Morning Digest | ‘Akhand Bharat’ spread from west Kabul to east Tibet, Sri Lanka, says Mohan Bhagwat; PM plans structured bilaterals with 8 leaders today, and more

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PM meets Xi, Biden on sidelines of G-20, plans structured bilaterals with 8 leaders on Wednesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with U.S. President Joseph Biden and also exchanged words with Chinese President Xi Jinping -- their first such meeting in three years— on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on November 15, 2022. On November 16, 2022, Mr. Modi is expected to hold more structured, bilateral meetings with at least eight of the 16 leaders present in Bali for the annual meeting of the world’s most advanced economies, including his first such interaction with the U.K.’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni.

Explosion kills two in Poland near Ukraine border

Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy facilities on November 15 with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts. A senior U.S. intelligence official said missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, where two people were killed. A second person confirmed to  AP that apparent Russian missiles struck a site in Poland about 15 miles from the Ukrainian border.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says ‘Akhand Bharat’ spread from west Kabul to east Tibet and Sri Lanka

“From west of Kabul to east of Chindwin river, from the slope of Tibet’s east, that is, China, and from west of Sri Lanka, the entire stretch has the same DNA in humans since 40,000 years,” Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said at an event organised by the organisation in Surguja in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.

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