Nirmala embarks on week-long U.S. visit to attend G-20, World Bank meetings
The Hindu
She will attend the FMCBG which is expected to ratify the global tax deal.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has embarked on a week-long U.S. trip to attend the annual meet of the World Bank and IMF as well as G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting.
During the official visit to the U.S., Ms. Sitharaman is expected to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
"Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman will be attending the Annual Meetings of @IMFNews & @WorldBank, G20 FMCBG meetings, India-US Economic and Financial Dialogue, and other associated investment meetings as part of her official visit to the USA beginning from October 11, 2021," a tweet from the Finance Ministry said on Monday.
The Madras High Court on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, refrained from hearing, out of turn, a habeas corpus petition (HCP) filed against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act and said that it would be taken up for final hearing in the regular course, by following the chronological order in which such petitions, challenging preventive detention orders, are filed.