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Second Bharat Summit to be held in Hyderabad from November 12 to 14

Hyderabad, Nov 11 (UNI) The second edition of the Bharat Summit 2.0, themed ‘Forging a New World’, will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) from November 12 to 14, with around 1,000 delegates from nearly 70 countries expected to participate.
Announcing this at a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka said the summit would provide a global platform to discuss progressive politics, democracy, human values and alternatives to divisive politics.
He said the Congress believed in Gandhian non-violence, Nehruvian non-alignment and a mixed economy, and sought to promote these values through the summit. Hyderabad was emerging as an important international destination for political, social and economic deliberations, he added.
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