Delhi Police to renovate infra along G20 delegates’ routes

Delhi Police to renovate infra along G20 delegates’ routes

Areas on route of the delegates, near their places of stay and tentative places of their visits will be renovated. | Photo Credit: Reuters A number of Delhi Police stations, booths, and pickets on the routes to be taken by foreign delegates during the G20 Summit in New Delhi later this year or those closer […]

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India wants energy transition on its own terms — without phasing out coal and with more grants

India wants energy transition on its own terms — without phasing out coal and with more grants

India is unlikely to sign a deal with richer nations this year for a just energy transition, as international funding rests on India committing to a timeline to phase out coal, an “unviable” proposition for the country, energy analysts said. The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations, together with Norway, Denmark and the European Union, […]

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Derisking global economy a key concern of G20: EAM Jaishankar

Derisking global economy a key concern of G20: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. File | Photo Credit: PTI The major concern of G20 would be to find ways of derisking the global economy, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Sunday. Delivering a talk here on India’s year-long G20 Presidency, Mr. Jaishankar said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government has tried to […]

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U.S. hopes India will use its relationship with Russia to end the war

U.S. hopes India will use its relationship with Russia to end the war

Photo used for representative purpose only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The United States hopes that India will use its relationship with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, a senior U.S. diplomat has said, on the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We have said before, the Secretary [of State of the […]

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Morning Digest | EU approves 10th package of Russia sanctions; NDA has changed fate of northeast in past nine years, says PM Modi, and more 

Morning Digest | EU approves 10th package of Russia sanctions; NDA has changed fate of northeast in past nine years, says PM Modi, and more 

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium | Photo Credit: Reuters EU approves 10th package of Russia sanctions on anniversary of invasion The European Union, after hectic last-minute haggling, has approved a tenth package of Russia sanctions on the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Swedish EU Presidency said late on Friday. […]

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PM Modi flags high debt in developing countries

PM Modi flags high debt in developing countries

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das and delegates listen to the virtual address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 1st Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting under G20 India Presidency, in Bengaluru on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged […]

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Morning Digest | India abstains in U.N. vote on Ukraine; Gandhis likely to stay away from Congress steering committee meeting, and more

Morning Digest | India abstains in U.N. vote on Ukraine; Gandhis likely to stay away from Congress steering committee meeting, and more

The U.N. General Assembly votes in favour of a resolution upholding Ukraine’s territorial integrity and calling for a cessation of hostilities after Russia’s invasion, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. | Photo Credit: AP India abstains in U.N. vote underscoring need for just, lasting peace in Ukraine India abstained in the U.N. General Assembly on February 23 […]

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G-20 members discuss digital inclusion in Finance Track meeting in Bengaluru

G-20 members discuss digital inclusion in Finance Track meeting in Bengaluru

Challenges before inclusive digital economy, digital currencies, and global economic factors that affect the lives of the common people were discussed during the first meeting of the G-20 ‘Finance Track’ that took place in Bengaluru during December 13-14. The meeting included segments on inflation, monetary policy, commodities crisis that intensified after the beginning of the […]

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India to seek harmony in crypto regulation in G-20 finance talks

India to seek harmony in crypto regulation in G-20 finance talks

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters A coordinated approach to regulating crypto assets, managing debt vulnerabilities and reorienting global financial institutions have been identified as critical focus areas of the Finance Track agenda for India’s G-20 Presidency, which will kick-off with the first meeting of G-20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies in Bengaluru on […]

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