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Holding events in J-K no substitute to dialogue needed to address conflict

The Hurriyat Conference on Sunday said holding international events in Jammu and Kashmir is not a substitute to the need to address the conflict in the region for ensuring peace and development. Conducting international summits in Jammu and Kashmir to push a certain narrative will not change the reality of the need to address and resolve the lingering Kashmir conflict peacefully, through dialogue among stakeholders, if peace and development of J-K is the goal, it said in a statement here. The Kashmir Valley will host a three-day G20 working group meeting on tourism starting from Monday. China has already refused to attend the meeting in Srinagar. The Hurriyat, headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also paid tributes to Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq and former separatist leader Abdul Gani Lone, who both fell to the bullets of militants on this day in 1990 and 2002, respectively. In the martyrdom of Mirwaiz Farooq, the nation lost a great selfless leader, the guiding force of whose beliefs and ..

G20 environment working group meet on Sunday with focus on blue economy

The third Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting of the G20 will be held in Mumbai from May 21 to 23 with aspects of blue economy as its focus, officials said on Saturday. The meet will commence with a side event on beach clean-up in Juhu, followed by the Ocean 20 Dialogue. The Ocean 20 platform, launched during the Indonesia Presidency Dialogue, is aimed at advancing ideation and action for ocean solutions. To ensure continuity and build on the initiative, the Indian Presidency is demonstrating active leadership by anchoring the Ocean 20 Dialogue in the 3rd ECSWG, which will focus on three significant pillars of blue economy, said a statement from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The sessions on the first day of the meeting will cover various aspects of blue economy and the first session will be on science, technology and innovation. The subsequent session will be on policy, governance and participation, with the concluding ses

Go, fish: India's blue economy surges amid call for sustainable practices

Production and exports have risen in recent years, creating employment for millions

India's G20 Presidency, opportunity for financial institution, says Bhalla

India's G20 Presidency is an opportunity for offshore wind countries, businesses, and financial institutions to work together for clean energy transition ambitions, New & Renewable Energy Secretary Bhupinder Singh Bhalla said. As part of the third Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG) meeting under India's G20 Presidency, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in collaboration with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) convened a high-level event 'Harnessing Offshore Wind for Accelerating Energy Transition: The Way Forward' on Tuesday in Mumbai', an official statement said. The event brought saw a gathering of government representatives, financial institutions and senior domestic and international industry representatives. The event emerged as a platform for the exchange of urgent priorities for bolstering offshore wind deployment in India and globally - permits and clearances, supply chain resilience, low-cost financing, capacity

G20 delegates visit priority section of Delhi-GZB-Meerut RAPIDX corridor

The delegates of 'G20 Troika Youth for Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Resilient Infrastructure' on Tuesday visited the priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RAPIDX corridor, officials said. During the visit, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) officials shared detailed information about India's first regional rail project, amenities for commuters at the stations, features of the trains and the various initiatives undertaken for the sustainability of this large-scale complex transit infrastructure project, they said. The young delegates belonging to diverse fields appreciated RAPIDX -- the new-age mobility solution -- and NCRTC's focus on commuter-centricity and universally accessibility and the several technological solutions being adopted for the first time for this project, the officials added.

G20: Mayor Oberoi asks officials to take precautions to combat dengue

With the G20 Summit being held in September in the national capital when the dengue scare is generally high, Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Tuesday asked officials to take extra precautions and ensure the safety of foreign delegates. During a meeting here, she instructed officials to prepare for the menace of vector-borne diseases, saying hundreds of foreign nationals will be visiting the country which is a a matter of pride. The meeting was attended by malaria inspectors, assistant malaria inspectors and public health department employees, officials said. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) health officials also gave a presentation about their preparedness during the meeting, they said. "The mayor took stock of the situation and asked officials to be prepared. Moreover, the emphasis was given on the G20 Summit, which will be organised in September. Dengue cases are generally on the rise in Delhi during September. It is a matter of the nation's pride as hundreds of foreign nationals w

