Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman met US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ahead of the first G20 Finance Minister and Central Bank Governors meeting to be held in Bengaluru -- starting Friday.
CR Kesavan, great-grandson of India's first Indian Governor-General, C Rajagopalachari, resigned from the Congress party on Thursday, saying that he has not seen any vestiges of the values that made him work for the party with dedication for over two decades.
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is in Bengaluru to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting. This is his first overseas visit after becoming the Chancellor.
The FMCBG meeting will be spread over two days with Union Finance Minister and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das jointly steering the G20 FMCBG discussions under G20 India's Finance Track priorities, it added.
The chief said in a blog on Wednesday, "So, it's fitting that Group of Twenty finance ministers and central bank governors will gather in Bengaluru this week."
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his cabinet colleagues, BJP leaders and senior officials of the state government.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai met Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi seeking his intervention into the alleged law and order lapses in the state.