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India's G20 presidency: B20 meet in Gujarat to discuss climate, innovation

The Business 20 (B20) inception meeting being organised in Gujarat's Gandhinagar city from Sunday as part of India's G20 presidency will deliberate on issues ranging from climate change, innovation, global digital cooperation and resilient global value chains, officials said here. As part of the three-day meeting, delegates will be taken for a visit to Dandi Kutir, a museum on Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhinagar, on Sunday evening, Gujarat finance department's principal secretary Mona Khandhar told reporters. The B20 India 2023 dialogue will take place under the theme of 'RAISE,' an acronym for Responsible, Accelerated, Innovative, Sustainable and Equitable Businesses, she said. A plenary session for the B20 meeting will be organised at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on Monday in which Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant will take part, the official said. "The plenary sessio

Mission lifestyle for environment: Three ideas for India's G20 presidency

Think Tank 20 makes its recommendations for India's G20 presidency

G20 presidency: Bengaluru to host 1st environment meeting during Feb 9-11

The first G20 environment meeting under India's presidency will be held in Bengaluru from February 9 to February 11 with focus on restoration of degraded lands and ecosystems

'India's G20 presidency comes at a crucial time', says WEF's Klaus Schwab

"India remains a bright spot amid global geoeconomics and geopolitical crises," he added

WHO hail India's G20 Presidency; say it should be a beacon for others

A WHO official termed India's presidency at the G20 Health Working Group meeting as an "exciting moment in history" and said it has bolstered the voice of the Global South

WHO says it backs global health agenda of Indian presidency set at G20 meet

The Health Track of the G20 India Presidency would comprise four Health Working Group (HWG) Meetings and one Health Ministerial Meeting (HMM)

G20 delegates start day 2 of Health Working Group meet with yoga session

With a relaxing yoga session at Kovalam beach here, the dignitaries of G20 were seen performing different forms of yoga

11 G20 meetings to be held in Uttar Pradesh between February 13-15

Under its Presidency, India is expected to hold more than 200 meetings at various levels in the run-up to the G20 Summit

Govt to ogranise first Global Tourism Summit in April as part of G-20

The Centre will organise the country's first Global Tourism Summit in April as part of India's G-20 presidency, wherein all the member countries will participate, officials said on Tuesday

First G-20 IWG meeting discussing 'Financing cities of Tomorrow' concluded

The meeting also discussed other important themes, such as exploring ways to collate the data on infrastructure spending and make the data useful for the private sector

First G20 Health Working Group meet in Thiruvananthapuram during Jan 18-20

India also aims to achieve convergence in discussions and work towards integrated action, the ministry added

India's G20 presidency: Infra Working Group meet to begin in Pune on Monday

The two-day G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) will begin in Pune on Monday with the participants deliberating on various aspects of infrastructure investments. The meeting will be joined by 65 delegates from IWG member countries, guest nations, and international organizations invited by India to discuss the 2023 Infrastructure Agenda under the Indian G20 Presidency, an official release said. The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and Government of India will host the two-day IWG meetings, with Australia and Brazil as the co-chairs, said the release. "The G20 Infrastructure Working Group deliberates on various aspects of infrastructure investments, including developing infrastructure as an asset class; promoting quality infrastructure investment; and identifying innovative instruments for mobilizing financial resources for infrastructure investment," it said. The outcomes of the Infrastructure Working Group feed into the G20 Finance Track priorities to promote

India has lot to offer to world in time of crisis: G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

"To my mind every crisis has a huge opportunity and G20 in the past has demonstrated the ability to deliver in times of adversity," he said

India to work towards building focus on green development pact in G20: Govt

S Jaishankar pressed for international cooperation on data-related capacities, innovations, and technologies especially for the Global South, to create opportunities for all

Haryana to hold meeting of G-20's anti-corruption working group in March

'A four day G20 summit meeting will be held in Haryana from March 1 to 4, tentatively. Meeting will be on the anti-corruption working group'

'Ready to forge development partnerships with India', says Thailand PM

Prayut Chan-o-cha called on all developing nations to carry on the momentum of the successful outcomes of COP27

A chance to reclaim the health of humanity

India's presidency of G-20 is a unique opportunity for the global community to build a consensus around a guiding philosophy that collaboration has a much higher value than competition in healthcare

India keen to present views of 'global south' at G-20: FM Sitharaman

Strengthening of multilateral institutions a priority, she says as country outlines its vision as G20 president

Your voice is India's voice: PM Modi at Voice of Global South summit

The world is in a state of crisis and it is difficult to predict how long this state of instability will last, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday referring to various global challenges arising out of conflict, war and terrorism among others. In his opening remarks at the Voice of Global South virtual summit, Modi flagged concerns over rising prices of food, fuel and fertilisers, the economic impact of COVID-19 as well as natural disasters driven by climate change. "It is clear that world is in a state of crisis," he said in presence of several leaders of various developing countries. He added that it is difficult to predict how long the "state of instability" will last. "We, the Global South, have largest stakes in the future...Most of global challenges have not been created by the Global South, but they affect us more," he said. Modi said India has always shared its developmental experience with our "brothers of the Global South". As India begins its G20 Presidency th

G20 summit great opportunity for India to showcase its strengths: Goyal

The next G20 summit presents a "great opportunity" for India to showcase many of its strengths and provide leadership to several challenges the world is facing, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has said. Goyal is in the US on an official visit. He co-chaired the India-US Trade Policy Forum meeting with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday. The G-20 is going to be a very exciting opportunity for India to provide leadership to many of the challenges before the world. It is going to be a great opportunity for us to showcase the many strengths of India, he told reporters at a news conference here on Wednesday. India formally assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1. The next G20 Leaders' Summit at the level of Heads of State/Government is scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10 in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India will work to further promote oneness, inspired by the theme of One Earth, One Family, One Future and listed terrorism, ...