# G20

• G20 members have agreed to support India’s proposal on developing a roadmap for reform of multilateral development banks such as the world Bank.
• Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also claimed success in moving towards a common position on debt restructuring of developing countries.
• These countries include Srilanka among four identified for faster resolution.
• Meanwhile, Determined resistance from China and Russia to a reference to the war in Ukraine led to the meet of G20 finance ministers concluding here on Saturday without issuing the standard communique.

# India-Germany

• PM Narendra Modi said he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed on the need for joint efforts to deal with the negative impact of the Ukraine conflict on the developing world.
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the war as a major catastrophe, saying Russia violated the fundamental principle that borders can’t be changed through use of violence.
• The two sides signed a couple of agreements during the visit – for enhancing cooperation in innovation and technology.

# Nagaland, Meghalaya

• The 48 hour sound of silence settled on Meghalaya and Nagaland on Saturday as canvassing for Mondays assembly polls ended after an electrifying campaign.
• In Nagaland the remotest polling station is in Phomching constituency of Mon’s district.
• PM Narendra Modi on Saturday gifted Meghalaya stoles and Nagaland shawls to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

# Telangana

• Rock samples dating back 4.1 billion years and bearing traces of the weather proof mineral Zircon have been found in Telangana Chitrial 100 Km North of Hyderabad.
• The latest find by researchers from presidency University, Hiroshima university and National centre for earth sciences from a relatively young terrain can offer fresh clues about the Earth’s earlier chemical evolutions.