Police prohibit flying of drones as G20 meeting gets underway in Mumbai

In view of the ongoing G20 meeting in the city, the Mumbai police has prohibited the flying of drones or balloons. The flying of "para-gliders, all types of balloons, kites and remote control microlight aircraft" is prohibited, said the order issued under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) on Monday. It will be in force between May 16 to 25. The third meeting of the energy transition working group of G20 began here on Monday. It is apprehended that drones and similar aircraft could be used by terrorists or anti-social elements to launch an attack as a large number of VIPs are expected to attend the G20 meeting, the official release said. "Considering safety and security of the people who are attending the meeting, Mumbai Police has prohibited the flying of drones in the jurisdictions of Sahar, Vakola, BKC, Bandra, Colaba and Azad Maidan police stations," it said.

Delhi Police issues guidelines for its tourist wing in run-up to G20 summit

Personality development classes, training on curbing tourist-related malpractices and deployment of English-speaking staff are part of the guidelines issued by Delhi Police for the forces' tourist police wing in the run-up to the G20 summit. The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued on Tuesday for "Tourist Police Vans" stated that a task-oriented training program would be conducted for every member of the tourist police unit in association with Delhi Tourism Department and other stakeholders soon. As part of the training, the staff attached to the tourist police wing will be taught soft skills, personality development, effective communication skills and ways to enhance etiquette, manners, attitude and behaviour towards tourists. They will also be given the training to communicate in English and curb tourist-related malpractices like unauthorised taxi or bus reservations, cheating and activities of touts and unauthorised travel agents. They will be acquainted with major markets

Coal to stay important: Energy majors at 'Just Transition' meeting

At CIL, challenges would be "the most extreme", said its Chairman and Managing Director Pramod Agrawal

India bears responsibility of embedding cultural dialogue among G20: Reddy

India is committed to promoting cultural dialogue, encouraging shared learning, and strengthening cooperation among G20 members

G20: 50 million people directly dependent on coal mining, says India

India will press for a "just energy transition" at the G-20 parleys, a top government official said on Monday, pointing out that 50 lakh people are directly dependent on coal mining. The country, which is keen to up its pace of development to take care of an increasingly aspirational population, has chosen a path of climate justice and aims to pursue a balanced growth model based on the principles of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities, Union coal secretary Amrit Lal Meena told reporters here. "As per our estimation, about 50 lakh people are engaged directly or indirectly in coal mining activities, especially in eastern Indian states. So, just transition has to cater to that challenge," he said. Meena said questions surrounding livelihoods of these 50 lakh people, alternate vocations, skulking, healthcare and education have to be considered while charting the way forward. He did not answer a question on what would be India's specific agenda during

Road for India becoming 'Vishwaguru' is through SAARC, not G-20: Mufti

The forthcoming G-20 meeting may be a "good promotion exercise" for the BJP at the international level but holding the SAARC summit and discussing problems in the region would help India in becoming a 'Vishwaguru', says the last chief minister of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state Mehbooba Mufti. Mehbooba was speaking to PTI-video on the preparations for the G-20 grouping meeting on tourism in Srinagar from May 22 to 24. Amid strain in ties India-Pakistan ties, the biennial SAARC summits have not taken place since the 2014 meeting in Kathmandu. "We don't live close to Australia, America or Japan which are members of G-20. We are living in this region and the SAARC caters to the problems of this region and if the government takes the initiative and has a summit of SAARC countries and addresses the problems that are being faced by this region including what is happening in Pakistan" that will help India to be the leader in the region and the world, she said. But the government "has to

G20 meet: Security beefed up in Jammu, physical classes suspended in school

Ahead of a G20 meeting in Srinagar, security has been tightened in Jammu region, particularly in border districts, and more than 10 Army schools have been closed as part of precautionary measures. The security agencies have identified infiltration routes and stepped up security to prevent any infiltration from across the border, officials said on Thursday. The third G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting will be held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) on the banks of the Dal lake in Srinagar from May 22 to 24. Security has been heightened in Jammu, particularly in border districts, and around all vital Army and security establishments, the officials said. Multi-tier security of Army, Border Security Force, police and Central Reserve Police Force besides Village Defence Committees has been activated along the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC), they said. Security and checkpoints have also been strengthened along the Jammu-Pathankot highwa

G20 DRRWG to discuss ways of managing disaster risk, financing in Mumbai

The second meeting of the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRRWG) will explore innovative ways of managing disaster risk and financing for sustainable development, officials said here.

