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Joe Biden on Sunday highlighted the focus of the two-day G20 Leaders' Summit in India, saying that the focus was ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’. Biden will arrive in Vietnam on Sunday to expand ties between the two nations. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), President Biden wrote, “One Earth.

Joe Biden on Sunday said that this year’s Summit proved that the G20 can still drive solutions to our most pressing issues. Taking to X, Biden tweeted, “At a moment when the global economy is suffering from the overlapping shocks of the climate crisis, fragility, and conflict, this year’s Summit proved that the G20 can still drive solutions to our most pressing issues." Earlier on Saturday, US President Biden highlighted the significance of the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor and affirmed the United States' commitment to collaborating with its allies to support the development of sustainable and robust infrastructure while prioritizing high-quality infrastructure investments.

AFP reported. After departing from the G20 summit in New Delhi, Biden is scheduled to hold a meeting with Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party. During this visit, it is anticipated that they will formalize a "comprehensive strategic partnership," marking the highest level of diplomatic relations between Hanoi and Washington.

G20 Leaders' Summit hosted in the national capital, according to a report published by the news agency ANI. The Heads of State of countries including UAE, Bangladesh, Egypt, China, Australia, UK, Argentina, Indonesia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Turkey, Japan, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Republic of Korea, Canada and Singapore will depart from Delhi on Monday. The Central government has assigned responsibilities to Union Ministers of State to see off the foreign delegates after the summit.

Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on Saturday held wide-ranging discussions on investment climate in India, status of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train and India-Japan-Bangladesh trilateral as part of their bilateral Indo-Pacific partnership. Modi and Kishida met here after the Session 1 of the Day 1 of G20 Summit in what was their third meeting so far this year. «Held productive talks with PM @kishida230. We took stock of India-Japan bilateral ties and the ground covered during India's G20 Presidency and the Japan's G7 Presidency.

G20 meeting, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met and interacted with students at the British Council in the Indian capital of New Delhi. In an X post, he wrote, “Before meeting the world leaders of today I’ve been meeting with the world leaders of tomorrow. It’s been fantastic to visit students and staff here at @inBritish — a reflection of the living bridge that exists between the UK and India.” In the photo accompanied with the post, Sunka was quickly spotted wearing headphones of an Indian brand, boAt. Sharing an Instagram post of Rishi Sunak, Aman Gupta, the CEO and co-founder of boAt, claimed that the UK prime minister used a pair of boAt headphones. He also shared a picture of Rishi Sunak interacting with Indian students. In one of the pictures shared on Instagram, the British PM is seen wearing boAt headphones. Aman Gupta noticed it and reshared the image. He wrote on Instagram, «Bharat mein aapka boAt boAt Swaagat.» This post has gone viral and more than 90,000 people liked it within a few hours. This is the first India visit of Rishi Sunak as the UK prime minister. Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ashwini Choubey received him at the airport. Rishi Sunak said that the G20 has been a huge success for India and it is the «right country at the right time to be hosting this».

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told world leaders Saturday the planet was facing an «unprecedented climate emergency» while addressing the G20 Summit in India. «The lack of commitment to the environment has led us to an unprecedented climate emergency,» said Lula at the two-day meeting in New Delhi. «Droughts, floods, storms and fires are becoming more frequent.» G20 leaders meet this weekend during what is likely the hottest year in human history, but hopes are slim that the divided grouping can agree ambitious action on the crisis. Any failure to do so could lower expectations ahead of crucial COP28 climate talks that begin in November in the United Arab Emirates. In July, G20 energy ministers failed to even mention coal in their final statement, let alone agree a phase down roadmap, and there was no progress on the renewables goal.

Modi Saturday called upon the world community to end the "global trust deficit", saying it was «the time to walk together» as he sought to cast India's presidency of G20 as a stepping stone to the peaceful emergence of a new world order based on mutual trust and universal brotherhood bereft of East-West or North-South divide. Addressing heads of states in the inaugural session of the two-day G20 Leadership Summit in the national capital, Modi exuded optimism that if nations could beat the pandemic by sticking together, they can very well bridge the surge in trust deficit in the wake of the Ukraine war. The Prime Minister also called on the President of the African Union to take a seat among the G20 leaders after they endorsed India's proposal to include the bloc as a permanent member of the grouping. India's proposal was in sync with the principle of togetherness, Modi added. With a miniature Tricolour on his right and the «Bharat» (instead of India) name plank in front of him, the Prime Minister said in Hindi: «Today, Bharat, as the G20 President, calls on the world to first unitedly convert this global trust deficit into confidence and trust.

