List of Important Summit and Conferences 2022

Theme – Think Global, Collaborate Regional, Accomplish Local

Dhankhar will also represent India at the 17th East Asia Summit during his three-day visit to the Southeast Asian nation.

India is among the first five countries to join the MAC, including Australia, Japan, Spain, and Sri Lanka.

About 15,000 women of various self-help groups participated in this conference.

She made announcement at the Vananam Startup Inclusivity Summit in Bengaluru.

Minister of civil aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia has inaugurated the fourth Heli-India Summit 2022 in Srinagar.

It also commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India on 9th January 1915.

It will be attended by over 100 experts from across India & other countries including the US, Norway & the European Central.

More than 13 thousand farmers from across the country and around one thousand five hundred Agri Startups participated in the conference.

Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla has addressed the National Conference on Tourist Police Scheme in New Delhi.

The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body and meets once a year to take key decisions related to its functioning.

About Italy

·       Capital – Rome

·       Currency – Euro

·       Prime Minister – Mario Draghi

·       President – Sergio Mattarella

The Minister will chair the “India Spotlight: Powering India’s energy industry – new avenues for a sustainable future” panel discussion.

The four-day long summit is a congregation of global and Indian dairy stakeholders including industry leaders, experts, farmers and policy planners centring around the theme of ‘Dairy for Nutrition and Livelihood’.

He will also participate in the joint convening of Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM13) and Mission Innovation (MI-7) from 21st to 23rd September 2022 in Pennsylvania, US.

About Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 

·       Founded – 2001

·       Headquarters – Beijing, China

·       Secretary General – Zhang Ming (China)

·       Member Countries – 9 (Iran, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan)

Objective – To create a roadmap to showcase the unexplored beauty of North East India & boost the tourism Sector in North Eastern Region.

The first-ever meet of DLSAs is being organized by National Legal Services Authority.

There is a total of 676 DLSAs in the country & in the meeting, they will discuss the ways to bring homogeneity and synchronization across DLSAs.

Objective – To mark the Chabahar Link to International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) Connecting Central Asian Markets.

Objective – ‘To ensure a safe and secure nation by strengthening all aspects of the national security mechanism.’

The Conference is being attended by 600 officers from across the country, physically and virtually.

The two-day conference is being organized by the Union Ministry of Labour & Employment at TirupAati, Andhra Pradesh.

Accordingly, the 44th session of the National Labour Conference has been named Vision Shramev Jayate @2047.

•             It is being chaired by National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt General Rajesh Pant.

Also, discussed about the 1,000 MW Pakal Dul under Article IX of the Indus Waters Treaty, 48 MW Lower Kalnai and 624 MW Kiru project hydropower projects being built by India on the west-flowing rivers.

This meeting will be attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan with other UT and State ministers.

This meeting will focus on the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 with digital projects like National Digital Education Architecture and the National Educational Technology Forum, among others.

It will be the first meeting hosted by India in New Delhi and will be accompanied by 12th Edition of Delhi Dialogue.

It will be attended by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and ASEAN’s Ministers. S Jaishankar and his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan will co-chair the meeting.

Summit of the Americas 2022 was skipped by the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, also boycotted the summit. Similarly, the President of Bolivia, President of Guatemala, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent did not attend the summit.

The Conference will be co-hosted by Kazakhstan and chaired by Mr Timur Suleimenov, Deputy Chief of Staff of Kazakhstan’s President.

Indian delegation will be led by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. India is a founding member of the WTO since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 8 July 1948.

Three themes have been identified for detailed deliberations in the conference: implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), urban governance, and crop diversification and achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds, pulses and other agri-commodities. 

The two-day conference is being jointly organized by the House of Representatives and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Nagaland’s first woman elected as Member of Parliament to Rajya Sabha, S. Phangon Konyak is representing India at the Conference.

The meeting has co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen.

It will review the entire meeting of bilateral relations, including cooperation in the wake of Covid19, border security, trade and investment, connectivity, energy, water resources, development partnership and regional-multilateral issues.

