The big news of 9 September 2023, Top 10 headlines 9 September 2023, Breaking news of 9 September 2023
The 18th summit of G20 countries began in New Delhi today. In its first session, the African Union was made a permanent member of the group. At the inaugural session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the Chairperson of the African Union Ajali Asomani to take the seat as a permanent member. India had proposed to make the African Union a permanent member of the G20 in the spirit of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.
The Delhi Declaration, issued on Saturday, the first day of the G20 summit, called for a "comprehensive, just and durable peace in Ukraine" and called on member states to "refrain from the threat of use of force for territorial annexation" or violation of the territorial integrity of any state. It has been requested not to act against it.
With Chinese President Xi Jinping not attending the G20 summit in New Delhi, the US has said that it is up to the Beijing government to explain his absence at the event.
Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department- CID in Nandyal today. This arrest has been made in connection with the Skill Development Corporation scam. Mr Naidu is accused of rigging contracts, misusing public funds and promoting a fake scheme in the name of Skill Development Corporation.
The Union Home Ministry has denied the media report which mentioned that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was not given approval for his helicopter flight. The Home Ministry said all four of his requests were approved.
Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav said that under the BJP rule, the entire state including the capital Lucknow has been destroyed and ruined in every way. Along with spoiling the social structure of the state, obstructions have also been created in the development works.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and two-time Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh has dismissed rumours that he met Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has said that the work of beautification along with the expansion of infrastructure that was done during the Samajwadi government was also ruined by the BJP government. The promise that these people had made of making many metros smart cities also turned out to be false.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Global Biofuels Alliance' in the presence of US President Joe Biden, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni. The Prime Minister stressed working together in the field of blended fuels. He said that India is among those countries where the solar revolution is going on on a large scale. Millions of farmers in India have adopted natural farming. Shri Modi said that this is a big campaign towards the protection of human health as well as the conservation of soil and earth. Apart from this, he said that under India's chairmanship of G-20, India has also taken many important steps to prepare a global hydrogen system.
Russia has said that it stands firm on its original demands for re-adoption of the Black Sea Grain Agreement. Russia says that its demands do not require any explanation and its stand is clear and firm. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia wants its Agricultural Bank to be reintegrated into the international SWIFT bank payments system, not a subsidiary bank proposed by the United Nations.
