[ad_1] The Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group meet in Bengaluru on Thursday (Photo: Twitter/@PIBBengaluru) Bengaluru: The first Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting, under India’s G20 presidency, will be held here from February 9 to 11. Hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the conferenceContinue Reading
[ad_1] United Nations: Warning that poverty and hunger are rising around the world, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the G20 nations led by India to come up with a package offering investments and debt relief to nations of the Global South to help achieve the UN’s development goals. UnveilingContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: India’s economy is already 10 per cent more energy efficient than both the global and G20 average. India took less time to go from half to full electricity access than other major economies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday. Just hours ahead of Prime MinisterContinue Reading
[ad_1] IANS New Delhi: Power Minister R.K. Singh on Sunday called upon G20 member countries to join together in countering the challenges posed by global warming and climate change. Delivering the keynote address at the first Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG) meeting in Bengaluru, he said that India now standsContinue Reading
[ad_1] Bengaluru: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday highlighted India’s lifestyle culture and said that it is possible to live in ‘harmony with nature’ without doing undue exploitation. Union minister was addressing the G20 Energy Transitions Group meeting in Bengaluru on Sunday and said that the Indians believe in nature-friendlyContinue Reading
[ad_1] Chandigarh: A two-day meeting of the G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group concluded here on Tuesday with participants discussing issues pertaining to strengthening multilateral development banks and how to address challenges associated with the debt. Around 100 delegates from the G20 countries, invitee countries and international organisations participated inContinue Reading
[ad_1] Chandigarh: A two-day meeting of the G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group concluded here on Tuesday with participants discussing issues pertaining to strengthening multilateral development banks and how to address challenges associated with the debt. Around 100 delegates from the G20 countries, invitee countries and international organisations participated inContinue Reading
[ad_1] Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in the meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on March 1-2, his deputy said on Monday. India officially assumed the G20 presidency on December 1. “Our foreign minister will take part in the meeting of G20 foreign ministers inContinue Reading
[ad_1] Chandigarh: A G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group meeting will start on Monday, where participants will discuss ways to enhance the stability and cohesion of the global financial architecture and how to make it fit to address global challenges of the 21st century. The two-day meeting will also focusContinue Reading
[ad_1] Hyderabad: India’s G20 presidency will be decisive, inclusive and outcome-oriented, said G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant at a press conference on Friday. He underlined that G20 is important because it comprises 85 per cent of the global GDP, 78 per cent of global trade and 2/3rds of the world’s population.Continue Reading