Modi’s face and India’s diplomatic nous were on display. But from monuments to food, its diversity was denied a stage.

Modi’s face and India’s diplomatic nous were on display. But from monuments to food, its diversity was denied a stage.
Host India has succeeded in getting together a joint G20 declaration, but it hides divisions among member states.
G20 leaders agree on joint declaration despite differences between the West and Russia over the war in Ukraine.
It’s the biggest diplomatic extravaganza India has hosted in 40 years. The Modi government is soaking in the attention.
As Putin stays in Moscow, India-Russia ties are in decline, while New Delhi’s bond with the West gets tighter.
Incentives to big manufacturers aimed at challenging China are threatening small businesses, India’s economic backbone.
Indian firms are capitalising on a push by leading brands to diversify their suppliers away from China.
It represents 85 percent of global GDP. But deep fissures and absent leaders raise questions about its future.
President Biden says he could invoke constitution to order the Treasury to issue bonds and keep paying gov’t bills.
Experts warn of ‘cataclysmic’ scenario if world’s biggest economy fails to meet its debt obligations.