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G20 summit: Biden, Xi set for first face-to-face meeting amid strained ties

US President Joe Biden will sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday for their first in-person meeting since the US president took office nearly two years ago, amid increasing tensions between the two superpowers as they compete for global influence. Both men are coming into the highly anticipated meeting held on the margins of the Group of 20 summit of world leaders in Indonesia with bolstered political standing at home. Democrats triumphantly held onto control of the Senate, with a chance to boost their ranks by one in a runoff election in Georgia next month, while Xi was awarded a third five-year term in October by the Community Party's national congress, a tenure that broke with tradition. We have very little misunderstanding, Biden told reporters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he participated in a gathering of southeast Asian nations before leaving for Indonesia. We just got to figure out where the red lines are and ... what are the most important things to each

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PM Modi to embark for Bali today for G20 summit slated for Nov 15,16

This G20 Summit is particularly special because India will hold the presidency of the G20 Summit from 1st Dec for a one-year period, and the presidency handover will take place at the Summit in Bali

G20 Delhi summit likely to have dedicated vertical for digital public goods

Open-source Aadhaar and UPI will be two top digital public goods offered; govt trying to take QR-based authentication and payment services global following success of DBT, payment digitisation

What does the G-20 presidency mean for India?

In a few days from now, India will take over the presidency of G20. The country, which is being seen as a 'bright spot in the dark horizon', will hold the chair for one year starting December 1

'US looking forward to support India's G20 presidency': Janet Yellen

The 2022 G20 Summit will take place under the presidency of Indonesia in Bali between November 15 and 16

G20 Summit: US President Biden to meet China's Jinping in Bali on Nov 14

US President Joe Biden would meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on November 14 on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Indonesia during which they will discuss ways to work together where their interests align, especially on transnational challenges that affect the international community, the White House announced on Thursday. The meeting comes amid the fractious relationship between the two nations. The Leaders will discuss efforts to maintain and deepen lines of communication between the United States and the PRC (People's Republic of China), responsibly manage competition, and work together where our interests align, especially on transnational challenges that affect the international community, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. The two Leaders will also discuss a range of regional and global issues, Pierre said. This would be their first in-person meeting after Biden became the US President in January 2021. The two leaders have spoken over the phone as m

India to highlight heritage, diversity during one-year G20 presidency

India will showcase its culture, diversity and technological advancement during its one-year presidency of the G20 group of countries, sources said on Thursday. Harsh Shringla, former foreign secretary, and G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Thursday gave a presentation on the programmes planned to the Union Council of Ministers once India assumes the G20 presidency, they said. India will host more than 200 meetings at 56 locations once the country assumes the G20 presidency next month, the sources said. Shringla is India's chief G20 coordinator. India will assume the presidency of the G20 group of countries for a year for the first time, starting December 1. Many delegates and diplomats from the G20 member countries and guest countries will arrive in India for these meetings during the one-year period. The sources said Kant and Shringla informed the ministers and secretaries during the presentation that more than 200 meetings would be held at 56 locations -- both big and small ...

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India prepares to take over the G20 presidency

Why G20 summits have become an R & R break for overworked heads of govts

Since the Pittsburgh summit in 2009, G20 Summits have achieved what all such talk shops do - almost nothing

G20 host Indonesia waiting to see if Russia's Putin will attend summit

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told Reuters in an interview that Putin's attendance at the meeting might only become clear at the last minute

India needs to be flexible as G-20 chief in face of global challenges: CEA

Nageswaran flags climate finance as a key agenda of bloc in face of 'unknown unknowns'

Health ministers of G20 countries launch call to action on tuberculosis

Health Ministers of the G20 members launched a "Call to Action on Financing for Tuberculosis Response" to tackle the second leading cause of death from infectious diseases after Covid-19

India's G20 presidency: What this means for the country's place in world

India will assume the presidency of the G20 on December 1

Inclusive digitisation: G20 nations need to adopt inter-operable platforms

G-20 member nations must discuss all these issues irrespective of the conflict and arrive at certain principles to take the world forward

FM to attend World Bank-IMF annual meeting, drive investor outreach

May hold bilateral meetings with counterparts of other nations. There could also be a G-20 meeting on the sidelines, with focus on India's upcoming presidency of the multi-nation grouping

G20 meet: Ways to strengthen WTO dispute settlement mechanism discussed

The meeting with the USTR is crucial since the conclusion of the 12th WTO ministerial in June, the outcome document had promised to revive the dispute settlement body in the next two years

At G20 meeting, Indonesia calls for global fund to develop cultural economy

The initiation was put forward on Monday by Hilmar Farid, Director General of Culture of the Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry during the G20 Culture Ministers' Meeting

Argentina affirms its support to India for upcoming G20 Presidency

Argentina affirmed its support for India's upcoming G20 Presidency, including for furthering the development agenda of the Global South in the G20

G20 finance leaders seek consensus to overcome global economic threats

The third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting began on Friday in Indonesia's Bali resort island, with the finance leaders seeking ways to tackle global economic threats