North will try to divide South, South must maintain solidarity: Thomas Pogge
The burgeoning South-South cooperation has a great potential to recast global governance landscape.
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Global South- A force to reckon with
As India focuses on playing a larger role globally, the global south has become a force to reckon with. The two-day South-South Cooperation conference organised by New Delhi based think tank RIS, in partnership with the External Affairs Ministry, was inaugurated on March 10.
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There is a Southern Way of developmental cooperation: Shyam Saran
Amid the growing salience of South-South cooperation in the evolving world order, RIS, a New Delhi-based think tank, is hosting an international conference (March 10-11) to map the way forward for developmental cooperation among southern countries.
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India to focus on bolstering South-South cooperation
The growing South-South cooperation and the changing paradigm of development cooperation, in which India is playing a leading role, will be in focus at a major global conference in New Delhi, starting March 10.
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Indian Air Force to induct female fighter pilots from June
In a significant development and a gift to women on International Women’s day, India’s Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha announced that the nation will see its first batch of female fighter pilots by June 2016. India is finally set to welcome its first batch of female fighter pilots.
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India on high alert after report of Pak terrorist sneaking into Gujarat
India’s national capital was put on high alert after intelligence agencies reported that ten terrorists have sneaked into Gujarat, and might stage attack ahead of Maha Shivratri festival. Delhi Police has beefed up security around temples, iconic buildings, malls and markets, and military installations in Delhi.
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Sam Pitroda’s India: Lifting 500 million out of poverty should be top priority
Telecom visionary, innovator and entrepreneur. Sam Pitroda, widely considered the father of India’s telecom revolution, wears many hats. India’s telecom revolution began with an organisation called Centre for Development of Telematics (C Dot) established in 1984. He has been deeply involved with India’s several telecom and digital policy initiatives.
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UN gives clean chit to Indian Blue Helmets in sexual abuse case
The UN has given a clean chit to Indian peacekeepers, who were accused of sexual abuses in 2015. Overall, there were 69 cases of abuse by peacekeepers reported in 2015, which cut across nationalities.
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India plays hardball in Rafale price negotiations, Parrikar promises to save money
Amid persisting differences over the price of 36 Rafale fighter jets India has agreed to buy from France, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has underlined that he will try to extract the best deal and save money for the nation.
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India confident of UN terror tag on Azhar
Calling for immediate action to be taken against Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), by the al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee, India has expressed hope that name of JeM’s chief would be included in the UN list of designated terrorists by 1267 Committee.
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