CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs TOKURA Shunichi participated in the G20 Culture Ministers’ meeting held on 29-30 July in Rome, Italy. The commissioner addressed participants in his keynote speech on the topic “Addressing climate change through culture”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Washington DC, London, Pittsburgh- 2008 & 2009 The first G20 Summit was held in 2008 in Washington DC (USA). It set the scene for the most dramatic reform of global finance in over 60 years.

Detailed explanation-3: -This year the Host of G20 Summit 2023 schedule will be India and this will be held in the country India. The G20 Summit 2023 Schedule is from 9 to 10 September 2023. This will be held in Delhi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Initially, Indonesia was slated to host the G20 Summit in 2020. However, as Indonesia will also hold the Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2023, India which was slated to hold the summit in 2022 agreed to exchange presidency timings with Indonesia.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Group of Twenty (G20) was formed in 1999 and was originally a meeting of the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank in an effort to broaden the discussion of policies that are beneficial for resolving the global economic and financial crisis.