Pune, Dec. 20 -- External Affairs Minister Jaishankar on Saturday stressed that the global economic and political hierarchy has undergone a "very significant change," asserting that India has successfully surged in human resources while many developed nations face stagnation and demographic crises.

Addressing the 22nd Convocation of Symbiosis International (Deemed University) in Pune on Saturday, Jaishankar emphasised that the era of decolonisation has shifted control over national destinies back to sovereign states.

He noted that the "quality of choices and the wisdom of policy" have become the primary differentiators in global success.

"The cumulative result of all these happenings is that the global economic and, thereafter, politic...