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gig economy; or to start up a new business. In a not-so-positive (okay, negative) sense, it also means being sharp, pushy, unscrupulous, fake or downright scamming people. In an age when the meanings of words can be subjective— depending on the identity of the person using them and the specific context of their usage—it can be pretty difficult for a third person to understand what a ‘hustle’ is.

G20 Summit here congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the success of Chandrayaan-3, with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva hailing India for achieving the feat «in a budget less than that of the movie Interstellar», according to sources. During various sessions and meetings of the G20, many world leaders showered praise on India for its lunar mission and also lauded the successful launch of Aditya L1, India's first space-based mission to study the Sun. While the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak congratulated India and the entire world for Chandrayaan-3, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed the country for the feat and recalled that he had watched a telecast of the lunar landing while taking a break during the BRICS meeting, sources said. «I congratulate you on the Moon landing.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said many countries of the world are looking towards India for it believes in taking everyone along. Bhagwat made the statement addressing a congregation organised by the Namdhari mission here held in memory of Satguru Partap Singh and Mata Bhupinder Kaur at Namdhari International headquarters Bhaini Sahib, about 30 kms from here in this district on Sunday. «India's job is to create balance in the world and it is playing its role very well.

Congress chief Kamal Nath on Sunday alleged that 18 years of BJP rule in the state is marked by scams, which he termed as «Ghotala 18 or G18», inviting a sharp reaction from the ruling party. «G20 took place in Delhi.

Narendra Modi hugged him after formally inducting the African Union into the G20 family. The AU chairperson added that he thought there would be a debate before a decision is arrived to induct the African Union into the G20 family at but the AU was announced as part of the G20 family at the very outset of the two-day summit on Sunday. "I was about to cry.

G20 Summit on Sunday, the senior politician noted that the world was ‘larger than five’. The remarks came mere hours after US President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for a reformed UNSC with India as a permanent member.

Global Financial Crisis to precipitate ponderous deliberations into precipitate, coordinated action, such as infusion of liquidity, provision of swap lines to provide emergency access to foreign currency, institution of elevated capital adequacy norms for banks and extra, loss-absorbing buffers of capital for globally systemically important financial institutions, accompanied by periodic stress tests by banking regulators. The world does not face that kind of a crisis.

Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam on Sunday to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China's growing ambitions in the region. Biden — who is flying from the G20 summit in New Delhi — will meet the leader of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, on Sunday, and is expected to sign off on a «comprehensive strategic partnership», Hanoi's highest level of diplomatic ties. The underlying goal of the short visit will be much the same as Biden's time at the G20 gathering — to shore up support against China's increasing influence. For Vietnam, the upgrading of diplomatic ties is significant.

Siddaramaiah on Sunday attacked the BJP over the India vs Bharat ruckus, saying the saffron party was harmful to India's pluralism. He warned that the country's social, political and economic cohesion was at risk with the BJP at its helm. «There is a plan to destroy India's pluralistic culture of thousands of years.

China's Belt and Road investment plan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Sunday, but doing so would not damage bilateral relations. «We have yet to make a decision,» Meloni told a press conference at the close of the G20 summit in New Delhi, a day after meeting for talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Should Rome decide to quit, it «would not compromise relations» with China, Meloni said. Critics say the Belt and Road plan is a Trojan horse to increase China's influence and Meloni is under pressure to exit, but hopes to do so without inflaming tensions. The deal automatically renews in March 2024 unless Italy opts out by the end of this year. Meloni said the government was «evaluating the merits» of being part of the trillion-dollar investment scheme, which debt-ridden Italy joined in 2019. It is the only one of the group of leading developed democracies to have signed up. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said earlier this month that the Belt and Road initiative «has not produced the results we were hoping for». The Italian PM is tipped to travel to Beijing for a state visit in the next few months, or at the start of next year, but would not be drawn on a possible date. «It makes more sense to go to China when we have more elements about our bilateral cooperation and how to develop it,» she said. Meloni's meeting with Li, their first face-to-face, came as a broad alliance of states at the G20 unveiled ambitious plans to create a modern-day Spice Route linking Europe, the Middle East and India, which signatories hope will offer a counterbalance to lavish Chinese infrastructure spending. Some analysts expect Meloni to pull out of Belt and Road while boosting other existing Italy-China accords. The meeting

Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 Summit and conveyed India's “strong concerns” about the continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada. A statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs said, “They are promoting secessionism and inciting violence against Indian diplomats, damaging diplomtic premises, and threatening the Indian community in Canada and their places of worship.” It further added that the nexus of such forces with organized crime, drug syndicates and human trafficking should be a concern for Canada as well. “It is essential for the two countries to cooperate in dealing with such threats.”PM Modi also mentioned that a relationship based on mutual respect and trust is essential for the progress of India-Canada relationship. Meanwhile, Trudeau said that though his country will always defend the freedom of peaceful protest, at the same time, it will also push back against hatred. In a media interaction after meeting PM Modi after the conclusion of the G20 summit, Trudeau, in reply to a question on whether the issue of Khalistani extremists came up during the meeting, said: «Over the years, with PM Modi, we have had many conversations on these issues.” »Canada will always defend freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, and freedom of peaceful protest and it is extremely important to us.

