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                                             dia  as its  vital partner in  the  Kerry thanked Union Minis- tal partner in our fight against
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                                             fight against the climate crisis,  ter for Environment, Forest  the climate crisis. We must raise
        energy through enhancing the  said US Special Presidential  and  Climate  Change  Prakash  ambition together, or we will
        availability  of  climate  finance,  Envoy for Climate John Kerry  Javadekar and External Af- fail together,” he said.
        building resilient infrastruc- on Wednesday.                             fairs Minister S Jaishankar for          Biden has invited 40 world
        ture, energy storage and green          Kerry was on a four-day vis- “good” discussions on the cli- leaders, including Prime Minis-
        hydrogen.                            it to India. His visit focussed  mate crisis.                            ter Modi, for a virtual leaders’
            “The Indian side briefed  on consultations on increasing                 “Busy  day  in  New  Delhi.  summit on climate scheduled
        him about the wide-ranging  climate ambitions ahead of US  Thanks to @PrakashJavdekar  later this month.
        efforts to meet commitments  President Joe Biden’s Leaders  and @DrSJaishankar for the                            Kerry on Tuesday had said
        under the Paris agreement and  Summit on Climate. In a tweet,  good discussions -- India is a vi- that India’s global leadership
        our efforts to reduce emissions                                                                               has been critical across a range
        and  India’s lead in  multilater-                                                                             of issues, including  delivering
        al initiatives such as the inter-                                                                             COVID-19 vaccines to the world.
        national solar alliance and the                                                                                   “India’s global leadership
        coalition of disaster-resilient in-                                                                           has been critical across a range
        frastructure,” Bagchi said.                                                                                   of issues including delivering
            Kerry was on a four-day                                                                                   COVID-19 vaccines to the
        visit to India. His visit focused                                                                             world. I am particularly grate-
        on consultations on increasing                                                                                ful that India is getting the job
        climate ambitions ahead of US                                                                                 done on climate. You are indis-
        President Joe Biden’s Leaders                                                                                 putably a world leader already
        Summit on Climate.                                                                                            in the deployment of renewable
            Biden has invited 40 world                                                                                energy,” he had said.
        leaders, including Prime Minis-         Minister of State for Power, New & Renewable Energy (Independent          Kerry is the second top of-
        ter Modi, for a virtual leaders’     Charge) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Raj Kumar Singh in a   ficial of the Biden Administra-
        summit on climate scheduled           meeting with the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry,   tion visiting India. In March,
        later this month.                                       in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI)                      US Defence secretary Lloyd
            The  United  States  sees  In-                                                                            Austin visited New Delhi.


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