Updated On: 24 November, 2025 09:52 PM IST | Tarun Verma
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for a profound rethink of the global development parameters and proposed setting up of a G20 initiative to counter the drug-terror nexus and a global healthcare response team. (Pics and text/PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as they arrive at Expo Centre
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He also held bilateral discussions with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G20 Summit

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Modi meets Italian PM Giorgia Meloni
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Addressing the opening session of the G20 Leaders` Meeting, PM Modi said the G20 has long shaped global finance and growth, but prevailing models have deprived large populations of resources and driven the over-exploitation of nature, challenges felt acutely in Africa

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Modi also presented the principle of Integral Humanism, part of India`s civilisational values, which he said showed a way forward in striking a balance between development and nature
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The prime minister outlined four path-breaking new initiatives: the Global Traditional Knowledge Repository, the G20-Africa Skills Multiplier Initiative, the G20 Global Healthcare Response Team, and the G20 Initiative on Countering the Drug-Terror Nexus