India’s G20 presidency will address some of the key labour related issues including the low female labour force participation rate, Richard Samans, the G20 Sherpa of the International Labour Organisation said. In an interview with Yogima Seth Sharma, he said multilateral institutions should help India and other developing countries to build capacities to provide decent work and social protection to its workers.

Sri Lanka Cricket slashed ticket prices for the Asia Cup by up to 95 percent on Sunday after costs were hiked 40-fold and matches were played in near-empty stadiums. Tickets for one-day internationals in crisis-hit Sri Lanka have generally cost around 250 rupees ($0.78) previously. That was hiked to 10,000 rupees for the Asia Cup, which is being organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board despite largely taking place in Sri Lanka, and fans in the cricket-mad island country have stayed away in droves. Barely 7,000 home supporters turned out for Sri Lanka's Super Four clash against Bangladesh on Saturday at the 35,000-capacity R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, leaving the hosts facing the embarrassing sight of ranks of empty seats. In an attempt to lure them, back Sri Lanka Cricket announced a price cut of up to 95 percent Sunday for all remaining Super Four games, including the day's marquee clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan, with tickets now costing as little as 500 rupees.

Rahul Gandhi said during an interaction with students and academics in Paris, adding that ruling party is out to get power at any cost, the PTI reported Sunday. “I have read Gita, I've read a number of the Upanishads, I've read many Hindu books; there is nothing Hindu about what the BJP does, absolutely nothing," the PTI quoted the Congress leader as saying, in response to a question about the rise of “Hindu nationalism" in India. "I have not read anywhere, in no Hindu book, from no learned Hindu person have I ever heard that you should terrorise, harm people who are weaker than you.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra flayed the BJP-led government at the Centre on Sunday, saying its policies are meant to benefit the rich and not the poor. Addressing a Congress rally at Niwai in Tonk district in poll-bound Rajasthan, Priyanka Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes on foreign trips and strikes deals for his «industrialist friends». «Modi comes back from abroad and says our (India's) respect has gone up.

Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday held talks on the sidelines of the G20 Summit where the two leaders vowed to strengthen Indo-French defence ties through partnership in design, development and manufacture of advanced defence technologies and platforms including for third countries in the Indo-Pacific. «Both leaders reiterated their commitment to strengthen the defence cooperation through partnership in design, development, testing and manufacture of advanced defence technologies and platforms, and expand production in India, including for third countries in Indo-Pacific,» said a joint statement. «In this context, they also called for early finalisation of the Defence Industrial Roadmap,» it said. Thw two leaders emphasised the need to expand Indo-French collaboration to address regional and global challenges. The statement also said India and France welcomed African Union's membership to G20 and resolved look to work with AU for progress, prosperity and development of Africa.

New Delhi: World Bank president Ajay Banga said that the bank’s vision was being redefined to eradicate poverty on a livable planet as part of the ongoing reforms agenda, and include climate, fragility, pandemic and other elements that the world’s markets were experiencing. He said that the reforms were a continuing process towards which the institution was deeply committed.

US President Joe Biden wished to hold a private mass while in Delhi. “I received an invite from the US embassy asking me whether I can celebrate the Holy Eucharist for the President. They sought an appointment with me, met me personally at the clergy home, and they told me that it is a short service of 20 minutes.

Canada in a range of sectors including fighting climate change and creating economic growth, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday. His comments at a media briefing came shortly after he held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. Asked about India's concerns over the increasing activities of the Khalistani elements in Canada, Trudeau said his country will always defend freedom of peaceful protest but at the same time asserted that it will always prevent violence and push back against hatred. He also said that the actions of the few do not represent the entire community or Canada. «India is an extraordinarily important economy in the world and an important partner to Canada on everything from fighting climate change to creating growth and prosperity for the citizens,» he said. The Canadian prime minister said both sides will continue to look at expansion of existing cooperation.

Narendra Modi on Sunday discussed strengthening trade and infrastructure relations with Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Modi met Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit that concluded here on Sunday. «We talked about ways to further cement trade and infrastructure linkages between India and Turkiye,» Modi said on X. Addressing a press conference here, Erdogan expressed confidence in tapping the huge potential of cooperation between the two countries. «India is our greatest trade partner in South Asia.

G20 Summit) on Saturday saw the New Delhi G20 Leaders Declaration get accepted with ‘100% consensus’. The declaration that was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Day 1 of G20 Summit, focused on ‘war in Ukraine’ and geopolitical tensions, sustainable growth, creating an inclusive world among other points. There were four Indian Foreign Services officers who burnt the midnight oil to draft the New Delhi G20 Leaders Declaration which achieved a reported ‘100% consensus’, a historic achievement.