Prime minister Modi arrived in Papua New Guinea on the second leg of a crucial three nation tour aimed at shoring up India's outreach to Pacific island countries. Papua New Guinean prime minister touches Prime Minister Modi's Feet on his arrival The Delhi chief minister calls on opposition leaders over the ordinance. Row. The Bihar chief minister meets with a vow support to the A A chief in the Raja, the Delhi chief minister. Now to be next a big clarification from the State Bank of India on the exchange of the ₹2000 notes. No forms to be filled out or rather hard cards to be submitted in order to exchange. He's now banned notes and the 70 year old Chaka minister goes skydiving in Australia calls it an exhilarating, extraordinary adventure. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a ceremonial welcome in Papua New Guinea, a visit aimed at shoring up India's outreach to Pacific island countries with an eye on countering India's growing footprint in the Pacific. On the 22nd of May, Prime Minister Modi in the Papua New Guinean new Prime Minister James Mora will host the third summit of the Forum for India Pacific Islands Cooperation, a grouping of India and 14 Pacific island countries. The summit, which is being held eight years after India hosted the last one in 2015, is aimed at giving fresh momentum to New Delhi's bid to establish a presence in the Pacific island countries. Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Mope touching Prime Minister Modi's feet as he landed in the island country on the second leg of his three nation tour. This was followed by a hug between the two counterparts. The image of one prime minister showing this kind of respect to his elder counterpart by embracing the visitors tradition is a rare one in the world of diplomacy, also a resounding affirmation of Prime Minister Modi's personal popularity and India's heft. Papua New Guinea doesn't usually give ceremonial welcomes to any leaders visiting the country after sunset. An exception was made for India's prime minister. The image will certainly cause severe heartburns in Beijing as China has been investing in the area considerably has also been invited by the Chinese to visit Beijing for a state visit Amid growing Chinese influence in the South Pacific. Prime Minister Modi will be discussing defence and security ties with prime minister. Papua New Guinea is the most populated as well as a resource rich country. Compared to other Pacific island countries. The country has rich reserves of gold and copper ores. James Mora has been the country's prime minister since 2019. Prime Minister Modi and Pier Marae are jointly hosting the third Forum for India Pacific Islands Cooperation summit, which will be attended by 14 Pacific island nations. The Pacific Islands Cooperation summit includes Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, the Republic of Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Nue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The forum was started by Prime Minister Modi during his visit to Fiji, another Pacific island country, in 2014. Prime Minister Modi is the first Indian prime minister to visit Papua New Guinea. Mukherjee visited in 2016 as president. Close to 3000 Indians live in Papua New Guinea, so the first visit by an Indian prime minister to the largest of the Pacific island nations comes as New Delhi's hostilities with Beijing have prompted it to work more closely with countries such as the United States, Japan and Australia and the Indo Pacific region. The prime minister has just come out of a packed weekend which included a quad summit and a G seven summit in Japan and yesterday at the Quad Summit. We also saw special Bonomi play out between the leaders in attendance between US President Joe Biden and PM. Modi was on full display during the court leaders meet in Japan. When Biden told PM Modi that his popularity is causing him a real problem, the president of the United States himself walked up to PM Modi and greeted him with a warm hug. He then told him that he's been facing a real challenge with the deluge of requests from prominent citizens to attend programmes that will be held by PM Modi in the USA in June. The Biden government will throw a state dinner in honour of the PM during the June visit. President Biden added that although all tickets to PM Modi's event in Washington are sold out, he is still getting thousands of calls from N. R. S who want to attend the function. In fact, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who too was present at the meet, had the same complaint with the Indian prime minister, who said that although there is a capacity of 20,000 for his community reception in Sydney, he is still not being able to accommodate the requests he's getting. Modi is to address Indian diaspora at a community meeting in Sydney on Tuesday and will also interact with top Australian CEO s and businessmen. After listening to this exchange, President Biden said to PM Modi that he'd like to take his autograph. Narendra Modi's popularity has already been established by the huge mandate that his party had won in the 2014 and 2019 general elections, but now it seems that he is now as popular globally as he is in India and now back home. The finishing touches are being put in place for the third G 20 Tourism working Group meeting to be held on the 22nd to the 24th in Srinagar amid heightened security in the region. Now this is the first major international event in Jam Kumi since its special status was scrapped in 2019. It was bifurcated into two union territories. Now, around 60 delegates from G 20 countries are expected to attend this meeting in Srinagar. Earlier it was expected that over 100 delegates would attend. But the participation of member countries of the world's most powerful club is really seen as an endorsement of India's stand. But as of now, China has opposed the holding of a G 20 meeting in Kashmir, while Turkey and Saudi Arabia have not registered for the event to be held