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Pradeep Kumar

14/04/21 09:00 AM IST

Raisina Dialogue-2021

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Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the 6th edition of the Raisina Dialogue on April 13, 2021.

Details
  • Raisina Dialogue 2021 will be held in a virtual mode from April 13 to April 16.
  • The Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geoeconomics and geopolitics and is held annually since 2016.
  • The Dialogue is jointly organised by the External Affairs Ministry and Observer Research Foundation.
  • the theme of Raisina Dialogue 2021 is ‘#ViralWorld: Outbreaks, Outliers, and Out of Control’.
  • The 6th edition of the dialogue will have 50 sessions with the participation of 150 speakers from 50 different countries as well as multilateral organisations.
  • More than 2000 attendees from over 80 countries have already pre-registered. A large number of participants are likely to join the dialogue through various social media platforms.
About Raisina Dialogue
  • It is a multilateral conference which is held every year in New Delhi, India.
  • The Dialogue by India is designed on the lines of the Shangri-La Dialogue of Singapore.
  • Raisina Dialogue was first held in 2016 and since its inception, it has emerged as India’s flagship conference on geoeconomics and geopolitics.
Goal
  • Raisina Dialogue is India’s contribution to the global efforts for discovering solutions, providing stability, and identifying opportunities to a century that has already witnessed an eventful two decades.
  • Since its inception in 2016, the dialogue has been able to attract leading minds from the global strategic and policy-making community for discussing broader foreign policy as well as strategic issues facing the world.
Source: PIB

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