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Sep 2023
35m 33s

The Modi Bunch: India's G20 Ambitions

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The world’s eyes are on Delhi as world leaders meet.

Chris Mason joins from India. Adam and Chris chat to the former head of the UK’s Foreign Office Sir Simon McDonald about India’s ambitions.

And the government’s renewable power strategy has been dealt a blow after no new offshore wind project contracts were bought by developers at a recent auction. Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of Energy UK, the body that represents the energy industry, gives her view on what went wrong.

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Stephanie Mitcalf and Josh Jenkins. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

00:00 Who’s in the G20? 02:28 India’s global ambitions 21:13 No bids for offshore wind in government auction

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