Theme: Foster High Quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development.

The government also formed an advisory committee for Semicon India to drive Rs 72,000-crore project.

Theme: ‘Catalyzing India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem’.

This summit was organized as a part of the 14th Convention of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW).

The government of India had formulated a new Scheme titled ‘Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs)’ which was formally launched by the Prime Minister of India on 29.02.2020 at Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh) with a budgetary provision of Rs. 6865 crores.

COP 15 took place in Abidjan, a city in Cote d’Ivoire. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav represented India at COP 15 summit.

Drought, land restoration, land rights, gender equality, and youth empowerment are the focus areas of COP 15.

Theme of COP 15: Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity.

Theme of the summit: Preventing Pandemic Fatigue and Prioritizing Preparedness.

The event was organized by the Indo-German Energy Forum (IGEF). Intersolar Europe 2022, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry, took place from 11th May to 13th May 2022. 

The Security Advisers of the National Security Councils of India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan participated in the meeting.

India has taken the chairmanship of the Council of Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of SCO last year for a period of one year.

Due to ongoing pandemic, this Annual Meeting of NDB which was hosted and chaired by India this year was organized in virtual mode.

Theme 2022: “NDB: Optimising Development Impact”.

The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting was hosted by China on 19^th May 2022 via video conference. Since, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, this is the first meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers.

This meeting was hosted by Wang Yi, China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister.

In January 2022, the BRICS Chairmanship was handed over to China by India.

Theme of BRICS 2022: ‘Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership Usher in a New Era for Global Development’

It was held between 20th and 22nd May 2022 jointly with the Science, Technology, and Climate Change Department and the Department of Education, Government of Assam at the IIT Guwahati campus.

The inauguration of the conclave was followed by the signing of a MoU between IIT Guwahati and the Government of Assam to establish ‘The Assam Advanced Health Innovation Institute (AAHII).

The annual meet of the WEF, a Geneva-based international organisation working towards an array of global issues, will take place in a physical form for the first time since January 2020.

Theme: “Working Together, Restoring Trust”

Minister of Health Mansukh Mandaviya addressed at the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva. He emphasized the need of creating a robust global supply chain to provide fair access to vaccines and medicines.

Theme of this year’s health assembly: “Health for peace, peace for health”.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Japan PM Fumio Kishida, and newly-elected Australian PM Antony Albanese participated in the Summit. This is the second in-person Quad Summit.

QUAD Fellowship was launched at the Summit. It is a first-of-its-kind scholarship program that aims to promote people-to-people linkages between the four members of Quad.

The Ministers approved the BRICS Action Plan 2022-2026, which aims to expand cultural cooperation and execute the 2015 BRICS Cultural Cooperation Agreement.

The focus of the IBMS expo 2022 was the requirements for MSME in the marine and boating sector.

The NTCA has released a Forest Fire Audit Protocol for Tiger Reserves, which will assist tiger reserve managers in assessing their fire preparation and managing forest fires throughout their whole life cycle.

The two-day talks took place in a nice, warm, and courteous setting in Paris. The 20th edition of Joint Talks between India and France ended with the goal of actively enhancing defence cooperation.

He also launched the event website www. iiicc2022. in, logo and mascot named ‘Captain Cruzo’. The iconic sea-cruise terminal coming up at BPX Indira Dock Mumbai International Cruise Terminal is expected to be commissioned by 2024.

The summit witnessed Letter of Intents (LoIs) worth more than Rs 9000 crore. The summit was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The event witnessed participation of industry leaders, academicians, and scholars to promote traditional medicines, and systems. Ministry of Ayush has received LoI from 28 companies to invest Rs. 6000 crores

2022 marks the 25th year of the establishment of BIMSTEC. At the conclusion of the Summit, Thailand took over as chair nation of BIMSTEC.

Theme of 5th BIMSTEC Summit: “Towards a Resilient Region, Prosperous Economies, Healthy People”. 

