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Parl Committee urges for adequate funding for India's G20 presidency

The Committee has noted that G20 Presidency is India's most high-profile international endeavour ever. It is also a unique opportunity to present a face of leadership, diversity, success to the world

IMF, World Bank to convene next sovereign debt roundtable for April 3

The meeting comes amid continued delays in securing debt treatment agreements for Zambia, Ghana, and Ethiopia that US officials and others blame on foot-dragging by China

G20 Framework Working Group meeting to discuss macro-economic issues: CEA

A host of global issues pertaining to inflation, energy security and climate change would be discussed in the G20 second Framework Working Group meeting scheduled to begin Friday, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said here on Thursday. India along with the United Kingdom would play a 'facilitator role' in discussing the issues with member countries during the two-day summit, he said. "The Framework Working Group of the G20 Finance Track will discuss global macro economic issues of relevance today. It will deliberate on how international policy cooperation can be enhanced to achieve strong sustainable balance and inclusive growth across G20 nations," Nageswaran told reporters. He said the first meeting of the Framework Working Group was held in December 2022 in Bengaluru and "significant progress" was made. "Some of the goals that Indian G20 Presidency is pursuing includes international cooperation to address macro-economic impact of food, climate change and energy ...

Gujarat to host next round of G20 meetings from March 27- April 4: Official

Gujarat will host the next round of G20 meetings from March 27 to April 4, during which three conclaves will be held in the state on a range of issues, where delegates from different countries will converge for participation, said an official on Tuesday. India currently holds the year-long presidency of the Group of 20 (G20), which comprises 19 countries across continents and the European Union (EU). Of these three upcoming events in the state, the first meeting on "Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG)" will take place between March 27 and 29 in Gandhinagar, said IAS officer Mona Khandhar, who is coordinating G20 events in Gujarat. "This is the second meeting of ECSWG. It will be inaugurated by G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant in the presence of several senior central government officials and subject experts," said Khandhar, who serves as Principal Secretary (Economic Affairs) in the state finance department. Some of these dignitaries include Leena Nandan, Secretary,

Guterres asks G20 for pact to hold down warming amid food crisis warnings

he cautioned that "the climate time-bomb is ticking", he also sounded a note of hope: "Today's IPCC report is a how-to guide to defuse the climate time-bomb. It is a survival guide for humanity"

L20 adopts joint statement on universalisation of social security

The inception meeting will be followed by an L-20 summit in June before the G-20 labour ministers meeting in the latter part of the year

Stop funding new oil & gas plans, expanding reserves: UN Chief Guterres

G20 leaders should aim for a new set of carbon reduction targets by November, says Guterres

Japan's Kishida may seek India's aid to get tough on Russia for Ukraine war

"As leaders of the G-7 and G-20, I want us to communicate closely in an effort to strengthen cooperation," Kishida said March 10 when announcing the trip

Urban infrastructure principles on the cards in July G20 meeting

The dates for the Gandhinagar meeting have not been finalised

Startup20 Engagement Group's second meeting on March 18-19 in Sikkim

The Finance Task Force of the Startup20 Engagement Group, which will meet this weekend in Sikkim, will aim to increase access to capital for startups by providing financing and investment platforms, according to an official statement. It further said the task force will also harmonise tax and legal regulations to encourage public investment in startup funding and interact with the foreign investor ecosystem of G20 nations. It will create pitching, capacity building and networking opportunities for startups with the global investor community through a best practices document on startup investments, the statement added. The second meeting of the Startup20 Engagement Group, newly formed under India's G20 Presidency, will take place in Gangtok, Sikkim on March 18 and 19, 2023. The Sikkim Sabha will forward the agenda finalised during the inception meeting held in Hyderabad on January 28-29, 2023, with the support of all attendee delegates. During the inception meeting, the objectives,

G20 education working group three-day meeting concludes in Amritsar

A three-day G20 meeting on education concluded here on Friday with the delegates dwelling on creating a tech-enabled learning environment to promote equal opportunities, maintain quality standards, and encourage global collaboration across all levels of education. More than 55 delegates from the G20 countries, guest countries, and invited organisations such as UNICEF participated in the event which began on Wednesday. During his closing remarks on the event's last day, India chair and secretary, higher education, K Sanjay Murthy highlighted the importance of the community's involvement in student education and the urgency of greater collaboration and partnership. The G20 platform must create new relations beyond bilateral and think multilaterally, he said. Murthy said, India aims to take the documentation of this Education Working Group meeting to all higher education institutions to ensure that best practices are implemented at the administrative level and the final compendium bri

G20 must give more funds to World Bank for Global South: Rockefeller's Shah

The foundation's president says COP21 Pledge of $100 bn from richer nations hasn't been met and is no longer enough

India at G20 summit showcases its strength in research, innovation

Govind Rangarajan, Director, IISC, shared enlightening thoughts on interdependency of domains and interdisciplinary action for solving problems

G20 nations need to push for growth amid debt crisis: Amitabh Kant

Kant said that governments can, at best, be facilitators and catalysts, and eventually, growth has to take place through production and productivity by the private sector

India's JAM trinity should be applied to Africa: Sunil Bharti Mittal

G20 forum to soon submit suggestions for African economic integration

The complex health challenge of AMR and the need for One Health Approach

Often referred as a silent pandemic, AMR is one of the top 10 global health threats facing humanity according to WHO

US must treat India's G20 presidency as wake-up for its secure future

If Washington is keen on a secure future at home and in Asia, it must treat India's G20 presidency as a wake-up call, writes Georgia Leatherdale-Gilholy in The National Interest.India is the world's largest democracy, and although its strain of nationalism may be at odds with many Western sensibilities, the foundations for a mutually beneficial relationship are far more plentiful than with China, the state the West has tiptoed into trade reliance on for decades.The G20 includes several Asian countries, and India's presidency will of course provide a platform for regional cooperation and collaboration with US-aligned states such as Japan and South Korea, said Gilholy.But while there is constant establishment fanfare over established alliances in East Asia, the reality is that the opportunity of such states pales in comparison to what India can offer going forward. It is time the United States looked toward better building new bridges than simply preserving old ones.With its recently ...

Will Vladimir Putin attend India G20 summit? Russia clears diary

Kremlin defiance is growing as efforts by the US and its allies to isolate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are stalling in the face of reluctance among other countries to join

BS Views of the week: Women, Election Commission, G20 agenda, and more

Business Standard's opinion pages this week focused on women, Election Commission, G20 agenda, and much more

A presidency in peril

From the point of view of India's chosen position as a bridge between West and East and between North and South, the inability to craft even a weak consensus as well as the Indonesians will be a worry