Has the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), No Relevance and India now Natural Ally to US?
Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
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Where Is My India And With Whom Now?
A.     “India will never join any alliance system in the future just as it never did in the past”, the external affairs minister of India, S Jaishankar said: HT: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hope-india-continues-to-follow-an-independent-foreign-policy-china/story-URH1Hs7fnfQ8aqWp8vvjGJ.html

Or
(i)     India isn’t really ‘non-aligned’ and doesn’t fit with NAM: https://theprint.in/opinion/india-isnt-really-non-aligned-and-doesnt-fit-with-nam-which-has-no-relevance-today/415254/
B.      India continues to practice a policy of non-alignment in an attempt to maintain sovereignty and oppose imperialism. Since its inception, the movement attempted to create an independent path in world politics that would not result in lesser states becoming pawns in the struggles between major world powers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_and_the_Non-Aligned_Movement
C.      The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 developing world states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide...:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement
D.     India isn’t really ‘non-aligned’ and doesn’t fit with NAM, which has no relevance today: In episode 462 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explores the history of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and its relevance in today's bipolar world where India is a natural ally to US. : THEPRINT TEAM 6 May, 2020 9:47 am IST: https://theprint.in/opinion/india-isnt-really-non-aligned-and-doesnt-fit-with-nam-which-has-no-relevance-today/415254/
E.    India’s Renewed Embrace of the Non-Aligned Movement: Prime Minister Modi’s participation at the NAM virtual summit hints at a tactical shift in his foreign policy. By Ashutosh Nagda: May 11, 2020: https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/indias-renewed-embrace-of-the-non-aligned-movement/
F.    Chinese Betrayal? Ladakh Disengagement Slows Down, Say Sources: After several rounds of military talks, the Chinese have not held up their part in the disengagement process in eastern Ladakh. All India:NDTV News Desk (with inputs from ANI)Updated: July 22, 2020 08:23 pm IST: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-china-standoff-china-has-40-000-troops-at-lac-despite-de-escalation-promise-report-2267157
G.     ‘Hope India continues to follow an independent foreign policy’: China:External affairs minister, S Jaishankar said that, like in the past, New Delhi will never join any system of alliance. INDIA: Updated: Jul 22, 2020 17:36 IST: Sutirtho Patranobis | Edited by Sparshita Saxena:  Hindustan Times, Beijing: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hope-india-continues-to-follow-an-independent-foreign-policy-china/story-URH1Hs7fnfQ8aqWp8vvjGJ.html
H.     Our PM Modi Delivered Strong Message To UN, What About Reforms At Home-In India? Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch:http://www.thekhalsa.org/frame.php?path=342&article=23736
(i)     Representational image. Migrants rest while waiting for buses at Vinod Nagar to leave for their native places, during the fourth phase of the COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi, Thursday, May 21, 2020. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)https://theprint.in/india/a-huge-mental-health-crisis-awaits-india-post-covid-but-only-the-power-of-community-will-help/427146/

Highlights:
1.      “PM Modi calls for ‘reformed multilateralism’ at UN: TOI”: Does it, “PM Modi recalled India's long association with the ECOSOC and the UN's developmental work, though that’s level of the association may not be now”, mean?
2.      The Government reached home of poor in India: Is it?
(i)      A huge mental health crisis awaits India post-Covid, but only the power of community will help: In the coming months, a massive mental health crisis awaits India due to unemployment, alcohol abuse, economic hardship, domestic violence and indebtedness. ASHWIN NAIK 23 May, 2020 2:14 pm IST: https://theprint.in/india/a-huge-mental-health-crisis-awaits-india-post-covid-but-only-the-power-of-community-will-help/427146/ 
(ii)     “India records daily five deaths in custody”
http://www.sapulse.com/new_comments.php?id=19477_0_1_0_C  
3.      “As in India, he said Government reached home of poor and invested three billion dollar to “bring economy back” on the track”. The pioneer
4.      PM Modi calls for ‘reformed multilateralism’ at UN : The Prime Minister reiterated India's call for a reformed multilateralism in a post-COVID-19 world, which reflects the realities of the contemporary world. In his address, PM Modi recalled India's long association with the ECOSOC (the UN at the High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)) and the UN's developmental work, including for the Sustainable Development Goals.
5.      The Prime Minister, PM Modi calling for a “reformed United Nations” and an improved UN for “human-centric globalisation” seems pointing out towards, “It was defined by Miles Kahler as "international governance" or global governance of the "many," and its central principle was "opposition [to] bilateral discriminatory arrangements that were believed to enhance the leverage of the powerful over the weak and to increase international conflict." In 1990, Robert Keohane” http://www.thekhalsa.org/frame.php?path=342&article=23736
Highlights Forwarded By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
http://www.sikhvicharmanch.com/home.htm
First Posted On: July 22, 2020, 22: 32 (IST)
Where Is My India And With Whom Now?
Has the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), No Relevance and India now Natural Ally to US?