India will assume the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022 from Indonesia, and will convene the G20 Leaders Summit for the first time in India in 2023.

According to the Defence Ministry, the India-US military cooperation group was established to advance defence collaboration between the two nations through regular meetings at the strategic and operational levels between the Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff and the US Indo-Pacific Command.

The India-US MCG is a forum set up to advance defence cooperation between the two nations by frequent strategic and operational consultations involving Headquarters, the Integrated Defence Staff, and the US Indo-Pacific Command.

UNEA-5.2 was followed by a Special Session of the UNEA, UNEP@50, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the creation of UNEP in 1972. It was also held online and in person in Nairobi on March 3-4, 2022 under the overall theme of ‘Strengthening UNEP for the implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’.

Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution titled ‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards an internationally legally binding instrument’ to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. Special Session UNEP@50 was attended by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.

The MWC-22 focused on increasing the global connectivity of the 5G network and economic recovery.

Global Mobile Economy Report expects 5G connections globally to reach 1 billion in 2022 by 5G adoption. Increase in the 5G network connection will increase the global GDP by 5% up to $5 trillion in 2025.

Global telecom industry to invest $600 billion till 2025 in the global mobile industry’s capital expenditure (CAPEX) and 85% of it will be spent on 5G.

This comes as the first-of-its-kind confluence, particularly after the incentives announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the budget. The theme of the summit is ‘The New India Inc.’

The German Minister of Agriculture and Food, Cem Özdemir, said that the meeting would also focus on how to stabilize food markets. Germany holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven most-advanced economies this year.

It is a joint endeavour of Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and Science Academies of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. They are held quadrennial under the International Union of Geological Congress (IUGS).

Theme: Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable Future

The summit reviewed the multi-faceted relationship between the two countries and exchanged views on regional and global developments. The first virtual summit held on 4th of June in 2020.

The focus areas would be on drug and alcohol abuse in society, stress among students and growing incidence of suicides, depression and anxiety, old-age problems and dementia. The national conference, being hosted jointly by IPS, A.P. State branch, Government Hospital Mental Care and Visakha Psychiatric Society, will be inaugurated by Justice P. Laxmana Reddy, Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh.

The theme is chosen for ANCIPS 2022: ‘Bridging minds … Connecting generations’

The JMCC is the highest forum of engagement between India and Oman in the field of defence. It evaluates and provides guidance to the overall framework of defence exchanges between the two sides. 

The summit was inaugurated by Union Minister for Railways, Communications, and Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw in the presence of NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar.

PM Narendra Modi has delivered the inaugural address at the summit virtually. Environment ministers from nearly a dozen countries took part in the event which had delegates from ~131 countries.

Theme of the event: ‘Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future’.

The conference has been organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) and the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), in association with the State Government of Telangana.

The theme of the two-day Conference is ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic World’.

Currently, there are 51 Tiger Reserves in India and more than 35 rivers originate from those areas which are crucial for water security.

The environment minister launched an action plan for the reintroduction, protection and conservation of 7 major big cats in India including the cheetah, which has become extinct in independent India. Under the action plan, 50 of these big cats will be introduced in the next 5 years in various parks.

He announced that 14 Tiger reserves across India have received accreditation of the global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS). He underlined the need to meetings of NTCA in the first week of April, August & December every year.

The two-day virtual event was organised on January 11 and 12, 2022 by the Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) with the theme “Supercharging Startups”.

During the event, the Minister unveiled ‘LEAP’ (Leverage, Encourage, Access & Promote) as the way forward to further strengthen our Startups ecosystem.

WEF Davos Agenda event held in virtual mode, amid the covid-19 pandemic, from January 17 to 21. WEF virtual meeting was aligned with the objective of “orienting global leaders on the imperatives of the year ahead”.

China has taken on the rotating chairmanship of BRICS in 2022. BRICS is a grouping of five major emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

India’s BRICS Sherpa: Sanjay Bhattacharyya

During the meeting, India handed over the chairmanship to China for 2022.

