The 76th UNGA is important for India and there are expectation that as the leading voice of the developing world and current member of UNSC, it will take up global issues forcefully.
Abdulla Shahid, the Maldivian minister who will head the 2021 UNGA session, hoped that the 193 member states would take the UN Security Council reform process 'seriously'.
During a month-long UNSC presidency that ends Tuesday, India successfully steered the discussions on peace & security issues on agenda including Afghanistan, Syria & Myanmar.
In the 15-nation Council, under India's presidency for the month of August, 13 member states voted in favour of the resolution while China and Russia abstained.
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Antony Blinken and S Jaishankar also agreed to remain 'closely coordinated on shared goals & priorities to deepen US-India partnership.'
Without naming Pakistan, Jaishankar said we should not lack courage to call out the 'double-speak' when state hospitality is being extended to those with innocents' blood on their hands.
Jaishankar, who chaired the UNSC Open Debate, underlined the role of technology in the safety of UN peacekeepers and emphasised the need for sound information & intel foundation.
Jaishankar will chair two high-level signature events this week under India’s current Security Council Presidency, including an event on counter-terrorism tomorrow.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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