External affairs minister S Jaishankar addresses the gathering during the silver jubilee celebrations of the Aditya Birla Group's Scholarships programme, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that India is not among the countries who are "nervous" as Donald Trump is set to return to White House after defeating Kamala Harris in the US presidential elections. "I know today a lot of countries are nervous about the US.
Let's be honest about it. We are not one of them," Jaishankar said while speaking at the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Aditya Birla Group Scholarships Programme in Mumbai. In response to a question on the reset in the global power dynamic that was playing out amid the shift in the balance of power from the West to the East, Jaishankar remarked, "Yes, there is a shift.
We are ourselves an example of the shift. If you look at our economic weight, you look at our economic ranking, you look at even Indian corporates, their reach, their presence, Indian professionals, which I spoke about. So no question there is a rebalancing.
" He explained that this change was expected, saying, "And to my mind, it was inevitable because once these countries after the colonial period got their independence, they started making their own policy choices, then they were bound to grow." Nevertheless, Jaishankar pointed out that western industrialised nations maintain significant influence globally. "But do remember one thing, the older,.
