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1.China skipped a confidential G20 meeting held in India on Sunday, sources said. The meeting was held in Itanagar, the capital city of Arunachal Pradesh, a northeastern state that China claims is a part of Tibet. India has rejected such claims in the past and maintains Arunachal is its integral part.Over 50 delegates attended the meeting, which is among the dozens of events planned across 50 major cities ahead of the G20 summit in Delhi in September. India currently holds the G20 presidency.-ndtv.com

2.The G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) will meet at Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Monday to discuss on thematic areas including arresting land degradation, accelerating ecosystem restoration & enriching biodiversity. 130 delegates from G20 member countries along with 11 invitee countries and 14 international organizations will take part in this second G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting.-livemint.com

3.Indian Space Research Organisation’s heaviest payload rocket, LVM3 carrying 36 OneWeb satellites onboard took off on March 26 from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. The 43.5 metre tall vehicle weighs 643 tonne. This is the second mission for Network Access Associates Limited, United Kingdom (OneWeb Group Company) under a commercial agreement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) to launch 72 satellites to Low-Earth Orbits..- https://www.thehindu.com/

4.India recorded 1,805 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the data issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has stated on 27 March. This slight fall comes a day after 1,890 cases recorded yesterday. With today's cases, the active cases in the country crosses 10,000 mark. In November 2022, country saw active cases fall below 10,000 for the first time since April 2020.-livemint.com

5.The first IndiGo airlines’ Delhi-Dharamshala-Delhi flight was flagged off on Sunday by the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation General (Retd.) V.K. Singh.Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Thakur expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Civil Aviation for facilitating IndiGo connectivity to Himachal Pradesh.-thehindu.com

6.India’s flagship project to conserve and increase its tiger population, the environment ministry will soon announce tiger estimation numbers for 2022, release a commemorative coin of ₹50, and put out a document on evaluating effective management of tiger reserves and a vision document for tiger conservation. The commemoration event will take place in Mysuru next month and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the latest tiger population numbers, officials said on Friday.-hindustantimes.com

7.Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL) will be completed by December 2023 or January 2024, and a Vande Bharat metro train will be operated between Jammu and Srinagar once the project is fully operational..-livemint.com

8.Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians created history as they became the first team to win the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL). After dominating the tournament, the team produced a similar show in the finale, where they secured a commanding seven-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals.-hindustantimes.com

9.Marriott International Inc entered the region nearly 50 years ago and has steadily increased its Asia Pacific footprint. The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne, is the company’s 1000th property in Asia Pacific and marks the brand’s entry into the Australian city.The company anticipates adding 100 hotels, roughly two hotels per week in Asia Pacific in 2023, expanding its footprint in key Asia Pacific markets including Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, China, and India.- https://www.hotelierindia.com/

10.Ministry of Tourism organised a roundtable interaction with heads of mission in New Delhi as a run-up to the first Global Tourism Investor’s Summit.As an initiative under India’s G20 Presidency, the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India shall be organising the country’s first Global Tourism Investors’ Summit (GTIS) in Delhi from May 17-19.The Roundtable Interaction with Heads of Missions was chaired by G. Kishan Reddy, Minister of Tourism, Culture and DONER.- https://travelbizmonitor.com/



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