Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, called for a profound rethink of the global development parameters and proposed the setting up of a G20 initiative to counter the drug-terror nexus and a global healthcare response team.

Speaking at the opening session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Johannesburg, the PM proposed the creation of a Global Traditional Knowledge Repository under the G20 to preserve eco-balanced, culturally rich, and socially cohesive ways of living.

Modi told the session that now is the right moment to revisit the development parameters and focus on growth that is inclusive and sustainable. "India's civilisational values, especially the principle of Integral Humanism, offer a way forward," Modi told the session.

The prime minister said to overcome the challenge of

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