Telangana government will host the Bharat Summit 2026 in Hyderabad (Img: IANS)
New Delhi: The Congress party announced that an umbrella body of global progressive and liberal think tanks called "Our World" would be launched at the 2nd Bharat summit of the Telangana government this week.
The Congress party's foreign affairs head, Salman Khurshid told newsmen that "Our World" is a think tank which is a global think tank in which progressive think tanks across the globe and people who are important political figures across the globe who are part of the progressive movement... will contribute as participants.
The Telangana government will host the Bharat Summit 2026 in Hyderabad on November 13 and 14, bringing together political leaders, academics, policy makers, business representatives and civil society members from around 70 countries to discuss global challenges and international cooperation.
Announcing this, chairman of the Congress party's Foreign Affairs Department Salman Khurshid said the deliberations would focus on democracy, social and economic justice, climate change, gender equality, foreign policy and changing global order.
Khurshid said that all thousand delegates from 70 countries, at the Bharat Summit, include Indian policy makers, top leaders, all belonging to the progressive movements across the globe because we treat ourselves as intrinsic to the progressive movements of the world.
"The only exception that the government of India makes is for the presence of neighbouring countries for a variety of reasons. I believe the neighbouring countries also could make a major contribution, Khurshid said.
The discussions would revolve around the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on democracies, South-South cooperation in a new world order, economic justice, security, multilateralism, and geopolitics
and social justice.
