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UltraTech’s subsidiary to sell the whole stake in Chinese cement firm for $129 million

UltraTech
  • Krishna Holdings, a subsidiary of UltraTech Nathdwara Cement, will trade its entire 92.5 percent stake in China’s Shandong Binani Rongan Cement for around $129 million. UltraTech Nathdwara Cement is a subsidiary of the UltraTech Cement.

India-European Union virtual bilateral summit on July 15

india european union
  • India and the European Union (EU) will hold their 15th bilateral Summit on July 15 via video conference.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will represent India while the EU will be represented by President of the European Council Charles Michel, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
  • Summit will review India-EU cooperation covering political & security relations, trade & investment and economic cooperation.

New Delhi holds India-Indonesia Defence Ministers’ Dialogue

India-Indonesia
  • Defence Ministers’ Dialogue of India and Indonesia was held in New Delhi where they agreed to further improve bilateral defence cooperation mutually.
  • The Indian delegation was led by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh while the Indonesian delegation was led by Defence Minister General Prabowo Subianto.

BRICS conducted its 6th Environment Ministers’ Meeting virtually

BRICS
  • BRICS conducted its 6th Environment Ministers’ Meeting through Video Conferencing in which our Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar represented India and elaborated about the efforts made by India in areas relating to sustainable urban management, tackling marine litter, air pollution and the cleaning of rivers.

6th Round Table of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT) held

ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks
  • A two day, 6th Round Table of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT) held virtually. It was organized by The Ministry of External Affairs in partnership with the Foreign Ministry of Thailand.
  • Theme: ‘ASEAN-India: Strengthening Partnership in the Post COVID Era’

14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue

14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue
  • India and Singapore conducted the fourteenth Defence Policy Dialogue via video conferencing. The conference was Co-chaired by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar Permanent Secretary (Defence), and his Singaporean counterpart Mr Chan Heng Kee.

8th East Asia Summit was held virtually on 28 August 2020

8th East Asia Summit
  • The 8th East Asia Summit (Economic Ministers’ Meeting) was held virtually on 28 August 2020 which was attended by the Economic ministers from the 10 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) members and eight other nations.
  • The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal represented India in the Summit.
  • Objective: to strengthen the regional supply chains, become resilient during this challenging time of Covid-19 pandemic.

Saudi Arabia will host G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting

G20
  • Saudi Arabia will host the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting virtually. India proposed the setting up of voluntary ‘G20 Principles on Coordinated Cross-Border Movement of People’. India will be represented by the External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar.

10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting

10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting
  • The 10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting was held via video conference and was attended by the Foreign Ministers of the East Asia Summit (EAS) participating countries. It was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Pham Bin Minh. The Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on September 9, 2020, attended the event.

SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting

SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting
  • Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar is currently attending the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) in Moscow, Russia.
  • This is the third Council of Foreign Ministers meeting that India will be attending as a full member of SCO. While the first meeting was in Beijing in April 2018, the second was in Bishkek in May 2019.

G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers

G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers
  • On September 10, 2020 the Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar addressed the virtual meeting of G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers.

27th ASEAN regional forum held

27th ASEAN regional forum
  • The 27th ASEAN regional forum held recently and the Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan represented India. He stated that India will co-chair ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) workshops on port security and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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