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Honourary Group Captain Sachin Tendulkar recently called on Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari in New Delhi: Indian Air Force (IAF)
In view of G-20 Summit scheduled to be in NCT of Delhi, it has been decided to declare a public holiday in the national capital, as per details given below:
"Assam Cabinet will hold its 100th meeting tomorrow, a momentous occasion in our governance journey," tweets CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Members of the Indian diaspora in Athens, Greece raise slogans of 'Bharat Mata ki jai', 'Vande Mataram' and 'Modi ji zindabad'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Greece on August 25.
Geospatial artificial intelligence and machine learning-based models will soon be used to monitor air quality in key Indian cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata: ISRO chair professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies P G Diwakar
"He (PM Modi) spoke of something which is deeply at the heart of South Africa and many African countries, the protections of the big cats, the five big ones in South Africa under the International Big Cat Alliance. He established something important for all the BRICS countries, a repository of traditional medicines among the BRICS countries," says Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra.
"He (PM Modi) wrote to the leaders of G20 about the inclusion of the African Union in the G20. We have strongly proposed it as a permanent member of the G20. So, it should probably become G21 if it all goes through," says Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra.
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra says, "...It was a conversation with President Xi Jinping and as I said, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit Prime Minister had interactions with other BRICS leaders. In that conversation with President Xi Jinping, the Prime Minister highlighted India's concerns at the unresolved issues along the LAC in the western sector of the India-China border areas."
According to the Foreign Ministry, PM Modi and XI Jinping reached an agreement at BRICS over "expedition de-escalation" in Ladakh.
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of BRICS, we have taken the decision to expand this forum. India has always fully supported this expansion. Such an expansion will make BRICS stronger and more effective.In that spirit, India welcomes Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and UAE into the BRICS family, tweeted PM Narendra Modi.