Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Thursday attended the BRICS Foreign Ministers virtual summit, focussing on the annual summit in South Africa next month.
The Delhi government would give free sugar to more than 2.80 lakh low-income families in the capital until December, according to a press release by the Delhi CM’s Office on Thursday.
Germany’s Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, who is on a three-day visit to India said on Thursday that the relationship with China is very complicated and the European nation cannot decouple with it, however de-risking it, and divers
Indian-American Ajay Banga, who is in Gandhinagar in Gujarat to attend the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, met Jaishankar on Wednesday and talked about India’s endeavours to “propel larger development.”
During the meeting, the Council of Ministers approved to hike the rate of dearness allowance (DA) payable to government employees in the seventh pay scale by 4 percent to 42 percent from January 1, 2023. At present the employees are getting 38 percent DA.
“Managing global debt vulnerabilities is a significant priority area for 2023, reflecting the Indian Presidency’s endeavour to voice the concerns of the Global South,” the outcome document of the meeting read.
“While this progress is important and welcome, the debt restructuring process still needs to be speedier and more effective. The costs of delays in reaching an agreement on needed debt treatments are borne acutely by borrower countries and their people, who are least able to bear th
During the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers' Retreat hosted by Thailand on Monday, there was broad agreement on the importance of creating crisis response mechanisms to coordinate different contingencies.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das met World Bank President Ajay Banga during the G20 Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat and discussed various issues.
World Bank President Ajay Banga on Monday said that he is more optimistic today about India economically than he has been for a long time and lauded the government’s initiatives towards digitization of infrastructure