US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry also called on all nations to raise their ambition to fight against climate change

The virtual meeting will be the first hosted by Johnson as part of the UK's G7 Presidency this year and the first gathering of G7 leaders since April 2020

The Quad, or the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is an informal grouping of four countries -- Australia, India, Japan and the United States

PM Modi will address the meeting virtually on January 28. The other high-profile leaders who have signed up for the virtual session at 51st WEF includes, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Narendra Singh Tomar, and Smriti Irani

Speaking at the 15th India Digital Summit, Sharma said there is nothing that stops companies from processing data in India itself

Australia and South Korea are the other countries that have been invited to attend the summit as guests

India and Australia can combine complementary skills and expertise to develop new innovations by leveraging Australian expertise with Indian expertise including in data analytics, biotech, and mobile applications

The meeting comes amid a time when China's assertiveness is peaking in both countries

More than 70 world leaders were due to address the one-day virtual gathering aimed at building momentum for much steeper cuts in planet-warming emissions on the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris climate accord

I would think 2021-22 will be very big, good traction year for achieving a really good rate of growth that itself is going to be a launching pad for 4-5 years of growing at a good speed, provided we do enough on the budget and spend on infrastructure, said the Finance Minister

OYO, which saw its revenue fall sharply after the outbreak of COVID-19, is focusing on getting revenue per available room to 60 per cent to 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels across all markets, says founder and group CEO Ritesh Agarwal

The 70-page report states that awareness has been growing in the US - and in nations around the world - that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has triggered a new era of great-power competition

India pulled out of RCEP talks in November last year, but ASEAN leaders said the door remained open for it to join

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, is to be signed virtually on Sunday on the sidelines of the annual summit of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations

The ASEAN is considered one of the most influential groupings in the region, and India and several other countries including the US, China, Japan and Australia are its dialogue partners

The 10 member countries of ASEAN are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia

The ASEAN Summit is expected to focus on measures to recover from the economic turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and ways to further broadbase the strategic ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired the Virtual Global Investor Roundtable (VGIR) 2020, which was attended by the heads of 20 top institutional investors from the US, Europe, Canada, Korea, Japan, Middle East, Australia and Singapore. Addressing prominent institutional investors from around the world, PM Modi assured that India could provide them strong and reliable returns in these times of crisis. Modi listed various reforms undertaken by the government that make the nation a lucrative venture prospect for investors all over the world. Watch the video for more.Also Read: PM Modi invites global investors, says 'India is the place to be'

Virtual Global Investor Roundtable Live: Assuring investors in attendance of strong and reliable returns, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India's growth will have multiplier effect on world's development and welfare

Focus of the roundtable, scheduled to start at 6 PM today, will be around India's economic and investment outlook, structural reforms and the government's vision for the path to a $5 trillion economy