President of the United States Joe Biden will be attending the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 as he has tested negative for Covid-19 again, the White House confirmed. The US President will travel to India on Thursday for the summit and will have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, top US officials said.
After China announced that its President Xi Jinping would not attend the G20 Summit in India, the Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday said that it was ready to work with all the parties for the global event's success in New Delhi this week. On Monday, China said that Premier Li Qiang would represent China at the G20 Summit instead of President Xi Jinping.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that global collaboration to build a responsible financial eco-system is the top priority at the G20 meeting.
After invitations for the G20 dinner sent out by President Droupadi Murmu described her position as 'President of Bharat' instead of 'President of India', now the I-cards of Indian officials for the summit have 'Bharat' mentioned on them.
Speaking to India Today Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai, legendary Sunil Gavaskar shared his thoughts on India's 2023 World Cup squad that was announced on September 5. He also spoke about the added motivation for the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to go on to lift the trophy.
Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara's remark on Hinduism sparked a row on Tuesday, after he questioned the origins of the religion. Addressing an event in Tumkur, Parameshwara said that no one knows when Hinduism was born.
