Calling for global unity, leadership and solidarity to prevent future pandemics, Modi emphasised the special responsibility of democratic and transparent societies to deal with the challenge
Rich nations must do more than just donate surplus vaccines if they hope to end the COVID-19 pandemic, according to public health experts and humanitarian groups that are calling for money
The issue will be on the table when G7 leaders discuss how to help steer the world's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic at a three-day summit in Cornwall, England, which began on Friday
A commitment from US President Joe Biden to share 500 million doses and one from Johnson for another 100 million shots set the stage for the G-7 meeting in southwest England
This is the second time Modi will be participating in a G7 meeting.
The G7 summit will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually
US President Joe Biden is scheduled to leave on his maiden official overseas trip during which he will hold discussions with top global leaders, including at the G-7 summit
The G7 group of leading economies have reached "a historic agreement" to reform the global tax system to make it fit for the global digital age.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to the UK to attend a summit of the G7 grouping in person in view of the prevailing coronavirus situation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday. The G7 summit is scheduled to take place in Cornwall in the UK next month. "While appreciating the invitation to the Prime Minister by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend the G7 Summit as a special invitee, given the prevailing COVID situation, it has been decided that the Prime Minister will not attend the G7 Summit in person," MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said. The G7 comprises the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
The immediate contribution will be $2 billion. More than 180 nations are yet to administer a single dose of the Covid vaccine
It would be Joe Biden's first trip to Europe after he becomes president
UK PM Boris Johnson invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the G7 summit as he confirmed details on Sunday for the high-level meeting to be presided over by Britain between June 11 and 13
Trump said last month it was "common sense" to invite President Vladimir Putin to rejoin the group. Russia had been part the group, then known as the G8, since 1997
It may be time for a fundamental reassessment of our policy options vis-a-vis China
Trump said on Saturday he was postponing until September the summit that had been scheduled for late June at Camp David, the US president's country retreat
PM shares concerns with US President over the violent protests across US
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation on Tuesday with Donald Trump, President of the United States of America.
Trump has been over the weeks suggesting that there is 'no greater example' of reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic than holding an in-person G7 summit in America by the end of June
The leaders of the world's major economies were slated to meet in the US this year
The US currently holds the annual presidency of G7 countries. In view of coronavirus pandemic there were talks of the summit being held virtually