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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Darjeeling’s Tiger Hill to get new pavilion for tourists to see Mt Kanchenjunga

A new pavilion will be built in Darjeeling’s Tiger Hill for tourists where they can watch the sunrise and Mount Kanchenjunga. This year the highest recorded single-day footfall at Tiger Hill was 2,300 while the average number of tourists visiting daily was 1,500. Despite having one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Darjeeling, Tiger Hill, where tourists need to …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Nuh gears up to host G20 meeting next month

Hindustan Times

Haryana chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Friday conducted a review of the arrangements being made for the fourth meeting of the G20 Sherpa group to be held at Tauru in Nuh from September 3 to 7. Kaushal also said that it was important to highlight the unique characteristics of Gurugram and Nuh districts during the event and ensure that the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Developed world will slow down, emerging markets will grow: Indian G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant

Firstpost

The G20 members represent around 85 per cent of global GDP, over 75 per cent of global trade, and about two-thirds of the world’s population Kumarakom: India will play a lead role during its G20 presidency in redefining and reshaping the world which is facing multiple challenges, Indian Sherpa Amitabh Kant said here on Sunday. Talking about the trend in …

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1 year, 8 months ago

G20 sherpa meeting to discuss growth priorities, challenges

Live Mint

The second G20 sherpa meeting under India's presidency will kick off in Kerala on Thursday where over 120 delegates will discuss development priorities and global challenges over four days, an official statement said. The meeting at Kumarakom in the south Indian state, to be chaired by India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant, will see multilateral discussions on G20’s economic and developmental …

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1 year, 10 months ago

G-20 Sherpa, Amitabh Kant, says U.S. laws on renewable energy ‘protectionist’

The Hindu

The United States’ laws that subsidised domestic green hydrogen production were “against basic principles of free markets,” Amitabh Kant, G-20 Sherpa, said at the World Sustainable Development Summit here on Wednesday, organised by The Energy Resources Institute. By giving a production subsidy of $3 per kg to produce green hydrogen, to bring down the current costs of $7/kg, instead of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Adani crisis shows need for good governance, G-20 sherpa says

Live Mint

The crisis engulfing Gautam Adani’s indebted conglomerate shows the need for good governance and transparency, according to India’s sherpa to the Group of 20 nations. “We should ensure we do projects in a manner where we don’t end up doing anything that leads to over-leveraging.” A stock rout across Adani’s empire has entered a third week, with 6 of the …

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2 years ago

Agriculture, trade, anti-corruption: Discussions on India's G20 priorities conclude on Day 3 of 1st Sherpa meeting

India Today

Substantive conversations on key global issues of inclusive growth, multilateralism, and women-led development, as well as 3Fs, tourism, and culture, were the highlights of the third day of the first Sherpa Meeting of India’s G20 Presidency, being held in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Initiating the discussions, Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa provided an overview of India’s G20 priorities on the above subjects, across …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Dilip Cherian | No room now for laggards in Delhi govt

Deccan Chronicle

Taking its cue from the Centre’s order on premature retirement, the finance department of the Delhi government has ordered all department heads to conduct periodical reviews of account cadre officers, especially those nearing retirement and who have been found to be performing below par. Mr Kant’s new assignment came as a surprise to many, even though no one expected him …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Noida’s Arjun Vajpai to scale Everest for 2nd time; no O2 support this time