Gandhi lost his parliamentary seat on Friday after being convicted in a case that critics say shows how the rule of law is under threat in the world's largest democracy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Last year, the two countries signed a free trade deal called the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), the first signed by India with a developed country in a decade.
India had wanted its G20 presidency this year to focus on issues such as alleviating poverty and climate finance, but the Ukraine war has so far crowded out other agenda items.
According to a Japanese government official, Yoshimasa Hayashi, the foreign minister of Japan, will not attend the G20 foreign ministers' meeting scheduled for this week in New Delhi, India.
President Joe Biden hopes that the new partnership between the United States and India will enable both states to compete with China in the manufacturing of military hardware, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence.
Khan, popularly known as "King Khan", has a huge fan following around the world. The film also features Bollywood heart-throb Deepika Padukone and action hero John Abraham.
Rahul Gandhi has for years struggled to challenge the electoral juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds a near-monopoly on power through nationalist appeals to the country's Hindu majority.
The World Health Organisation has issued an alert warning against the use of two Indian cough syrups blamed for the deaths of at least 20 children in Uzbekistan.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued a notice to Air India for the unprofessional handling of the incident. The notice observed that the air carrier was in dereliction of duty in the handling of the urination incident.
