New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will not attend this week's annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington, as India and the United States remain in talks over trade tariffs related to Russian oil purchases, the Hindustan Times reported.

The Indian delegation will be led by Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, Anuradha Thakur. The team will include Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra and Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran, too, the report said.

The 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began on Monday, 13 October and will run until 18 October at the IMF and World Bank Group headquarters, in Was...