Theme for BRICS 2022: “Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership Usher in a New Era for Global Development”.

Sanjeev Kumar Varshney, Advisor and Head International Cooperation, Department of Science and Technology led the Indian delegation in 15th meeting of BRICS STI Steering Committee.

Out of 25 events that is to be conducted in 2022 by China, India will host five. The Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is the main executing agency for the BRICS Startups Forum and creation of innovation Knowledge Hub.

India will host the following 5 events in the year 2022:

• BRICS Startups Forum meeting
• Working Groups meetings on Energy, Biotechnology & Biomedicine
• ICT & High-Performance Computing
• Launching of BRICS innovation Launchpad as a microsite (Knowledge Hub)
• STIEP (Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Partnership) Working Group Meeting.

This summit, also the first engagement of its kind between both sides at the level of leaders, coincided with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between them.

It highlights India’s growing cooperation with Central Asian countries as a part of its ‘Extended Neighbourhood’.

The leaders reiterated their support for a peaceful, secure and stable Afghanistan. They also agreed to set up Joint Working Groups (JWG) at senior official level on Afghanistan.

Summit concluded with the adoption of Rome Declaration by G20 Leaders.

Theme: People, Planet, and Prosperity

The event was organized by the World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) in association with the India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF). The event saw a panel discussion on expanding job opportunities for women in India’s Clean Energy Transition’.

The event is being hosted by International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) in collaboration with GIFT City and Bloomberg in virtual mode.

Partner countries: Indonesia, South Africa and UK

hosted by Cambodia

ASEM grouping have 51 member countries, European Union and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Host: Cambodia as ASEM Chair.

Theme: Strengthening Multilateralism for Shared Growth

All the member states have adopted the BRICS innovation Action Plan 2021-24, BRICS STI Declaration 2021 and Calendar of BRICS STI Activities 2022 which will act as a roadmap for cooperation.

Theme of the Discussion: ‘Cutting the cost: can affordable access accelerate digital transformation?’

The theme of the Annual Meeting of AIIB was “Investing Today and Transforming Tomorrow”.

PM has welcomed Cambodia as the new chair of ASEAN (2022) and Singapore as the ASEAN country co-ordinator (for India) for dialogue relations (2021 – 2024).

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20 in 2023 (18th edition). A sherpa is a diplomat who undertakes preparatory work prior to a summit conference.

Director of CSIR, National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Ashish Lele has underlined the importance of the conference for the future mitigation strategies of climate change.

The Summit was participated by all other BRICS Leaders namely, President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, President of Russia Vladimir Putin President of China Xi Jinping and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa.

India has chosen the theme of the Summit as “BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus”.

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton from the Australian side will meet with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The Indian delegation was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who participated in the meeting via video-link and at Dushanbe, India was represented by External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar.

He also attended his first in-person Quad summit, hosted by Joe Biden.

Theme for General Debate for year 2021 is “Building Resilience through hope to recover from Covid-19, rebuild sustainably, respond to the needs of the planet, respect the rights of people, and revitalise the United Nations”.

Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Devesh Uttam led the Indian delegation while the UK delegation was led by Jennifer Anderson. Both sides discussed the ways to strengthen people-to-people contacts as part of the India-UK 2030 roadmap.

The two-day meeting was hosted by Italy on July 29 and 30 July 2021, during their ongoing Presidency of G20 in 2021.

The ARF Ministers adopted a Joint Statement on Promoting the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda. India engages actively in ARF activities and initiatives on Maritime Security; Counter-Terrorism; Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs); Disaster Relief etc.

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Recently, New Zealand chaired an extraordinary meeting ahead of a formal meeting in November. US President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and other world leaders met virtually. They discussed on collective actions to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic impacts.

The Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan also addressed the summit. The Summit was organized by O.P. Jindal Global University, located at Sonipat, Haryana.

The theme of the summit was “Universities of the Future: Building Institutional Resilience, Social Responsibility and Community Impact”.

