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  • India’s Rich Culture And Heritage Left Lasting Impression On G20 Delegates: Anurag Singh Thakur

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    SRINAGAR: Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur  on Friday said that G20 under India’s Presidency has set new milestones for the country.

    Maintaining that India’s rich art, culture and heritage has left lasting impression on the delegates from across the world, Union Minister said, “Around 103 delegates participating in the Y20 pre summit in Leh are mesmerized by the monasteries, sangam and landscape of Leh and they want to return to Ladakh again.”

    Stating that despite statements by many that the pre summit should not be organized in Leh, the Y20 pre summit concluded successfully.

    haring details on the outcomes of the Pre Summit in Leh,  Union Minister said that there is a consensus on the five themes of Y20 summit among the participating countries and international organizations. He also informed that important suggestions have come on the future challenges including reskilling and Upskilling. |

    “The meeting focused on the five Y20 themes of Shared Future: Youth in Democracy and Governance ; Future of Work: Industry 4.0, Innovation & 21st Century Skills; Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Sustainability a Way of Life; Peace Building and Reconciliation: Ushering in an era of No War and  Health, Wellbeing & Sports: Agenda for Youth,” he said.

    Earlier the Union Minister held  Yuva Samvaad with the delegates and said that the runway is ready for youth to take off, whether it is for economy or education, sports or entrepreneurship,skill development or digitisation, and the youth – now have a mission to make a global impact.

    He also said that the Y20 summit is providing an extraordinary opportunity for the youth and the world alike to shape their national as well as international discourse and in many ways be proactive in finding solutions to problems our respective regions face.

    He further remarked, “I am confident that the young generation will make the advancements of the last century look miniscule compared to the milestones that this new (youth) generation will discover.”

    He said that Young people should know that you are living in the greatest time to be alive and encouraged them to – Dream, read, write, think and act fearlessly.

    He also added that the Y20 themes have been carefully selected to empower young people to create, collaborate, and contribute to the G20’s development agenda and the global community as a whole.

    “We firmly believe, that at the end of this decade, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet will have evolved significantly and data science would have occupied much deeper parts of our lives. Youth should be prepared with these skills,” Thakur said.

    He urged that Youth must move away from the constraints of the past and exploit the opportunities of the present, to unleash the potential of their countries in the future!

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Ahead Of G-20 Event, 100 Delegates From 30 Countries To Attend Y-20 Summit In Ladakh

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    SRINAGAR: More than 100 Y-20 delegates from over 30 countries arrived in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Tuesday while as the J&K administration said that it has made elaborate arrangements to make the G-20 meeting schedules in Srinagar a grand success.

    Addressing media persons, the administration has said that till Tuesday, over 100 Y20 delegates from over 30 countries have arrived in Ladakh while a few more are expected to arrive by Wednesday morning.

    The officials said that as G20 is being conducted under India’s presidency under the theme of One World One family one future, they have put forward priorities of youth as they (youth) are very much concerned about their future.

    “The administration since the last three months has been preparing for the event and overseeing how we can make this programme a grand success,” they said, adding that in this regard, various activities have been held so far.

    Pertinently, Ladakh is hosting a three-day youth 20 pre-summit under the aegis of the G-20.

    The delegates were welcomed by the senior officers of the UT administration. During the three-day summit, there will be discussions and deliberations on different important topics, reports said.

    On the first day of the summit, the delegates will visit local places of importance including Hemis and Thicksey monasteries and Shanti Stupa. On the following day, LG Ladakh Dr. B. D. Mishra will address the delegates at the Sindu Sanskriti Auditorium.

    On the third day of the pre-summit, Union Minister Anurag Thakur will interact with the delegates and also participate in a youth dialogue. As per the UT administration officials, sufficient security measures and other arrangements are in place for the smooth conduct of the program.

    The Y20 pre-summit in Ladakh will be a valuable opportunity for the global youth to reflect on priority areas in consultation with G-20 member states to come up with policy recommendations that will prove beneficial to the Ladakh region.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )