and eight detailed annexures

India plans to classify clean activities, tech under new policy: Report

India projects $10 trillion to $15 trillion in investment is needed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070