India seems to be combining its growing economic clout with its G20 presidency to make its tryst with history as it takes up difficult and urgent issues that require global attention. However, the G20 agenda that India has set up for its presidency also includes many topics rooted in its own national developmental priorities.
The Tibetan parliament in exile has urged the Indian government to take a stand against China s expansionist policy and called for a boycott of Chinese products by the people of India. The parliament delegation, which was on an awareness tour in J&K and Ladakh, expressed concerns about China s territorial claims and called on India to recognize Tibet as an occupied territory.
The Delhi Metro will commence its train services at 4 am from the terminal stations of all lines for a period of three days, from September 8 to September 10.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has played down notable absences from the upcoming G-20 summit in New Delhi, saying it was nothing out of.