Tag: G20 Summit

Osaka: The 14th G20 summit began here on Friday, with issues pertaining to the global economy, multilateral trade and development taking the centre stage. During the two-day summit, other issues including employment, women’s empowerment and health will also be discussed, reports Xinhua news agency. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed the leaders of the G20 […]

Osaka: US President Donald Trump on Saturday invited North Koreas leader Kim Jong-un to meet over the weekend in the demilitarised zone that separates the two nations sharing the Korean Peninsula. “After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon),” […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday used the G20 Summit here to promote India’s traditional healing measures, Yoga and his flagship Ayushman Bharat health scheme. Modi, who was in Osaka, Japan for the two-day G20 Summit, also took part in a special session on empowerment of women. The session witnessed an in-depth dialogue on […]

Washington: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have welcomed the Group of 20 (G20)’s decision to provide temporary debt relief for the world’s poorest countries. “We strongly welcome the decision of the G20 to respond to our call to allow the poorest countries of the world that […]

Washington: The White House announced that US President Donald Trump will participate in the virtual G20 Summit on Saturday and Sunday. Although the White House confirmed the President’s participation on both days of the Summit, information about which events he would attend was not immediately clear, The Hill news website reported. The virtual G20 Summit […]

New Delhi: India is not only meeting its Paris Agreement targets but has also been exceeding them, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the G20 summit held virtually on Sunday. In his address at the G-20 Summit side event, “Safeguarding the Planet – The Circular Carbon Economy Approach”, he said that India has taken concrete […]