The 2021 G20, under the Italian Presidency, will focus on three broad, interconnected pillars of action: People, Planet, Prosperity.

The G20 aims to take the lead in ensuring a swift international response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa of the BRICS group will deliberate on the ways to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, global and regional issues of concern, sustainable development, and terrorism, mentioned a press release from External Affairs Ministry.

Earlier, the Finance Ministers from the G7 nations reached a landmark accord setting a Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate (GMCTR). Apart from India, Australia and South Korea were also invited to participate in the proceedings of the summit as “guest countries”.

Summit Theme 2021: “Building Back Better”.

PM Modi was invited as a Guest of Honour to deliver the keynote address at VivaTech 2021, which has been organised from 16-19 June 2021 in Paris. During his address, PM Modi invited the world to invest in India based on the five pillars: Talent, Market, Capital, Eco-system and, Culture of openness.

The PM Modi is to participate in the meet along with other Government heads of the members of the European Union. The leaders are to exchange views on COVID-19 and also will foster sustainable and inclusive growth.

Summit noted, risk of more transmissible variants has increased with nine people losing their lives to Covid-19 per minute.

According to Dr Harsh Vardhan, executive board has asked for further efforts which can ensure fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX Facility. Director-General of World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros, also participated in the event.

As 2021 BRICS Chair, India’s approach is focused on strengthening intra-BRICS cooperation based on Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus.

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The items on the agenda included World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund Support for Debt Relief Under the Common Framework and Beyond COVID-19 pandemic.

It is an annual Geo-political event. It is named after Raisina Hill where the seat of Government of India is located. It is a conference on geoeconomics and Geopolitics. It was structured on the lines of Shangri-La-Dialogue. It was held for the first time in 2016.

Theme: viral World: Outbreaks, Outliers and Out of Control

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The two-day conference has been organized virtually on 22-23 April 2021, which coincides with the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Paris Agreement on climate change for signature.

The theme of the summit: Our Collective Sprint to 2030.

So far, India has this mechanism with only three countries, United States, Japan, and Australia. But what is significant is Russia is the first non-Quad member country with which New Delhi will now have this mechanism.

The four countries plan to establish a series of working groups that will focus on climate change; critical and emerging technologies, including working to set technology standards and norms and jointly developing some of the critical technologies of the future.

He noted that, “Health for All” is a top priority for current Government and to institutionalize the approach towards this goal, government has launched the “National Health Policy” in 2017.

The broad theme of the conclave was ‘Enhanced Peace, Security and Cooperation in the Indian Ocean’.

The three-day event focused on India’s indigenous defence sector capabilities.

Its theme was: ‘A Runway to a Billion Opportunities’.

This Dialogue was organised in line with the commitment made at the 15th India-EU Leader’s Summit held in July 2020.

The World sustainable development summit will be organised under the theme– ‘Redefining Our Common Future: Safe and Secure Environment for All’.

The focal theme is ‘Gender in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Business: The Mediating Role of Empowerment’, seeking to throw light on the critical linkages between entrepreneurship, economic growth and poverty reduction.

India hosted a Secretary-level virtual meeting on COVID-19 management with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries.

SAARC nations, including Pakistan, participated in the workshop. Modi called for making a regional air ambulance agreement among neighbouring countries for “medical contingencies”.

The Maritime India Summit is being organised with the objective of pushing India to the forefront of the Global Maritime Sector. Recently, the Mumbai Port Trust signed MoUs worth ₹7,400 crores. As a part of this summit, ₹20,000 crore worth MoUs will be signed.

Opening session of the summit will mark the ministerial-level participation. The participants will be joining from Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Armenia.

The theme of India Pharma 2021: ‘Indian Pharma Industry: “Future is Now”.

The theme of India Medical Device 2021: “India MedTech Future: Innovate & Make in India through Global Alliance”.

The focal theme of EDUCON-2020 is Envisioning Education for Transforming Youth to Restore Global Peace.

