Paris climate deal to be ratified on 2 October: All you need to know about India's COP21 stand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that India will ratify the Conference of Parties (CoP) protocol on combating climate change on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on 2 October.

"Now the time has come to ratify the COP21 protocol. India will do it on Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October," Modi said while addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national executive meet in Kozhikode, Kerala.

In the UN climate change conference COP21 in Paris, 195 countries adopted the first universal, legally binding global climate deal. The agreement sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°Celsius. The agreement is due to enter into force in 2020.


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China, Russia to stage military drills in South China Sea

BEIJING: China and Russia were to start war games in the South China Sea on Monday, Beijing's defence ministry said, in a show of force after an international tribunal invalidated the Asian giant's extensive claims in the area.
The eight-day joint exercises will include a focus on "seizing and controlling" islands and shoals, Chinese navy spokesman Liang Yang said in a statement.


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Hangzhou airport tiff highlights US-China value gap: Barack Obama

airport!" at White House staffers as they tried to help American reporters position themselves to film Obama's arrival.

The outburst was caught on camera, in an awkward prelude to face-to-face talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his American guest.

Both leaders are eager to smooth over their differences and find areas of common cause as they seek to bolster their leadership credentials both abroad and at home.

The incident was not a first for China, Obama said during a press briefing with new British Prime Minister Theresa May.

"We think it's important that the press have access to the work that we're doing. That they have the ability to answer questions," he said, adding "we don't leave our values and ideals behind when we take these trips."

The differences are also on display in discussions with his Chinese counterpart, he said.

"When I bring up issues like human rights, there are some tensions there that perhaps don't take place when President Xi meets with other leaders."

Kerfuffles over press access are common in China, where the ruling Communist Party sees the media more as a tool for forwarding its political agenda than an independent check on governance.

The country tightly controls its journalism, regularly censoring reporting on issues it deems sensitive or unflattering.


Its approach is particularly apparent in Hangzhou, where a suffocating security presence is designed to avoid any disruption and protect China's large political and financial investment in the summit.


Nevertheless, Obama took the tarmac incident in good rumour, noting that the travelling White House juggernaut can be intimidating for any nation.
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"Part of it is we also have a much bigger footprint than a lot of other countries," he said.


"We've got a lot of planes, a lot of helicopters, a lot of cars, a lot of guys. You know, if you're a host country, sometimes it may feel a little bit much."

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'Need to respect each other’s aspirations,' Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping tell each other

NEW DELHI: India and China should be sensitive to each other's aspirations and needs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping when the two leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit+ in Huangzhou on Sunday. The conciliatory note comes amid rising tensions in India-China ties over a number of issues.

"The Prime Minister told Presdent Xi that it is of paramount importance that India and China+ respect each other's aspirations," said Ministry of External Spokesperson Vikas Swarup in a briefing about the meeting between the two leaders.

"The India - China partnership is important not only to each other, but also to the region and the whole world," PM Modi was reported to have told Xi.

Xi too struck a similar note in his comments to PM Modi. "We ought to respect and give consideration to each other's concerns, and use constructive methods to appropriately handle questions on which there are disputes," Xi said, according to China's Foreign Ministry.


PM Modi also reportedly expressed his condolences to Xi over the attack on the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyztan's Bishkek, and called for collaboration in fighting terrorism. "Not just India, but countries like China, Russia and a number of others face the threat of terrorism emanating from our neighbourhood," he reportedly said, in an oblique reference to Pakistan.


The Modi - Xi meeting lasted half an hour. It was the second meeting between the two Asian giants in less than three months. The last meeting had come on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization+ (SCO) Summit in Tashkent in June. Modi and Xi are also set to meet again, when the BRICS Summit+ convenes in Goa in October.

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The attempt to deescalate frictions between the two countries comes at a time when New Delhi and Beijing have been bristling other run-ins over a number of issues. New Delhi has seen red with China's opposition to India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group+ (NSG), China's refusal to back an Indian resolution at the United Nations to declare Masood Azhar+ a globally designated terrorist, China's diplomatic cover to Pakistan, and China's hardening stand on its territorial claims in the South China Sea among others.


China on its part has expressed consternation and concern over the recent defence logistics agreement between India and the US, it growing engagement with Indian Ocean nations that have a bone to pick with Beijing and Indian infrastructure projects close to the border with China.



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