PM Gati Shakti Multi modal Water ways Summit to be held in Varanasi

PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Water ways Summit to be held in Varanasi

• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to inaugurate the two-day PM Gati Shakti Multi modal Water ways Summit. The PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit will be held at the Deendayal Hastkala Sankul (Trade Centre and Museum) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
• The primary objective of the summit is to bring together greater awareness about the PM Gati Shakti National Master plan with a focus on infrastructure development in the waterways.
• PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit is a transformative approach for improving logistics efficiency and reducing logistics costs to ensure first and last-mile connectivity.
• The Ministry has identified 101 projects estimated to cost around 62 thousand crore rupees under Gati Shakti which are aimed to be completed by 2024.

PM to leave for Bali G20 summit on Monday

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bali for the G20 leadership summit from November 14 to 16.
• Arindam Bagchi, official spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry, said here on Thursday that Mr.Modi was expected to leavelate on Monday, and apart from holding talks with other G20 heads of government sand states, he will “address and interact with members of the Indian community.
• “Three working sessions will be held as part ofthe G20 summit agenda —food and energy security,health and digital transformation.
• At the closing session, President Widodo will symbolically hand over the G20 presidency to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi,” he said.
• Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will lead the Indian delegation to Phnom Penh for the 19th India-ASEAN summit and the17th East Asia Summit onNovember 12 and 13.

India Joins Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) at COP27

• Calling for integration of mangroves conservation with the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programmes for carbon sequestering, India joined the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC).
• The Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) is an intergovernmental alliance that seeks to expand and hasten the progress towards the conservation and restoration of mangrove ecosystems. Its members include the UAE, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Japan, and Spain.
• The alliance will raise global awareness about the role of mangroves as a nature-based climate change solution. It will ensure the rehabilitation of mangrove forests at the global level.
• India is among the first five countries to join the MAC, at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. The others are Australia, Japan, Spain, and Sri Lanka.