FM Sitharaman meets UK Finance Minister Healey on sidelines of G20 meet in US

September 1, 2026 10:14 AM

FM Sitharaman meets UK Finance Minister Healey on sidelines of G20 meet in US

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey in Asheville on Monday on the sidelines of the G20 meeting. FM Sitharaman is currently on a six-day visit to the US from August 29 to September 2, as part of a broader nine-day tour that began in Canada. She arrived in Asheville in North Carolina for the G-20 finance ministerial meeting, which will focus on global growth against the backdrop of conflicts in West Asia and Europe. Healey was appointed Chancellor ...

Know the team set to govern Britain under new PM Starmer

July 6, 2024 10:57 AM

Know the team set to govern Britain under new PM Starmer

Keir Starmer led Britain's Labour Party to a landslide victory in the 2024 parliamentary election, taking over from the Conservatives after 14 years in opposition. Below are details on new Prime Minister Starmer and his freshly appointed team of senior ministers: KEIR STARMER, PRIME MINISTER Starmer, 61, took charge of Labour in 2020 following its worst electoral defeat in 84 years in 2019 under left-wing veteran Jeremy Corbyn. He has sought to develop Labour as a party of competence and prag...