NEW DELHI: The White Man’s Burden, the Rudyard Kipling poem which essentially justified colonialism by asserting that it is the duty of white people to manage the affairs of the less-developed non-white people, apparently still resonates with many in the West. Nothing else explains how Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s public assertion, without a shred […]Read More
NEW DELHI: September 9, the day before the G20 summit formally began, and I had a bad toothache. The massive briefing room on the second floor of Bharat Mandapam, or the International Media Centre at New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan, was packed to the rafters for a “pre-summit briefing” by Indian officials. As journalists from around […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India chalked up two major wins as the G20 summit entered its final round in New Delhi on Saturday. First, a way around the prickly and highly divisive issue of Ukraine resulting in the joint declaration, and the inclusion of the African Union as the 21st member of the group. The declaration stopped […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “I can assure you we have lived up to his vision. No document in the world will have such a strong voice for the developing countries and the Global South as the New Delhi Leaders Declaration which would be released at the end of the summit.” That was India’s G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant hinting […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India will play host to a gathering of the world’s most powerful leaders from Thursday, as U.S. President Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau land in Delhi for the G20 summit. They will be followed by others including Saudi Crown Prince Salman and French President Macron. Missing will […]Read More
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