Morning brief: G20 leaders pay homage to Gandhi, thousands dead in Morocco earthquake, and more
Morning news brief
A day after unanimous adoption of New Delhi leaders' declarationat New Delhi G-20 summit, the photographic symbolism in the capital of world's largest democracy began reigning supreme. The leaders of the nations reached Rajghat, the resting place of the flagbearer of non-violence Mahatma Gandhi, to pay homage to India's father of nation and legendary figure of Indian and global history. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple at the banks of River Yamuna along with his wife Akshata Murthy on a day when Delhi has been particularly rainy to dispense pleasant air emblematic to India's successful G20 stewardship that the West was particularly skeptical about.
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