G20 meeting focuses on debt, digital infrastructure

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The third Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under Indias G20 Presidency concluded in Gandhinagar on Tuesday with a G20 Chair Summary and Outcome Document comprising 26 paragraphs and 2 Annexes.

Managing global debt vulnerabilities is a significant priority area for 2023, reflecting the Indian Presidencys endeavour to voice the concerns of the Global South, said the outcome document of the meeting read. The Indian Presidency has brought the Digital Public Infrastructure agenda into the G20 discussions.

Road accidents top cause for youths, kids death worldwide; India loses 1.5 m lives every year: FICCI-EY report

Road accidents claim around 1.5 million lives in India every year, contributing 11 per cent to the total number of such fatalities globally, according to a FICCI-EY report.

Globally, at least one life

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is lost every 24 seconds due to road traffic injury, said the report

As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), road crash is the 8th leading cause of death with more than 1.3 billion deaths and 50 million serious injuries. It is the leading cause of death amongst youth and kids aged 5 to 29 years, it said.

India is a signatory to Brasilia Declaration which aims to half the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2030.