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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: G7

G7 environmental ministers to adopt plan for key minerals’ stable supply, Yomiuri reports

Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura is considering proposing plan for minerals, integral for battery electric vehicle motors, to strengthen economic security.

Clean energy transition at core of domestic & foreign policy for G7 chair Japan

Energy-poor Japan, the world's third-biggest economy, aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 using a mix of fuels like hydrogen, wind and nuclear power.

PM Narendra Modi urges G20 to focus on ‘unsustainable debt’

Trust in international financial institutions has eroded, partly because the lenders had been slow to reform themselves, Modi said in a video message.

G7 finance chiefs to meet on 23 Feb to discuss measures against Russia

Japan is chairing G7 ministerial meetings this year in the run-up to the May 19-21 summit meeting of G7 leaders in Hiroshima.

G7 agrees to review level of price cap on Russian oil in March, says US

US Treasury said the Group of Seven officials agreed to review price cap on Russian oil exports next month, later than originally planned in order to give time to assess the market.

Russia will stop oil supply if G7 price cap imposed, says envoy to India Denis Alipov

The Russian ambassador said stopping supply to global markets would lead to acute shortages and surging prices.

Steel sector produces more CO2 than any other heavy industry. But going ‘green’ can help

Green steel is gaining momentum as steel companies try and reduce their carbon footprint, but the transition is too costly.

G7 infra plan a lifeline developing nations can’t ignore but first crack this code, like BRI

Silk roads are getting bumpier but Beijing will maximise its pursuit of global leadership as long as it perceives that Washington seeks to deny it any.

Modi and Trudeau talk security & trade in first bilateral meeting since 2018 debacle

Modi met Canadian counterpart Trudeau on sidelines of G7 Summit in Germany. The Khalistan issue, a major irritant in ties, was discussed under the larger umbrella of counterterrorism. 

What G7’s $600-bn infra alliance focussing on healthcare, climate security means for India

Digital connectivity & gender equality are also core areas of Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, launched by G7 Sunday in bid to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.