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India assumes G20 presidency, PM Modi urges unity on 'greatest challenges'

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As India began its year-long presidency of G20-the Group of 20 on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the world must cooperate to tackle the greatest challenges of climate change, terrorism, and pandemics. The first phase of voting in India's western Gujarat state was held on Thursday - with a voter turnout of nearly 48 per cent recorded till 3pm. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister and PPP’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has termed the 1971 war loss as a military failure. Prolonged power outages and gas crises in Gilgit Baltistan have been forcing the locals in the region to resort to felling trees for cooking and heating. Anti-Taliban Afghan leader Ahmad Massoud on Wednesday told a conference in Tajikistan that only elections can lead Afghanistan out of the political crisis, even if they legitimise the Taliban rule. The state finance minister of Sri Lanka has said that the country aims to restore growth to pre-crisis levels by 2026, with policymakers intent on meeting a December deadline to present proposals that might help unlock an International Monetary Fund bail-out. Buddhist monks offered prayers for the long life of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in India's Dharamsala on Wednesday.

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