New Delhi: The theme for India’s G20 presidency, ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – One Earth, One Family, One Future’, is a global roadmap for sustainable, inclusive and human-centric development, President Droupadi Murmu said on Saturday. The G20 summit will be held at the newly built international convention and exhibition centre, Bharat Mandapam, here over the weekend. “A warm…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday morning reached the G20 Summit venue Bharat Mandapam here ahead of the two-day meeting of the top world leaders scheduled to begin later in the day. He was accompanied by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, among other officials. Modi will welcome the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to “deepen and diversify” the bilateral major defence partnership while welcoming forward movement in India’s procurement of 31 drones and joint development of jet engines. In their over 50-minute talks, the two leaders deliberated on India’s G20 presidency, cooperation in nuclear energy,…
New Delhi: A day ahead of the G20 summit, the European Union (EU) on Friday said it supports India’s efforts to build a consensus on the text to describe the Ukraine conflict in the leaders’ declaration for the conclave. At the same time, European Council President Charles Michel said the EU would continue to strongly back…
New Delhi: A day ahead of the G20 summit, there was no clear indication on Friday of a breakthrough in arriving at a consensus on the text to describe the Ukraine crisis in the joint leaders’ declaration with negotiations to bridge the differences on the contentious issue going down to the wire. Multiple sources told PTI…
New Delhi: US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday exuded confidence that the outcomes of the G20 Summit will advance the shared goals of accelerating sustainable development, bolstering multilateral cooperation and building consensus around inclusive economic policies to address greatest global challenges. In their over 50-minute talks, Modi and Biden vowed to…
New Delhi: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday said he is not very hopeful that there will be a peace solution in the immediate future for the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Addressing a press conference here ahead of the G20 summit, Guterres said the two countries still do not appear to be ending the conflict. Asked…
New Delhi: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived here on Friday for the G20 Leaders’ Summit beginning on September 9 and said he would work with world leaders to address some of the challenges that impact every one of us. Accompanied by his wife Akshata Murthy, Sunak was welcomed at the airport by Union minister Ashwini…
Jalpaiguri (WB): The ruling TMC wrested the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Friday from the BJP in a by-election, officials said. TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a college professor, won the seat by over 4,313 votes. He bagged 96,961 votes, while his nearest rival BJP’s Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF…
Kottayam (Kerala): Opposition Congress-UDF on Friday retained the Puthuppally Assembly constituency in Kerala as its candidate Chandy Ommen won by a margin of over 36,000 votes in the bypoll, Election Commission sources said. While Oommen, son of late Congress stalwart Oommen Chandy, gained a clear edge since the initial round, his nearest rival and ruling…
