Iran, trade tensions, energy security top India’s G20 agenda

IANS | August 31, 2026 7:28 AM

Asheville, Aug 31 (IANS) Energy security, mounting trade tensions and Washington’s efforts to intensify economic pressure on Iran are expected to be among India’s principal concerns when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attends the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting here on Monday.

Growth tops agenda as G20 meets in US

IANS | August 31, 2026 6:23 AM

Asheville, Aug 31 (IANS) Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s largest economies are gathering in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina for two days of talks focused on reviving global growth amid trade disputes, mounting debt and the economic fallout from the Iran conflict.

FM Sitharaman arrives for crucial G20 talks

IANS | August 31, 2026 6:19 AM

Asheville, Aug 31 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in South Carolina on Sunday (US local time) to attend a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors that will examine global growth, economic imbalances, sovereign debt and the consequences of the Iran conflict.

Dolly Parton laid to rest near her husband

IANS | August 31, 2026 2:11 AM

Los Angeles, Aug 31 (IANS) The late singing legend Dolly Parton has been laid to rest near her husband, Carl Thomas Dean. The singer’s family gathered for an intimate funeral at Nashville’s Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, where she was laid to rest beside her husband, who died in March 2025 at the age of 82.