in Srinagar. Workers giving finishing touches to beautification of jam riverfront Part of glittering face lift of Rina City ahead of the G 20 working group meeting on tourism in Kashmir, officials say meeting is recording the highest participation of delegates from G 20 countries I can see is we are very, very happy with the turnout. We've got an excellent turnout of foreign delegates and they will be complimented, you know, by a pool of experts in the tourism sector. So I think all in all, I don't know if tourism would agree. But I think we have, uh the meetings of I mean absolutely unique meeting in terms of representation, participation and productivity emerging out of this meeting. Sagar is under a thick security blanket. Kashmir International Convention Centre, the venue for the meeting, is surrounded by Marine commandos and National Security Guards Security Agency has input that terrorists may try to carry out an attack to disrupt the event as part of precautionary measures. All the G 20 meetings will be held at S IC C in Srinagar. A meeting scheduled in Gulmarg has been cancelled. Officials say guar venue has been skipped due to logistical reasons massive attendance from representatives of the travel and trade industry from certain countries. We are seeing very good attendance by representatives from the other countries and the excellent response also from the international organisations and the invite countries. China has stayed away from the meeting in Kashmir. Purkey and Saudi Arabia have not registered for the meeting, though some countries like China they are not attending. China has in fact said that they have tried to break up Kashmir's court and dispute it standard and say there are no such event should be held. But India has actually any such assertions that India says Kashmir is an integral part of the country, so in a sense there is a you know, a large number of delegates are coming so off shelves here at a press conference saying the highest number of delegates in any there have been so far 118. You know G 20 working group meetings across the country and the highest number of delegates are attending Schrier event from tomorrow and the highest number of delegates for this event are actually coming from Singapore. And the State Bank of India on Sunday clarified that the ₹200 denomination notes can be exchanged at banks without having to fill any forms without having to obtain any requisition slips or the need to submit any identity proof at the time of the exchange of notes. Now, the bank statement or clarify comes amid rumours and misinformation being circulated on social media that says Tender will have to submit forms along with identity documents, such as other cards when they go to banks. The RBI on Friday withdrew the ₹2000 note from circulation. It asked anyone who has these notes to deposit them into their accounts or exchange them at banks they have till the 30th of September. To do this, the central bank has asked everyone to approach the banks to deposit or exchange starting from the 23rd of May that is in two days so as to give banks enough time to prepare for the process. And the Wrestling Federation of India chief and A B. JP MP bridge busing has now taken an aggressive stand to a demand that he undergo a narco analysis to settle the allegations of horrific allegations of sexual assault that he is facing. He has a condition that Vinesh Pot and Baja should also undergo these tests along with him. If both these wrestlers are getting to get the test done, that he is too, he says. On Sunday, a Carp Haryana mayhem passed a resolution that demanded that Mr Singh undergo a narco test and face legal action. Several ace grapplers, including Mauna Vinegar athletes who brought international fame to India, have been protesting for weeks at Delhi's Jaar Manta. They've been protesting since April. Why they have accused numerous. There have been over a dozen complaints that have accused the W F chief this b JP p of sexual harassment. They are demanding his arrest. Now the MP has denied any wrongdoing. He accuses the wrestlers of framing him. But on the 29 of April two separate police cases were registered after the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Delhi police asking them why they were dragging their feet in this matter. The police have filed a status report and they've told the court that a special investigating team has been formed to probe the matter. Yeah Minister is on a mission to unite opposition parties against the BJP ahead of the 2024 local Saba polls and on Sunday he flew to Delhi to meet with Chief Minister K. Gal, who has proposed a RAJA plan is being seen as a semi final before the general elections. We have deputy chief minister and the R D leaders were present at this meeting calling the centre, bringing in ordinance circumventing that Supreme Court order that came out in favour of the A led government as unconstitutional. Mr Val says Naum has given him full support on the issue and that they would fight it out together. No semi final Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the B JP has reacted to the Kumara. They held a press conference where they defended the center's ordinance that took place at late on Friday night at 9 55 on Friday night, hours after the Supreme court closed for summer vacation. Who was the head of OK, we have Narendra Modi and some horrific news from Bengaluru. A young woman has died on Sunday after her car got submitted in a flooded underpass in Baalu. This young woman, who only 23 years of age, was declared dead and been taken to a hospital nearby. Others who were travelling in the car were managed to be rescued by personnel from the fire department. This young woman worked and emphasis in Banga. She was touring the city along with her family from Vida in and Chief minister. The new chief minister, newly sworn in Mr Su May announced a compensation of ₹5 lakh for the family of the deceased woman. He visited the spot where this horrific incident took place.
