India urges G20 countries to collaborate, focus on evidence-based research

India urges G20 countries to collaborate, focus on evidence-based research

Ahead of the annual India-U.S. BioPharma and Healthcare Summit to be attended by scientists, academicians, corporate leaders, and officials from both countries, a top Indian official has urged the G20 countries to collaborate and focus on evidence-based research. “I urge G20 member countries, businesses, academics, and scientists to collaborate and focus on evidence-based research and … Read more

JP Morgan becomes world’s most systemic bank

JP Morgan becomes world’s most systemic bank

JP Morgan Chase has become the world’s most systemically important bank once again according to the latest annual ranking of top lenders by global regulators, with BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs also now deemed more systemic. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), made up of regulators from G20 countries, published its latest table of the world’s … Read more

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya urges G20 to increase funding to WHO

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya urges G20 to increase funding to WHO

Mandaviya was addressing the G20 joint finance and health ministers’ virtual meeting, and said in a pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe. He was part of a discussion on concrete proposals to strengthen global health financing governance. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday urged the G20 to increase funding to the … Read more

G20 Rome summit aims to set agenda for COP26 climate talks

G20 Rome summit aims to set agenda for COP26 climate talks

Hectic negotiations are underway among G20 countries to set the agenda for the upcoming COP26 global climate talks in Glasgow and strike a consensus between the developed and developing nations to raise and hasten climate ambitions. On the table is a strong pitch for net-zero commitments, cutting coal use in the power sector, signing up … Read more