G20 HIGHLIGHTS

DEL115 G20-PM-LD MEDIA CENTRE PM Modi visits media centre at Bharat Mandapam New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening visited the International Media Centre at the Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the G20 Summit.

Following are the G20-related top stories at 9 pm.

DEL111 LDALL G20 **** At G20 summit, PM Modi makes renewed push for UNSC expansion; world leaders laud India's presidency New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a renewed push for expansion of the UN Security Council and reforms in global institutions to reflect world's ''new realities'', as the G20 summit concluded here with world leaders lauding India's presidency for ensuring several tangible outcomes. **** DEL116 G20-PM-BRAZIL-MEET **** Modi hands over G20 presidential gavel to Brazil's Lula, pledges support New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday handed over the G20 presidential gavel to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and expressed faith that India's successor will further global unity and prosperity. **** DEL106 G20-PM-2NDLD BILATERALS **** PM Modi holds bilateral meets with French Prez Macron, German Chancellor Scholz, Canadian PM Trudeau New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a series of bilateral meetings with world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and discussed issues of mutual interests. **** DEL107 G20-LD TRUDEAU **** PM Modi conveys to Canadian PM Trudeau India's strong concerns over anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday conveyed to his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau India's strong concerns about the continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada that were promoting secessionism, inciting violence against its diplomats and threatening the Indian community there. **** FGN39 US-BIDEN-GANDHI **** India-US partnership rooted in Mahatma Gandhi’s principle of trusteeship: Biden Hanoi: President Joe Biden on Sunday hailed the partnership between India and the US, saying it is rooted in Mahatma Gandhi's principle of trusteeship that is shared between the two countries. **** DEL55 G20-LAVROV-INDIA **** It is breakthrough summit in many ways: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov New Delhi: Russia on Sunday said the G20 Summit under India's presidency was a ''breakthrough'' conclave in many ways as its outcomes showed a path to the world to move forward on a range of challenges and demonstrated the strength and importance of the Global South. **** DEL97 G20-PM-TURKIYE **** India, Turkiye to further cement trade, infrastructure ties New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday discussed strengthening trade and infrastructure relations with Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. **** DEL108 G20-PM-CHANDRAYAAN **** Congratulate you for doing it in a budget less than that of 'Interstellar': IMF chief to Modi on Chandrayaan-3 success New Delhi: Several world leaders at the 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. **** DEL114 G20-PM-CLIMATE INITIATIVES **** Several G20 leaders hail PM Modi's initiatives to combat climate change New Delhi: Over two days of G20 deliberations, several leaders of the bloc's member countries hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiatives to combat climate change, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praising him for the concept of ''Mission LiFE'', sources said. **** DEL99 G20-CULTURE CORRIDOR-ARTEFACTS **** Rig Veda, Apollo statue, Mona Lisa find place in 'culture corridor' of G20 Summit venue New Delhi: Certified original copies of the US' Charters of Freedom, a 'fahua'-lid jar from China and Panini's grammar treatise ''Ashtadhyayi'' from India are among the historic items displayed at the Bharat Mandapam as part of a G20 'culture corridor'. **** DEL80 G20-4THLD RAJGHAT **** G20 leaders pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat; Sign on 'peace wall' New Delhi: G20 leaders, including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial Rajghat here on Sunday. **** DEL87 G20-SUNAK-TEMPLE-LD VISIT **** British PM Sunak, wife spend 45 minutes at Akshardham temple, enquire about its architecture and history New Delhi: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday visited the Akshardham temple here with his wife Akshata Murty and said it is not only a place of worship but also a landmark that portrays India's values. By Kunal Dutt **** DEL54 G20-EU-SESSION **** Europe, its partners should develop new global framework for AI risks: EU Commission chief New Delhi: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday said Europe and its partners should develop a new global framework for artificial intelligence risks, asserting that it would protect against systemic societal risks and foster investments in safe and responsible AI systems. **** DEL115 G20-PM-LD MEDIA CENTRE **** PM Modi visits media centre at Bharat Mandapam New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening visited the International Media Centre at the Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the G20 Summit. **** DEL46 G20-TREE PLANTATION **** Symbolic tree plantation by G20 leaders at Bharat Mandapam New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday led G20 leaders in a symbolic tree plantation ceremony at the Bharat Mandapam convention centre here to mark the grouping's two-day summit. **** DEL61 BIZ-FM-CHINA **** FM Sitharaman meets Chinese counterpart Liu Kun; discusses G20-related issues New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday met her Chinese counterpart Liu Kun and exchanged views on G20-related matters. **** DEL49 G20-RAJNATH SINGH **** G20 declaration consensus marks historic milestone: Rajnath Singh New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India's G20 presidency has left an ''indelible mark'' on the world stage, and the consensus reached on the declaration marks a historic milestone in bridging the global trust deficit. **** DEL3 G20-UKRAINE-BEHIND SCENES **** Bali was Bali and New Delhi is New Delhi: Jaishankar on reference to Ukraine in G20 declaration New Delhi: The G20 leaders' declaration avoided mentioning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and made a general call to all states to follow the principle of respecting each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, in what is largely seen as a climbdown by the Western powers on the conflict. **** FGN19 G20-GLOBAL-REAX **** G20 declaration a ''coup'' for PM Modi, but stops short of condemning Ukraine war, says world media Washington/London: The G20 declaration, which hit snags on the language to describe the Ukraine war, amounted to a ''coup'' for host Prime Minister Narendra Modi though the final compromise statement reflected a stand far softer than those the US and its Western allies have adopted on Russia, the world media said on Sunday. **** DEL58 G20-SUMMIT-MUSICAL ENSEMBLE **** G20 Summit: World leaders experience India's rich musical heritage over presidential dinner New Delhi: An ensemble of musicians, some of whom played sursingar, mohan veena, dilruba and other rare instruments, regaled G20 world leaders during the ceremonial dinner hosted for them by President Droupadi Murmu. ****