The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), a think tank based in Kochi, India, held a two-day diplomatic event in collaboration with the country’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on January 16-17 to take forward India’s relations with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The event, called Kochi Dialogue, was held in Kochi–the business, financial, and […]
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Sweden to host ministerial meeting on nuclear disarmament
In a fresh initiative to ratchet up international opinion towards a nuclear weapons-free world, Sweden plans to host an international ministerial meeting in Stockholm on June 11 on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The purpose of the meeting, to be hosted by Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström, is to discuss how governments can work […]
Why Italy and India swapped year for hosting G20 summit
Italy was supposed to host the G20 summit only in 2022 but it would now host the group of 20 meeting a year earlier, in 2021. Likewise, India was to be the host of the world leaders’ annual meet in 2021. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would do it a year later, […]
Climate deal clinched at Lima
After two weeks of intense talks during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima, Peru, delegates from 194 countries came to an agreement on how to tackle climate change. The deal – the “Lima call for climate action” – includes a framework for setting national pledges, which will be submitted to […]