G20 Summit 2023 LIVE: What does the group discuss
The discussions of the G20 countries have broadened in recent years. The issues are not confined to economics but also include climate change, sustainable energy, international-debt forgiveness and taxing MNCs.
G20 Summit updates: Key facts about the global summit
- Founded in 1999, G20 stands for Group of Twenty. It is a club of 19 countries and the European Union which meets to discuss plans for the global economy. The G20 countries contain two-thirds of the global population.
- The members are the European Union and 19 nations – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the US. Spain is always invited as a guest.
- A smaller group of G20 countries is called G7.
- The first leaders’ meeting happened in 2008.
G20 Summit LIVE: Delhi Police chief seeks early metro service from 4 AM
Delhi Police Commissioner, Sanjay Arora, has written a letter to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director, Vikas Kumar, requesting him to start Metro services in the national capital from 4:00 am on September 8, 9 and 10.
G20 Summit LIVE 2023: List of traffic restrictions in place
IMPACTED ROADS–
Controlled Zone-1
(September 8,9 and 10)
From 5 am to 11:59 pm
Bonafide residents, authorised vehicles and emergency vehicles will be allowed to travel on the road network
Regulated Zone
(Entire area inside Ring Road)
Bonafide residents, authorised vehicles, emergency vehicles, passengers travelling to the airport, and Old Delhi and New Delhi Railway Stations will be allowed to ply on the road network beyond Ring Road towards New Delhi District.
Controlled Zone II
(September 10 from 12 AM to 2 PM)
W-Point, A-Point, DDU Marg, Vikas Marg (till Noida Link Road-Pusta Road), Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Delhi Gate, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg (from Rajghat to Guru Nanak Chowk to Turkman Gate), Asaf Ali Road (from Turkman Gate to BSZ Marg), Maharaja Ranjit Singh Marg (from Barakhamba-Tolstoy crossing to Guru Nanak Chowk on Chaman Lal Marg), Mahatma Gandhi Marg (from Delhi-Meerut Expressway T-Point to Kashmere Gate), IP Flyover, Shanti Van Chowk, Hanuman Setu, ISBT Kashmere Gate, and Salimgarh Bypass.
G20 Summit LIVE 2023: Air India offers one-time waiver on tickets
Air India on Tuesday announced that passengers holding confirmed tickets to and from Delhi between September 7 and 11 will be given a one-time waiver of applicable charges, in case if they wish to change their flight or date of travel owing to restrictions imposed in the national capital.
G20 Summit LIVE updates: Cutouts of langurs displayed to prevent monkeys
- Several cutouts have been erected near the venue of the G20 Summit to deter marauding monkeys from munching on floral displays laid out for global leaders.
- Besides, a team of more than 30 “monkey-men” have been deployed to prevent monkey menace.
- The men will mimic the hoots and screams of the aggressive langur monkey to prevent monkey menace.
- Moreover, eight teams equipped with insecticide sprayers are dousing likely mosquito-breeding sites across the G20 venue.
G20 Summit 2023 LIVE: Clean-up drive in Delhi starts
- The beautification drive has almost been completed in the national capital Delhi for the G20 Summit.
- Several long fountains have been re-activated while roadside markings that faded years ago are gleaming with a fresh lick of paint.
- Some 70,000 flower pots have been set out across the city.
- A 28-foot-tall (8.5-metre-tall) of Lord Shiva at the G20 summit venue entrance.
G20 Summit LIVE: How Delhi is preparing for the global summit
-Special forces, bulletproof cars, and men hired to chase away monkeys
-Security operations involve tens of thousands of security personnel, including rooftop snipers and anti-drone technology.
-India’s counter-terrorism “Black Cats” guards have been practising rapid deployments from helicopters, rappelling down ropes onto hotel roofs where presidents will be staying.
-Traffic police have promised “elaborate regulations” with a huge restricted zone slapped across much of the city centre, and bullet-proof limousines will ferry visiting leaders.
