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Telangana BJP chief slams CM Rao for not attending all-party meet on G20

Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar has likened the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led government to the Nizam rule and claimed that his "autocratic" rule will soon end. At the BJP's state executive meeting in Mahabubnagar on Tuesday, Kumar criticised Rao for not attending the all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India's presidency of G20. "While he has ample time to pay tributes to the titular Nizam (who passed away last week) and offered condolences to his family members, he has no time to attend the all-party meeting organized by the prime minister for nation-building," Kumar said. Mukarram Jah, the titular eighth Nizam of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad passed away in Turkey on January 14. His last rites were conducted with full state honours on January 18. Kumar, termed KCR, as Rao is largely referred, "another Nizam" and said his "autocratic rule" will end soon. At the BJP's state executive meeting, he also said that India will bec

Apple looking to manufacture 25% of iPhones in India: Piyush Goyal

Apple's iPhone is now being Made in India and the biggest plant is being set up in Bengaluru. The company gets iPhones manufactured by Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron in India

Give peace a chance

G20 presidency is an opportunity to lead the initiative

B20 has unique opportunity; can be value adding for world: N Chandrasekaran

The Business-20 has a unique opportunity and a very important role to play in working out agenda that can be value adding for all G-20 nations and the rest of the world, B20 India Chair N Chandrasekaran said on Monday. The Business 20 (B20) is the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community. It is among the most prominent engagement groups in G20, with companies and business organizations as participants. In his address at the B20 India inception meeting here, Chandrasekaran, who is also the Chairman of Tata Sons, said during India's leadership of the forum, various initiatives would be taken up in several areas, including global supply chain, creative skills, circular economy, digital transformation and financial inclusion. "India is in a very unique position in the world at a time (when) we are seeing several moving parts, and B20, during India's leadership of G20, has a unique opportunity and has a very important role to play," he said. Chandrasekaran said ...

Goyal asks businesses to adopt sustainable, green approach in practices

He mentioned that India was one of the top five countries in the world in terms of adopting and implementing environmental goals

First B20 meet to focus on climate action, resilient global value chains

B20 was established 13 years ago and is among the key engagement groups of G20, representing the priorities of businesses globally

India's G20 presidency: MCD to install artworks at markets, parks

Civic authorities have built a park in the Lajpat Nagar market area and decorated it with sculptural art, while plans are afoot to install public art at other places also to enhance the look and feel of the city for the G20 meetings. India is expected to host over 200 G20 meetings and events during its yearlong Presidency of the influential group which will culminate with an annual summit on September 9 and 10. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in a statement said it has stepped up its preparations for the G20 events. Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena inaugurated the park built by the MCD and its located in the middle of the market, near gate No.5 of the Lajpat Nagar Metro Station, a senior official said. To increase the beauty of the park, different types of shrubs and flowering plants have been planted, while elephant sculptures made of stone have been installed as part of public arts, he said. The corporation has also developed a selfie-spot in the South Extension Part-2 Mark

India's G20 presidency: First Y20 meet in Guwahati from February 6 to 8

The first meeting of the Youth20 (Y20) group, being organised on the sidelines of the G20 summit, will be held in Assam's largest city Guwahati from February 6 to 8, an official statement said on Sunday. This is the first of the various meetings to be held on the five Y20 themes across India in a run-up to the final Youth20 Summit in August 2023, it said. "More than 250 delegates from across the world are expected to participate in the three-day event in Assam. It will focus on five themes of Future of Work; Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction; Peace Building and Reconciliation; Youth in Democracy and Health, Wellbeing and Sports," the Press Information Bureau (PIB) release said. Y20 is one of the eight official engagement groups under the G20 umbrella. The youth summit usually takes place some weeks prior to the traditional forum to know what the youths are thinking and incorporate their suggestions in their own policy proposals. The Y20 India Summit in 2023 would exemplify

PM Modi has connected every Indian with G20: Adityanath at BJP state meet

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday exhorted the BJP workers saying the resonance of the slogan 'Modi ha to mumkin hai' is not limited to India anymore but has spread globally, a proof of that is India's presidency of G20 group. G20, an intergovernmental group, has 19 members, besides the European Union, and is chaired by each member nation for a year, rotationally. Brazil is slated to chair the group in 2023. "Wherever there is crisis in the world, everyone looks towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi with hope. The slogan that was raised in 2019 - 'Modi hai to mumkin hai' - today has not only become India's slogan, it has become a global mantra and India getting the presidency of G-20 is an example of that," Aditynath said. "Modi ji has done the work of connecting every Indian with the G20. There are 11 conferences related to G20 which will be held in Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi, and Gautambuddha Nagar," he said, addressing the daylong inaugural session of BJP's state

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