Category: World Affairs

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
06
Jul
2023

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

India chaired the 23rd SCO Heads of State Council Meeting via video conference.

Black Sea Grain Initiative
06
Jul
2023

Black Sea Grain Initiative

The U.S. envoy to Ukraine has urged India to leverage its influence with Russia to prevent any obstruction of grain exports from Ukraine.

South China Sea
01
Jul
2023

South China Sea and UNCLOS

Recent talks between Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines and Indian Foreign Minister urged importance of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea.

IMF
01
Jul
2023

Debt-to-GDP ratio and SDR

Data released by the Reserve Bank of India shows that India’s external debt at end-March 2023 rose to $624.7 billion from the year-earlier period but the external debt-to-GDP ratio slid to 18.9% at end-March from 20% a year earlier.