PM Modi Unveils 6 Global Initiatives at G20 Johannesburg | Key Bilateral Meetings

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he met with world leaders including the Prime Minister of Ethiopia and the President of Sierra Leone. During the summit, PM Modi proposed six new initiatives for global development, covering areas like traditional knowledge, healthcare, and disaster resilience. The correspondent Pranay Upadhyay reports that according to the Prime Minister, 'the global approach to disaster resilience must move on from being response-centric to being development-centric'. PM Modi's engagements also included meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He highlighted India's role in launching the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as a key step towards this goal.