Modi on Saturday held two separate bilateral meetings with Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in the national capital. During the meeting, with the Prime Minister of Japan, the leaders acknowledged the constructive dialogue of the two countries throughout the year on their priorities for their respective G20 and G7 Presidencies, particularly in bringing the concerns and aspirations of the Global South to the fore, the Prime Minister's Office said on Saturday. According to the PMO, the leaders held discussions on various facets of the India-Japan bilateral partnership, including on infrastructure development, technological collaboration, investments and energy. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further deepening the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.PM Modi also held a bilateral meeting with Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Delhi. This is the second visit of Prime Minister Meloni to India following her State visit in March 2023, during which bilateral relations were raised to the level of a Strategic Partnership. Prime Minister Modi appreciated Italy's support for India's G20 Presidency and Italy's joining of the Global Biofuel Alliance and the India — Middle East — Europe Economic Corridor. The two leaders noted with satisfaction the completion of 75 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. They also took stock of the progress in diverse areas of the India-Italy Strategic Partnership, and agreed to bolster cooperation in areas like defence and new and emerging technologies. They noted the need for G7 and G20 to work in consonance

Narendra Modi met UK PM Rishi Sunak on Saturday, during the latter’s first visit to India, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi. This was Sunak’s first visit to India after taking office as Prime Minister in October 2022. “The two leaders noted with satisfaction the progress in diverse areas of bilateral cooperation as per the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership as well as the Roadmap 2030, particularly in economy, defence and security, technology, green technology and climate change, health and mobility sectors.

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G20 Summit in national capital Delhi. The G20 leaders saw a productive day 1 on Saturday, 9 September. The important decisions taken on the first day of the G20 Summit included adoption of the New Delhi Leadership Declaration, announcement of a mega India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor and induction of the African Union (AU) as permanent member of the Group of 20.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit

Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Saturday agreed to continue to work at pace towards a «landmark» free trade agreement (FTA) during their bilateral meeting on the margins of the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi. A readout from 10 Downing Street of the meeting said that cooperation in the field of defence technology, innovation and some consular issues were among the topics on the agenda of the meeting. Prime Minister Modi is also said to have highlighted the «warm reception» that Sunak has received during his first visit to India as British Prime Minister. «The leaders had a productive conversation about negotiations on a UK-India Free Trade Agreement,» a Downing Street spokesperson said. «The Prime Minister [Sunak] reiterated the UK's ambition to deliver a landmark trade deal which benefits businesses and workers in both countries and grows our trade in both goods and services. They agreed that ministers and negotiating teams would continue to work at pace towards an FTA,» the spokesperson said. Sunak, who arrived here on Friday, held talks with Modi after the first session of the G20 Summit. Earlier, Sunak greeted Modi with a namaste as the latter received him at the venue.

Today the G20 summit in New Delhi kicked off with ... moreToday the G20 summit in New Delhi kicked off with great fanfare. In the morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi world leaders at the Bharat Mandapam. Watch.

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digital economy taxation and a global minimum corporate tax rate, the leaders said in the New Delhi Summit Declaration that was adopted by member countries. "We reaffirm our commitment to continue cooperation towards a globally fair, sustainable and modern international tax system appropriate to the needs of the 21st century. We remain committed to the swift implementation of the two-pillar international tax package.

shipping and rail transportation corridor linking countries across the Middle East, South Asia and Europe on the sidelines of the ongoing G20 Summit in New Delhi. «Strong connectivity and infrastructure is the base of development of humanity. India has prioritised on this in its developmental journey,» said PM Modi while addressing the Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment (PGII) conference with G20 leaders. The United States, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the European Union and other G20 partners were set to explore the shipping and rail transportation corridor, which is aimed at aiding in the flow of commerce, energy and data from India across the Middle East up to Europe. The leaders are meeting to discuss the global economy and supply chain challenges, among other issues facing the global community. This agreement after it is inked could be seen as an alternate supply chain in a completely evolved post-pandemic world order. Finer added that President Biden and Prime Minister Modi will meet with other leaders for an event focused on global infrastructure later today. “The deal will benefit low and middle-income countries in the region, and enable a critical role for the Middle East in global commerce.

G20 Summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that a consensus declaration had been adopted, indicating that negotiators had resolved significant differences over the wording regarding the war in Ukraine. Calling the New DelhiDeclaration «historical and path breaking,» G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant onFriday said that India got the «100 per cent» consensus on alldevelopmental and geo-political issues focussing on Strong, Sustainable, Balanced, and Inclusive Growth Accelerating Progress on SustainableDevelopment Goals. Here are excerpts from the declaration:UKRAINE:

European Commission on Saturday urgedG20 countries to agree to global targets on tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, seen as critical to limiting the global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Addressing the «One Earth» session at the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen emphasised the urgency of addressing climate change, saying: «Climate change is man-made. So, it means we can fix it.» She underscored the disproportionate impact of climate change, noting that G20 countries are responsible for a staggering 80 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, while Africa, with less than 4 per cent of emissions, is among the most affected. The European Commission president reminded the G20 countries that «we are about to miss our objective of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees». «So, it is absolutely critical that we maintain our path of 1.5 degrees.

Olaf Scholz arrived at the G20 summit in the national capital wearing an eye patch. The latest look of the German chancellor was due to an injury that he had sustained while jogging last week in Potsdam. This morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly welcomed Scholz at the Bharat Mandapam venue ahead of the G20 Summit and also inquired about the reason behind the German Chancellor's eyepatch. Scholz had a few days ago posted a picture of himself on X which showed the patch along with and captioned it, «Am excited to see the memes.» «Thanks for the well wishes, it looks worse than it is! The 65-year-old German leader said in the post. The two-day G20 Leaders Summit is being hosted by India at the newly inaugurated Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre in Pragati Maidan, the national capital. This marks the first time that India is presiding over the G20 Summit, an organization formed in 1999 with the objective of ensuring global financial stability by including middle-income countries. India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 last year and about 200 meetings related to G20 were organized in 60 cities across the country.