PM Modi was speaking at the Build Back Better for the World roundtable, an event initiated by US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit.
Gates in the past has reinforced his foundation's commitment to supporting India to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on health, nutrition, sanitation and agriculture.
Stating that Small Island Developing States face the biggest threat from climate change, Modi said ISRO will provide them information about cyclones, coral-reef & coast-line monitoring.
Modi was responding to a tweet by European Commission President Leyen where she hailed PM Modi's leadership and called India a 'key partner on fighting the global climate'.
If investment flows from rich nations into booming low-emissions sector, industries that seem hard to decarbonize now will be next to move. India’s path to zero is just beginning.
The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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