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Modi uses ‘Bharat’ for G20 nameplate, not India, amid name-change row

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NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s placard at the opening of the G20 summit on Saturday referred to India as “Bharat”, raising speculation of a change of name for the South Asian nation. India is also called Bharat, Bharata, Hindustan – its pre-colonial names – in Indian languages and these are used interchangeably by the public and officially. While the country has traditionally stuck to using India in titles such as president or prime minister while communicating in English, President Droupadi Murmu earlier this week referred to herself as the “President of Bharat” in a dinner

G20 leaders to begin two-day summit overshadowed by divisions over Ukraine

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NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s 20 most powerful nations begin an annual summit on Saturday in India’s capital New Delhi, deeply divided over the war in Ukraine but in broad agreement on issues such as cryptocurrencies and reforms in multilateral development banks. U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders of the Group of 20 nations will gather for the two-day summit at a new, $300 million conch-shaped convention centre called Bharat Mandapam, opposite a 16th-century stone fort. Businesses, shops, offices and schools have been closed in Delhi, a city of 20 million, and traffic restricted

Georgia grand jury recommended charging three U.S. senators, others

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Georgia grand jury recommended charging against three Republican U.S. senators and other allies of Donald Trump

Sept 8 (Reuters) – A Georgia grand jury recommended criminal charges against three Republican U.S. senators and other allies of Donald Trump as part of its investigation into efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 presidential defeat, according to a report released on Friday. None were ultimately charged when Georgia prosecutors filed a sweeping criminal case against Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators. The special grand jury recommended charging Georgia’s two senators at the time, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, as well as Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the report showed. Trump’s Inner Circle The panel also recommended charges against Trump’s former

As Biden, Modi, Yellen meet before G20, press may be barred

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A security force personnel stands guard next to a hoarding decorated with flowers on a pavement ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023

NEW DELHI, Sept 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden was headed into a closed-door meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shortly after arriving in New Delhi to participate in a G20 summit over the weekend. Biden and Modi last met face-to-face in June when the Indian prime minister was the guest of a White House state visit. The two leaders are expected to discuss progress on a number of agreements reached in June, including a deal to allow General Electric (GE.N) to produce jet engines in India to power Indian military aircraft. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet

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