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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicIndia G20

Topic: India G20

At G20 tourism meet, govt makes push to make Kashmir a film-shoot hub again

Minister G. Kishan Reddy says shoots for 300 films & serials held in Kashmir over past year. However, challenges remain to Valley's re-emergence as a film-shoot hub, including security & infrastructure.

As G20 delegates pour in, a look at J&K’s past guestlist — from Khrushchev to George Harrison

Over the years, J&K has received many prominent figures from various parts of the world. These include a former US vice-president, Imam of Mecca, and a group of Pakistani journalists.

After China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt & Oman skip G20 tourism meet in Kashmir

Egypt was a special invitee. Earlier this year, Egypt and India decided to elevate bilateral relations to 'a strategic partnership'. President El-Sisi was chief guest at R-Day parade.

Govt boosts security for G20 meeting in Kashmir after attacks

The city of Srinagar is due to host a tourism working group meeting of G20 members on 22-24 May, part of a series of meetings ahead of a G20 summit in New Delhi in September.

‘Irresponsible’ — Pakistan condemns India’s decision to hold G20 meetings in Kashmir

India currently holds the rotating year-long presidency of the G20 and is set to host a leaders' summit in New Delhi in early September.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.