G20 Sherpa meeting: India hopes Kumarakom deliberations will help achieve agreed outcomes

G20 Sherpa meeting: India hopes Kumarakom deliberations will help achieve agreed outcomes

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan at G20 Sherpa meeting> Photo: Twitter/@MOS_MEA The second Sherpa meeting under India’s G20 presidency kickstarted here on March 31 with Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan expressing hope the Kumarakom deliberations will help in achieving ambitious and agreed outcomes. Addressing the delegates, Mr. Muraleedharan said … Read more

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, … Read more

India’s G20 Presidency ‘very big deal’: EAM Jaishankar to critics

India’s G20 Presidency ‘very big deal’: EAM Jaishankar to critics

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna on January 1, 2023 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Terming India’s G20 Presidency a “very big deal”, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said the country has taken up the responsibility to host the meetings of the powerful grouping at a time … Read more

Decisive G20 not possible without support of members, says Amitabh Kant

Decisive G20 not possible without support of members, says Amitabh Kant

India’s G-20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant speaks at the first G20 Sherpa meeting, in Udaipur, on December 4. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Monday made a strong pitch for working together through hope, harmony and healing to deal with the global challenges, with a focus on developing countries and the Global … Read more

India, Germany sign agreements on migration and mobility after Jaishankar-Baerbock talks

India, Germany sign agreements on migration and mobility after Jaishankar-Baerbock talks

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Baerbock, in New Delhi on December 5, 2022 | Photo Credit: Twitter/@DrSJaishankar via PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar signed comprehensive partnership agreements on migration and mobility with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in New Delhi on Monday. The … Read more

Narendra Modi | ‘India’s G20 agenda will be inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented, and decisive’

Narendra Modi | ‘India’s G20 agenda will be inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented, and decisive’

“India’s G20 Presidency will work to promote the universal sense of one-ness. Hence our theme — One Earth, One Family, One Future” Photo: g20.in The previous 17 Presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results — for ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden on countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these … Read more

Stalin likely to visit Delhi next month for G-20 preparatory meet

Stalin likely to visit Delhi next month for G-20 preparatory meet

Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is likely to visit New Delhi next month to participate in the G-20 preparatory meeting, to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India is set to host the next G-20 summit in the national capital in September … Read more

‘Data for development’ will be integral part of overall theme of India’s G20 presidency: PM Modi

‘Data for development’ will be integral part of overall theme of India’s G20 presidency: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and other world leaders during a working session on digital transformation at the G20 Summit, in Bali, Indonesia, on November 16, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI The digital transformation should not be confined to a small part of the human race and its greater benefits will … Read more

Sitharaman briefs G20 FMs on its 2023 presidency agenda

Sitharaman briefs G20 FMs on its 2023 presidency agenda

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called for collective responsibility of G20 countries to prevent global economic risks from aggravating Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called for collective responsibility of G20 countries to prevent global economic risks from aggravating India on Thursday briefed the finance ministers and central bank governors of G20 countries about its agenda … Read more