G20 Leaders To Discuss Climate, Tax, Donald Trump's Comeback In Brazil

G20 leaders gather in Brazil on Monday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Brazil on Monday on the second leg of his three-nation visit, during which he will attend the G20 Summit.

Brazil's first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, swore at billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 social event on Saturday at which she spoke about the need to regulate social media to rein in misinformation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he is looking forward to "meaningful" discussions at the upcoming G20 summit in Brazil that laid out the broad agenda for the grouping building upon the legacy of India's presidency of the bloc last year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for his five-day visit to Nigeria, Brazil, and Guyana. He will be on his three-nation tour from November 16 to 21, where he will be attending the G20 Summit in Brazil.

The G20 summit is set to be dominated by differences over wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and the implications of Donald Trump's White House return.

G20 is the main forum for economic and financial cooperation -- areas increasingly tested by today's shifting geopolitics.

President Joe Biden heads to South America on Thursday for a curtain call with global leaders after over 50 years in US politics, but the man he tried and failed to keep from returning to power is likely to be the focus of many meetings.

A man with explosives died Wednesday trying to enter Brazil's Supreme Court in what appeared to be a suicide, officials said, days before the country hosts the G20 summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Brazil to attend the annual G20 summit and to Nigeria and Guyana as part of a three-nation visit beginning November 16, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.

India's 2023 G20 presidency saw the country bringing forward the idea of the India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC).

A recent Living Planet Report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) showed that food consumption patterns followed by Indians are the most climate-friendly among the G20 nations.

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) have published their respective reports on VDAs, addressed to the G20 group. The Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G20 nations are scheduled to meet on October 23-24. The release of these reports by these financial institutes is well aligned with these meetings.

India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant today spoke at the NDTV World Summit in Delhi where he mentioned that this will be "India's century".

The Rs 76,000 crore "Semiconductor Mission" of the government is a critical move in view of possible Chinese control of the semiconductor market, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant told NDTV in an exclusive interview today.

India's road to becoming a developed country will require immense ambition and a focus on manufacturing, urbanisation and "firing on all cylinders", the country's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant has said.

The advance of AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is inevitable, and will bring in "new kinds of jobs", Amitabh Kant, India's G20 Sherpa, said Tuesday night at the NDTV World Summit.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will embark on an official visit to Mexico and the USA to participate in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governor (FMCBG) and fund bank annual meeting.

WWF Living Planet Report 2024: Countries like Argentina, Australia, and the United States were identified as having the least sustainable pattern.

India has become the voice of the Global South in a strategic and robust way, and the world saw that in the most-recent G20 Summit which happened in New Delhi, said Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness in an exclusive interview to NDTV.

The research by the US-based Atlantic Council think-tank published on Tuesday showed that all G20 nations are now looking into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as they are known and that 44 countries in total are piloting them. That is up from 36 a year ago and is part of a global push by authorities to respond to declining cash usage and the threat to their mo...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, when asked about the need for BRICS while a grouping like G20 already existed, responded that if the G7 can exist when there is the G20, there is no reason why BRICS cannot.

While US ambivalence on international commitments for climate change is known, the Europeans, who project themselves as champions of climate action, are now prevaricating too.

Prime Minister Modi has hailed India's contribution in the world's fight against climate change and global warming, declaring that India is the only G20 nation to have met - before the deadline - climate goals committed at the Paris climate meet.

The government of India will be taking some more time in following other regions like the EU and the UAE in presenting a detailed crypto rulebook. As per Chaudhary, all of the G20 nations are currently in a phase where they are expected to analyse the pros and cons that crypto could bring.

The collaboration follows US President Joe Biden's visit to the G20 Summit in New Delhi and the Association of American Universities' push for such international partnerships.

The world's richest one per cent increased their fortune by $42 trillion over the past decade, which is nearly 34 times more than the entire bottom 50 per cent of the world's population, according to a new analysis by Oxfam.

This year's Union Budget is an outstanding one, has something for everyone and has been prepared keeping the long-term growth of the country in mind, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant has told NDTV.

The Group of 20 finance leaders meeting this week for progress on a stalled plan to reallocate taxing rights on large multinational companies.The stakes in the negotiations are high. A failure to reach agreement on final terms could prompt several countries to reinstate their taxes on U.S. tech giants and risk punitive duties on billions of dollars in exports to the U...

UPI One World wallet service has been launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for non-resident Indians (NRIs) and international travellers visiting the country. The service was first announced last year during the G20 summit which India hosted. It will allow travellers who do not have an Indian bank account to access the Unified Payments Interfac...

Former presidents and prime ministers have sent an open letter to current leaders of the world's 20 largest economies urging support for a global tax on billionaires, which they called a rare political opportunity.

While the G-7 contests Russia and China, India at Apulia will participate as a partner democracy that holds commonality of values but is confident to look out for its own interests as well as the Global South.

Without disclosing too many details about the ‘internal planning’, Brazil’s Apex bank has confirmed that laws to monitor the use of stablecoins and the role they can play in foreign exchange settlements and other payments are in the pipeline this year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that Artificial Intelligence or AI technology helped translate his speeches and address in different languages at the G20 Summit.

The world, which has been more used to a pontificating India of the past, today hears an Indian voice on the global stage that is capable of articulating a narrative of a responsible stakeholder.

The BRICS group is planning to develop a digital payment network, backed by digital currencies. The aim is to bring a wave of de-dollarisation into effect.

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is laying importance to crypto policy work and AI as the G20 summit steps into its nineteenth year. Brazil took the reins of the G20 presidency from India in December 2023 and will continue to preside over the group for the next one year.

Underlining that the current multilateral governance architecture is "outdated", India at a G20 ministerial meeting here on Thursday called for comprehensive UN reforms, including the UN Security Council.

Moving beyond the idealistic echoes of its past, India has adopted an approach of gritty realism as it positions itself on the world stage. Its a high-stakes game, one centred around the singular pursuit of national interest.

As India pulled off a big diplomatic win after eight jailed Navy veterans were released by Qatar earlier this week, here's a look at how India's standing in the world was shaped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bold diplomatic moves in recent years.

Russian ambassador to India Denis Alipov on Saturday called for urgent reforms of the United Nations and agencies under it while making a strong case for the inclusion of India as a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

India emerged as a "friend" and "consensus builder" in the world following its successful G20 presidency, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, describing it as a "notable period" in the country's diplomatic history.

India's G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant Friday said Americans do protectionism of the highest order and advocate laissez-faire for the developing countries as he dismissed US ambassador Eric Garcetti's suggestion of reforms in India's taxation system.

The India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor - which was unveiled at the G20 summit in September - is a strategic and economic game changer, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as she presented the interim budget.

The President was addressing a joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament.

In conversation with Gadgets360, Unocoin’s Sathvik Vishwanath said that the talent demand-supply dynamic of the crypto industry has diversified and moved beyond classic developer roles in the last one year.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced a minor setback during his recent visit to the Caribbean, as an aircraft glitch prompted the Canadian Armed Forces to send a second plane with a repair team to address the snag.

The Indian cybersecurity sector repelled numerous cyberattack attempts on the G20 portal during the summit and 16 lakh DDoS attacks per minute peaked at some point.

India strode prominently on the international stage in 2023. It chaired the G20 summit, as also the SCO summit (virtually).

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar underscored the significance of India's G20 presidency in the adoption of the unanimously agreed New Delhi Declaration, particularly amid global polarization on the Ukraine issue and concerns of the Global South