G20 should keep eye on J&K: Cong says govt projects 'all well in Kashmir'

Opposition Congress and PDP on Monday said the government wanted to falsely project normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir by holding a G20 event while there was an "emergency-like situation" in the Union Territory. "The G20 countries should also internally keep an eye on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The democracy has been wiped out here, there is an emergency-like situation created by the BJP," Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Vikar Rasool Wani told reporters at a party function here. He said the government has destroyed the roads in the city and now is putting up hoardings to impress the G20 delegates. "They are showing the roads to the G20, roads have been destroyed, now only pictures are being put upthe G20 should also know about the internal situation in J-K, the lack of democracy, the absence of an (elected) assembly, snatching of the statehood and the division of the state, Wani said. Wani claimed that he was denied permission to hold public rallies in the Valley but

Increasing global pushback against women rights alarming: Official

The increasing global pushback against rights of women and girls and their declining security and safety continue to be alarming, a senior official said on Monday. Addressing a pre-event conference ahead of the G20 third Development Working Group meeting in Goa, Nagaraj Naidu Kakanur, Joint Secretary (G20), Union Ministry of External Affairs, said it is 2023 and if someone says it may take another 286 years to achieve gender equality, then it only represents "our collective failure" in addressing this issue. He said women and girls represent half of the world's population and, therefore, also half of its potential. In today's exceptionally challenging context, gender equality and women's empowerment are key to achieving the vision of "leave no one behind, he said. The increasing global pushback against the rights of women and girls and the declining security and safety for women and girls continue to be alarming, Kakanur said in his address. He said all men and boys are key partne

RBI launches G20 TechSprint competition to improve cross-border payments

RBI in a statement said it along with BIS would invite global innovators to help develop innovative technology solutions for cross-border payments

India, China proposes roadmap for carbon transition instead of deadline

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, backed by China, is trying to build a consensus within the G20 group to let countries choose a roadmap to cut carbon emissions instead of setting a deadline to end the use of fossil fuels, three Indian government officials said.

Edu min aims to provide skill training to 50% school students by 2030

The Ministry of Education aims to ensure that at least 50 per cent of school students get training in various skills by 2030 and G20 deliberations will help prepare a framework for formalising skilling in mainstream education, an official said on Friday. According to School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar, deliberations at the third G20 Education Working Group meeting focused on formalising skill education in schooling system, foundation literacy and numeracy, tech-enabled learning, future of work and research collaborations. The meeting concluded here on Friday. "We aim that by 2030, at least 50 per cent of school students will be receiving skill education. During the meetings we deliberated how skilling can be formalised in school education. The new education policy also recommended that skill education be introduced in schools from class 6," Kumar told a press conference. A conference on deep technology and transforming logistics for coastal economies, a workshop on the future

G20 India to ensure largest-ever youth participation in Y20 summits: Thakur

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Friday asserted that India will eventually ensure the largest-ever youth participation in the history of Y20 summits, which, he hoped, will bring forth more innovative ideas to solve some of the most difficult issues being faced by the world. Speaking to the 100-odd youth delegates from 30 countries on the concluding day of the Y20 Pre-Summit here, Thakur added that the event taking place in India as part of the country's G20 presidency this year, will "exemplify youth-centric efforts and showcase progressive policy measures ideated by the youth and for the youth across the globe." India has been given the presidency of the G20 group of nations this year, with the country set to host the Leaders' Summit in September. The Y20 deliberations and negotiations among the 100-odd youth here will form the basis of the Y20 Summit to be held in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) in August and the key takeaways from there will be put before th