G20 Summit 2022: Indonesia hands over G20 presidency to India as Bali summit ends
India | December 17, 2022 13:17 ISTThe G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world's major developed and developing economies.
The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world's major developed and developing economies.
G20 Summit 2022: G20 includes India, USA, UK, European Union, China, Russia, France, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Argentina, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and South Africa.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi apprised the Indian community in Bali about the significance of the annual Bali Yatra Mahotsav which takes in Odisha's Cuttack and its importance for trade and cultural expansion.
G20 Summit: A video showed Joe Biden briefly stumbling while climbing the stairs but was safely held by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
G20 Summit Indonesia, Day 2: India has been officially handed over the G20 presidency for next year's summit as the Bali Summit concluded today. PM Modi held bilateral sessions with several key countries.
UK-India ties: Under the new UK-India Young Professionals Scheme, the UK will provide 3,000 visas each year to degree-educated Indian citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 who wish to visit the country and work there for up to two years. It will be a reciprocal system.
G20 Summit 2022: On Wednesday, PM Modi is scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks with Sunak and Macron, apart from holding a meeting with the host country's president Joko Widodo.
G20 Summit 2022: "Today, India is the fastest growing large economy in the world," Modi said amid a huge round of applause.
G 20 Summit: There is a friendship between President Biden and PM Modi which is apparent, commented US State department Spokesperson Zed Tarar.
G20 Summit Indonesia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak were among a host of world leaders who have arrived to attend the G20 summit which is likely to be dominated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its impact on the global economy.
The timing of meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping is very crucial as the two superpowers are divided on the Ukraine war and Taiwan issue.
G20 Summit: PM Modi is travelling to the Indonesian city to participate in the summit which is also set to be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron, among others.
G20 Summit: PM Modi, who will leave for the Indonesian city on Monday, will hold bilateral meetings with around 10 world leaders and will also attend a community event to connect with Indian diaspora in Indonesia, the sources said.
G20 summit 2022: Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the chief of support for G-20 events, said Vladimir Putin’s decision not to come was “the best for all of us.”
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In Rome, Modi interacted with several world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and South Korean President Moon Jae-in among others.
The prime minister was received to the tune of Scottish bagpipes as he arrived at his hotel in Glasgow, where he was greeted by a large group of Indian diaspora representatives with chants of “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.
G-20 leaders agreed during their two-day meeting in Rome on ending financing for new overseas coal plants but did not set a specific year for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Biden is viewing the issue through a global lens, offering new funding and processes to help ports in Mexico, Central America and Asia as one of his proposals.
"The developed countries, which have already enjoyed the fruits of low-cost energy for several years have to go in for net-zero much faster and if possible going for net-negative," said India's Sherpa at G20 and Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
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