During the 5th meeting, the AEF reviewed the progress of ongoing projects in the North Eastern Region of India in various areas including connectivity, hydropower, sustainable development, harnessing of water resources, and skill development.

The theme of the Davos Agenda Summit, 2021 is “Stakeholders for a cohesive and sustainable world”.

The theme of the Summit was “Let’s act together for nature!”.

The Summit has been organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under M/o Commerce & Industry.

Theme- “Promoting a Shared Destiny and Path to Prosperity in the Indian Ocean”.

IISF 2020 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi led the Indian delegation.

The Summit was chaired by the Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc because Vietnam is ASEAN Chair in 2020 (ASEAN holds the central role and leadership in the forum). All the 18 EAS countries participated in the virtual Summit.

The Summit under Saudi Presidency centered on the theme “Realizing Opportunities of 21st Century for All”.

Aims: Promoting passion for science among young people and students by bringing science outside the laboratories, IISF 2020 must also reflect on the role of Indian scientists and science and Technology innovations for not just an ”Aatmanirbhar Bharat”, but also for global welfare.

The meeting was attended by the Trade Ministers of all the 10 ASEAN countries—Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Making interventions during the meeting, he called upon G-20 to play a leadership role in crafting a pathway to recover from COVID19. India stands ready to engage constructively with all G-20 Members to push an agenda that is inclusive and development oriented.

Shri Goyal announced that India is not in a position to accept the concept of Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, chaired the meeting. Jaishankar represented India.

The discussions centred on strengthening international cooperation across borders in the wake of COVID-19 crisis.

Discussion: To explore options of hosting Digital Online Exhibition. To extend full cooperation of content sharing website under BRICS alliance.

The objective of the summit is to showcase the Ayurveda immunity model to the global level as a solution named ‘Health as One’ and ‘Immunity through Ayurveda’.

Saudi Arabia bestowed with the Presidency of G20 grouping hosted the session.

The summit will increase the momentum ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021.

Theme: Parliamentary leadership for more effective multilateralism that delivers peace and sustainable development for the people and the planet

The Director-General of the Department of Information, and spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cherdkiat Atthakor, accompanied by the Deputy Director-General of the ASEAN Affairs Department, Usana Peeranon, announced that the 36th ASEAN Summit, being hosted by Vietnam from June 22 to 26, 2020, will take place via teleconference in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Azerbaijan is the president of the NAM till 2022 and the summit is convened by its president Ilham Aliyev.

The conference is being held under the chairmanship of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The theme of the meeting was- Delivering a co-ordinated Commonwealth COVID-19 response.

This year’s assembly, the 73rd WHA.

The theme for the five-day event is Ayurveda Medical Tourism: Actualizing India’s credibility.

The decision was taken at the meeting of the IOC Conference of ministers in Seychelles on 7^th March making India the fifth observer. The other four observers China, Malta, European Union and International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF).

This was informed by BIMSTEC Secretary General Mohammad Shahidu Islam during his meeting with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa last evening.

The main objective of the National Conference was to discuss and deliberate on the following 2 (two) themes:

Cyber Stalking and Bullying of Women : Steps for Protection

Challenges faced by CAPF Women in Operational Areas

The biennial event being organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) along with Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India will be on till March 15 at the Begumpet airport in Hyderabad.

PM Modi is expected to perform yoga asanas based on the Common Yoga Protocol.

The Singapore government has invited Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the World Cities Summit – 2020 (WCS).

Theme of the event is “India Pharma: Meeting Challenges of Affordable and Quality Healthcare and India Medical Device: Promoting Affordable responsible and Quality Medical Device for Universal Health Care”

Addressing press conference, he said that this is the 2nd COP that India is hosting which will focused around Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.

Theme: “Investing in sustainable food systems to end hunger by 2030″.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Chief Justice Sharad Bobde will also be present on the occasion. Chief Justice Robert Reed of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will deliver a keynote address at the conference. Chief Justice of Australia will also be present.

Saudi G20 presidency under the theme of “Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All.”

