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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni arrives in New Delhi to attend Raisina Dialogue

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to attend the eighth edition of Raisina Dialogue

Secretary Blinken will reaffirm bilateral ties with India: White House

During his three-day trip to India, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken will reaffirm the strengthening of the bilateral relationship, the White House said Wednesday. Blinken, 60, arrived in New Delhi Wednesday night after his Central Asia trip. He is in New Delhi primarily to attend the G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting. On the sidelines of which he will have a meeting with his counterparts of Quad countries and participate in a panel discussion with them. "Secretary Blinken will reaffirm the strength of the US-India relationship and express our commitment to continue working together and in groups like the Quad to advance economic growth for our two countries and expand cooperation as we have our shared priorities," White House Press Secretary told reporters at a news conference here. Blinken would also hold bilateral talks with the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. "Namaste, India!" Blinken's Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said on the landing of Blinken in New Delhi. "Secre

Raisina Dialogue begins today, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni to be chief guest

India's flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-strategy - Raisina Dialogue - is coming up with its eighth edition from Thursday

India bats for faster extradition of fugitive economic offenders at G-20

India on Wednesday emphasised on multilateral action rather than bilateral coordination to ensure faster extradition of fugitive economic offenders and recovery of stolen assets from abroad during the anti-corruption working group meeting of G20 nations here. The assertion assumes significance as the country has been putting in efforts to extradite fugitive economic offenders, including diamond merchant Nirav Modi and businessman Vijay Mallya, from different countries. In the inaugural session of the important anti-graft meet, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said the corrupt find a way to park their proceeds of crime and it is such money that is pushed into evil activities. This is one of the major sources of terror funding. From illegal drugs that destroy young lives to human trafficking, from weakening democracies to sale of illegal arms, this dirty money funds many destructive enterprises, he said. Singh said there is a need for the global community to work

G20 foreign ministers' meeting to kick off in Delhi today; all details here

G20 foreign ministers' meeting: Apart from the main event, Delhi will also host a meeting of foreign ministers of the QUAD nations

Chinese foreign minister to attend G20 meet; Japan minister to give a miss

While India has held over a dozen G20 meetings so far, this will be the first time all foreign ministers gather

Statsguru: G20 puts the rising debt burden of poorer countries in focus

The World Bank noted in December 2022 that the poorest countries saw their debt treble to $1 trillion over the decade ending 2021

G20 nations adopt 'chair summary' after Russia, China opposition

India, as G20 President, was aiming for a communique, which is a stronger statement of intent

G-20 countries need to tackle global debt, says PM Narendra Modi

Addressing the FMCBG meeting, Modi said the global economy was still suffering from the after-effects of the pandemic and wide-ranging geopolitical tensions

Will have International Biofuel Alliance before G20 summit: Hardeep Puri

To meet vice president of Guyana, which plans to reallocate key oil blocks, recruit exploration partners

G20 meetings: FM Sitharaman meets Japanese counterpart Shunichi Suzuki

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday met her Japanese counterpart Shunichi Suzuki, ahead of the first G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting

As G20 finance chiefs gather, Yellen calls for more economic aid to Ukraine

Yellen, speaking at a news conference in India on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion

G20: India stresses diplomacy as world marks a year of war in Europe

The FMCBG meeting will look to find lasting solutions to the issue of unsustainable debt in some low- and middle-income nations

MeitY invites proposals to estimate the size of India's digital economy

Govt plans to showcase success of India's digital economy at the G20 summit to be held in New Delhi in Sept

G20 meet aims to find 'lasting solutions' to global debt issue: Govt

"There are countries that are facing huge debt problems and our aim in G20 will be to find lasting solutions to these problems"

G20 meeting: India to showcase its success in the digital economy

Discussions expected on debt of poor nations, multilateral institution reforms

Saving the land for better use

In India, the economic loss due to land degradation and changes in land use pattern was estimated in 2014-15 at Rs 3.17 trillion

Srinagar to host first international summit since abrogation of Article 370

In the first international summit after the abrogation of Article 370, Srinagar is gearing up to host the G-20 meeting and the preparations are in full swing in Jammu and Kashmir

G20 an opportunity to shape agenda for sustainable growth: Amitabh Kant

India has taken over the G-20 presidency at a crucial time when the world is facing several challenges, including the Russia-Ukraine war, economic slowdown and the climate crisis, G-20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Wednesday, adding it is an opportunity for the country to shape the agenda for an inclusive and sustainable development. Speaking at an event at Hindu College here, Kant noted this is the first time that India is getting an opportunity to shape the agenda for the world instead of responding to the agenda set by other countries. Noting the importance of the G-20 forum, he said, "G-20 countries account for 85 per cent of the global GDP and 78 per cent of global trade.... They account for two-third population of the world." India assumed the yearlong presidency of G-20 on December 1. More than 200 meetings will be held in India across 55 locations. Many of them will be hosted in Delhi. The G-20 comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, ...

India leapfrogged 40 yrs of development with DPI: G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

With effective implementation of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) like Aadhaar, CoWin, many others, India leapfrogged 40 years of development and made progress in seven years which was expected to be achieved in 47 years, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said here on Tuesday. Kant was giving a keynote address in the first Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) meeting that witnessed active participation from G20 members, knowledge partners, and eight guest countries. "With effective implementation of DPI, India leapfrogged 40 years of development and made progress in 7 years which was expected to be achieved in 47 years. Any country can use the already developed DPIs and innovate on the top of the same," Kant said in a statement. Kant spoke at length about the successes of DPI in terms of inclusion, delivery of social services, preventing monopolisation in digital space, and security, privacy & governance. He shared the full suite of Indian DPIs, namely Aadhaar, CoWIN, DigiLocker, etc in .