This paper presents a status report of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) on two crucial development parameters—inequality and poverty—that have a significant bearing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs; especially SDG-1 and SDG-10). The paper tracks the origins and movements of absolute and relative poverty, …
The impasse over the Koodankulam nuclear power project is costing the country dear. With the near-complete project being blocked by activists and protestors, latest estimates show an escalation of Rs 2,653 crore in the cost of completion. Amid continuing protests at the site, the commercial operation date of the first …
EU officials said Sunday they will negotiate with international partners angry at what they see as a climate tax on airlines, but refused to change hotly disputed legislation despite fears in Germany. "We have always been open to continuing discussions on the possibility of equivalent measures" outside Europe, Isaac Valero, …
Russia is likely to provide Bangladesh with a major chunk of the fund required for installation of the proposed Rooppur nuclear power plant. Russia has accepted a Bangladesh proposal for turn-key method in engineering, procurement and construction management of the project. Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission chairman on Thursday told New …
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government-formed four-member expert committee on the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), which had earlier ruled the two Russian reactors safe, submitted its report to the state government Tuesday. Queried about the committee's report and recommendations, Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) former chairman and panel member M.R. Srinivasan …
Indian NGOs opposing the proposed nuclear power plant in Kudankulam have got covering fire from Moscow. A Russia-based environmental group, EcoDefence, on Monday backed the Indian non-profit groups, saying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remark on foreign funded NGOs thwarting nuclear enterprises was incorrect. “The protest in Tamil Nadu is absolutely …
A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 shook southwestern Siberia in Russia on Sunday but caused no casualties or serious damage, the Russian emergencies ministry said. The quake's epicenter was recorded at 1:20 pm local time (0620 GMT) in the republic of Tuva about 107 kilometres (66 miles) from the town of …
A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Russia's southeastern and sparsely populated region of Tuva on Sunday, shaking residents near the Mongolian border from their sleep, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the quake was some 90 kilometers (60 …
New Delhi Faced with European Union’s decision to impose a carbon tax on all flights operating in its skies, India and 22 other countries, including Russia, China and the US, have decided to retaliate with a series of measures which would impose heavy costs on European airlines and plane manufacturers. …
Russia's ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin has said that his country's stand on American non- government agencies (NGOs') stalling the Kudankulam nuclear project in Tamil Nadu has been vindicated by a statement made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an interview with a science magazine on Thursday. "We have been …
Countries opposed to an EU law forcing the world’s airlines to pay for carbon emissions have agreed on a basket of retaliatory measures but will leave it up to each country to choose among them, Russia’s deputy transport minister said on Wednesday. “Each country has the options of barring its …
Will launch series of measures that will cost European airlines and plane makers heavily Faced with the European Union's decision to impose a carbon tax on all flights operating on its skies, India and 22 other countries, including Russia, China and the US, have decided to retaliate with a series …
Faced with European Union’s decision to impose a carbon tax on all flights operating on its skies, India and 22 other countries, including Russia, China and the US, have decided to retaliate with a series of measures which would impose heavy costs on European airlines and plane manufacturers. A joint …
New Delhi: India, China, the United States, Russia, Brazil and 21 other nations have decided to retaliate against the European Union’s decision to collect billions of dollars every year by unilaterally imposing a carbon tax on flights landing in the Eurozone. The retaliatory measures decided include reviewing or abrogating the …
Civil aviation ministers from about 20 countries to discuss issue in Moscow this week. The European Union reiterated that it was not going to put on hold its controversial decision to charge airlines taking off and landing in Europe for emissions. India had asked the EU to consider postponing the …
Russia may prohibit its airlines from carbon emission trading in protest against a European Union law it says is unfair, state carrier Aeroflot said on Monday. A group of nations will gather in Moscow this week to debate possible retaliation to the law, which raises the risk of a trade …
Twenty-six countries, including India, are meeting in Moscow tomorrow to discuss the EU’s unilateral action to control greenhouse gas emissions from aeroplanes flying over European airspace. Under the scheme that came into effect in January 2012, airlines flying to the EU will have to buy tradable carbon credits as part …
Nations opposing a European Union law that forces all airlines to pay for their carbon emissions will next week debate an array of counter-measures, a draft agenda seen by Reuters on Friday showed, raising the risk of an aviation trade war. The agenda also refers to the formal dispute procedure …
Nations opposing a European Union law that forces all airlines to pay for their carbon emissions will next week debate an array of counter-measures, a draft agenda seen by Reuters on Friday showed, raising the risk of an aviation trade war. The agenda also refers to the formal dispute procedure …
The European Union's climate chief said on Tuesday she hopes countries opposed to its rules that charge airlines for carbon emissions take their complaints to the U.N. aviation body, where talks could help to defuse tensions over the strict measures. A group of 26 countries, including the United States, China, …
Clearly irked by the uncertainty surrounding the Koodankulam nuclear power plant that it is helping India to build, Russia on Tuesday warned that it would have to consider redeploying the scientists and technicians, who are now stuck at the plant premises without any work, if the ground situation does not …
