PM Modi virtually addresses at the 1st Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Bengaluru (ANI): Highlighting unsustainable debt levels affecting the viability of many countries and the erosion of trust in international financial institutions, PM Narendra Modi on Friday urged the leading economies and monetary systems of the world to bring back stability, confidence and growth to the global economy. He virtually addressed Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors first meeting under India’s G20 Presidency. P6

“DIGITAL PAYMENTS

RADICALLY BOOSTED”

Bengaluru (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India’s digital payments ecosystem has radically transformed governance, financial inclusion and ease of living in the country.

“INT’L MARKETS TO BE IN FARMERS’ REACH”

New Delhi: Emphasizing on Centre’s thrust on the agriculture sector, PM Narendra Modi on Friday said the government working towards making domestic and international markets accessible to the farmers.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday hoped that after Congress leader Pawan Khera tendered an “unconditional apology” in the Supreme Court for his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, no one will use “uncivilized language in political discourse hereafter”. The Chief Minister, however, added that the Assam Police will take the case to its “logical end”.

Amritsar (PTI): Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s aide and kidnapping accused Lovepreet Singh Toofan walked out of a jail here Friday, hours after a court in Ajnala ordered his release based on an application by the police. The development came a day after supporters of preacher and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh had stormed the Ajnala police station demanding the release of his aide.

Lovepreet Toofan along with supporters after his release from the Amritsar Central Jail, in Amritsar, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI guns broke through barricades and stormed the police station. JAIPUR l SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2023 l Pages 12 l 3.00 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 260 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & MUMBAI

Nadda trashes past crop insurance schemes

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Hanumangarh: BJP chief JP Nadda on Friday said the farmers were cheated in the name of crop insurance scheme in the past. He said more than 11 crore farmers, including 77 lakh from Rajasthan, are currently associated

BJP chief JP Nadda in Hanumangarh on Friday.

MUTUAL DEMANDS OF RAJ-CHHATTISGARH

Gehlot demands coal from C’garh, Baghel seeks land for coaching hostel in Kota