-Businesses have been ordered shut and a holiday declared.
G20 Summit LIVE: List of restrictions imposed at New Delhi district
The entire area of New Delhi District will be considered as “Controlled Zone-I” from 5 a.m. on September 8 to 23:59 hours on September 10, the notification stated.
The entire area inside Ring Road (Mahatma Gandhi Marg) will be considered a “Regulated Zone” from 5 a.m. on September 8 to 23:59 hours on September 10.
No TSR and taxi will be allowed to enter or ply in the New Delhi District from 5 am on September 9 to 23:59 hours on September 10.
All types of commercial vehicles including buses that are already present in Delhi shall be allowed to move on Ring Road and road network beyond Ring Road towards the borders of Delhi.
G20 Summit LIVE: Restrictions imposed by Delhi Police
All types of goods vehicles, commercial vehicles, interstate buses and local city buses shall not operate on Mathura Road (beyond Ashram Chowk), Bhairon Road, Purana Quila Road and inside Pragati Maidan Tunnel from 00:00 hours on the intervening night of September 7 and 8 to 23:59 hours on September 10.
Goods vehicles carrying Essential Commodities such as milk, vegetables, fruits, medical supplies and others having valid ‘No Entry Permissions’ will be allowed to enter Delhi.
The entire area of New Delhi District will be considered as “Controlled Zone-I” from 5 AM on September 8 to 23:59 hours (IST) on September 10, the notification stated.
The entire area inside Ring Road (Mahatma Gandhi Marg) will be considered a “Regulated Zone” from 5 AM on September 8 to 23:59 hours on September 10.
Only bonafide residents, authorised vehicles, emergency vehicles and vehicles of passengers travelling to the Airport, Old Delhi and New Delhi Railway Stations will be allowed to ply on the road network of New Delhi District, the notification read.
No TSR and taxi will be allowed to enter or ply in the New Delhi District from 5 am on September 9 to 23:59 hours on September 10.
All types of commercial vehicles including buses that are already present in Delhi shall be allowed to move on Ring Road and road network beyond Ring Road towards the borders of Delhi.
G20 Summit 2023: Delhi Police and RPF heighten security at Railway Station
Ahead of the G20 Summit meeting in the national capital, the Delhi Police Railway unit along with the Railway Police Force (RPF) have increased the patrolling at the New Delhi Railway Station.
G20 Summit 2023 LIVE: Xi, Putin skipping G20 summit not unusual, says Jaishankar
China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin skipping this week’s G20 summit in New Delhi is not unusual and has nothing to do with India, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said.
G20 Summit LIVE updates: EAM Jaishankar’s view on the G20 Summit
– G20 is a collaborative forum. Jaishankar said hat in G20, even countries who differ profoundly on many issues, find something that can bring them together.
-China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin skipping G20 summit in New Delhi is not unusual and has nothing to do with India.
-Jaishankar said that India has a special responsibility in this changing world scenario.
“I see it more for India as a responsibility, that we have the responsibility today in a very difficult world. How do you bring people together? How do you make everybody understand that we all have a bigger responsibility and therefore please, can we kind of get our act together here and do what is right by the world,” he said.
The External Affairs minister said he hoped that the G20 nations would understand their responsibilities to other countries.
G20 summit LIVE: Who is coming to India, and who is not
- US Preasident Joe Biden
- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
- Chinese Premier Li Qiang
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- South Africa’s Presidnet Cyril Ramaphosa
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Fellow G7 members Britain, Canada, Japan and Italy will be represented by their respective premiers Rishi Sunak, Justin Trudeau, Fumio Kishida and Giorgia Meloni.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is coming and Argentina’s Alberto Fernandez is expected, but Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is likely to skip the G20 Summit.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend as an observer, with the heads of the IMF and the World Bank also in attendance.
Other leaders expected to attend include Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.