The summit will be a global meeting of minds to exchange ideas and charter a course to use AI for social empowerment, inclusion and transformation in key areas like healthcare, agriculture, education and smart mobility, among other sectors.

The theme for this year’s summit is “Rethinking Global Consumption, Production, and Investment.”

The main theme of the conference is ‘ROLE OF LEGISLATORS’ and during the Plenary Sessions spread over two days, delegates will discuss the Capacity Building of Legislators for Scrutinizing Budgetary Proposals and Enhancing Focus of Legislators on Legislative Business.

This year’s programme focuses on achieving maximum impact on the Forum’s platform for public-private cooperation across six core areas of activity: ecology, economy, society, industry, technology, and geopolitics.

The festival is one of the biggest film events in Bangladesh. It is the only international film festival for children and young adults of the country.

Theme: ‘Towards 2030 Goals: Making the Decade Count’, laying focus on the global efforts being made to meet our 2030 targets.

Summit will be addressing the broad themes of- circular economy, water, energy, industry transitions, and e-mobility.

The 6th Indian Ocean Dialogue takes place on December 13, and the theme is “Indo-Pacific: Re-imagining the Indian Ocean through an Expanded Geography”.

Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Mansukh Mandaviya as well as three Chief Ministers — Amarinder Singh, Kamal Nath and B.S. Yeddyurappa — will join over 100 Indian CEOs in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos

With this, the total membership of the International Solar Alliance has risen to 83.

Speaking while co-chairing the 16th ASEAN-India Summit with Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, PM Modi said the Line of Credit of 1 billion dollar extended by India would be beneficial in ensuring physical and digital connectivity.

Aims: Engage world leaders in collaborative activities to shape the global, regional, and industry agendas at the beginning of each year. The development of the meetings’ programme is driven by WEF’s mission –- improving the state of the world.

India will host the No Money For Terror conference to be held in 2020.

Under the theme of “Promoting a Shared Destiny and Path to Prosperity in the Indian Ocean”.

“The Regional Plan-2041 would be a plan of our dreams and aspiration set in a practical context and that it must be published before mid-2021.

As per a report by the United Nations, Delhi is slated to become the world’s largest metropolis overtaking Tokyo by 2028.

The SCO is a China-led eight-member economic and security bloc in which India and Pakistan were admitted as full members in 2017. Its founding members included China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The theme of the BRICS summit this year is “Economic Growth for an Innovative Future” and it will be held in the capital city Brasilia.

The SCO is a China-led eight-member economic and security bloc in which India and Pakistan were admitted as full members in 2017. Its founding members included China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Huge business delegations from all the BRICS countries are participating in the Business forum. During the summit, the leaders will discuss intra group cooperation for the economic development of BRICS societies. Economic growth and innovative future for BRICS economies is the theme for this year’s Summit.

He deliberated on the global economic climate with his counterparts from other member nations.

Jaishankar concluded the two-day event with a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi.

Purpose: Students in understanding the important and fundamental aspects of parliamentary democracy and enable them to connect with like-minded peers. The students will get the opportunity to experience the ‘real-life’ assembly/parliamentary functioning. The overall purpose of this event is to enlighten to the youth the importance of good governance for the growth of a nation and the world.

Speaking at the event Prahlad Patel asserted that BRICS for India is a valuable forum for consultation, coordination and cooperation on contemporary global issues of mutual interest.

The G20 is made up of 19 countries and the EU. The 19 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the US.

The International Council comprises of global statesmen like former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, former Australian PM John Howard, former US Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of Defence Robert Gates as well as leading figures from the world of business and finance like Jamie Dimon (JP Morgan Chase), Ratan Tata (Tata Group) and leading representatives from global companies like Nestle, Alibaba, Alfa, Iberdola, Kraft Heinz etc.

India, Prime Minister discussed his vision for making India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024.

The 18th Summit Conference of the NAM will be hosted in October 2019 by H.E. Mr. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu will lead the Indian delegation at 18th NAM Summit.

7^th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019