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, …
Wildlife authorities have sounded an alert for Ranthambhore and Sariska tiger sanctuaries in the State following the death of some tigers in the Siberian region of Russia by an unknown disease during the past one month. The alert came ahead of plans to shift two more tigers from Ranthambhore to …
Abakery in the Russian autonomous republic of Tatarstan has signed a unique agreement with the region’s government. It can now use the picture of the republic’s seat of government, Kazan Kremlin, on its products. The large bakery, which produces the Tatar sweet chak-chak, had been using the image since the …
More than half the world’s population depends on the Asian monsoon water for agriculture. Beginning with the British mathematician Sir Gilbert Walker in the 19th century, much time has been devoted in trying to understand the summer rains. But the observational record is too short to explain long-term variability in …
Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) at press conference yesterday strongly criticised the government decision of setting up nuclear power plants in the country with Russian cooperation and urged to opt alternative way for solving the present power crisis. Leaders of the PDP said that the decision would be against humanity and …
Fishing down the food chain is a controversial issue that demands further exploration. Redfeed is a marine species located on the second to last level on the food web. It is also one of the potential saviors of the aquaculture industry. The role of effective management of this species is …
Although progress has been made to reduce global incidence of drug-susceptible tuberculosis, the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis during the past decade threatens to undermine these advances. However, countries are responding far too slowly. Of the estimated 440 000 cases of MDR tuberculosis that occurred in …
Bangladesh and Russia Friday signed a 5-year Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes to make ways for nuclear power plants to meet the growing power demand in the country. Architect Yeafesh Osman, State Minister for Science and ICT, signed the …
Environment ministers of the BASIC bloc -- Brazil, South Africa, India and China -- have said that a legally binding global agreement to limit climate change needed to be completed by 2011, noting that the world could not wait indefinitely for the US to finalise its legislation on the issue. …
Environment ministers of India and three other key developing nations will meet on Monday in Cape Town to discuss climate strategy in the run up to the Cancun conference at the end of the year. This is the second ministerial meeting among Basic group comprising India, South Africa, Brazil and …
Ranabir Ray Choudhury The BRIC grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China issued its first joint statement as a group last year at Yekaterinburg. The IBSA Forum, comprising India, South Africa and Brazil, held its first summit in 2003. The latest summits of the two groupings were held in Brasilia …
BHUBANESWAR: Deadlock over the Indo-Russian titanium project continues as the warring promoters of the Rs 1150-crore joint venture project have stuck to their guns. Representatives of the joint venture - Sharaf Agencies Private Limited (SAPL) and Titanium Mineral Products Limited (TMPL), the Indian partners and Russian Federation and JSC Technochem …
Two-day event will be attended by 50 nations, including India, Russia & China Under mounting global pressure to abandon its controversial nuclear programme, Iran hosts a two-day international conference here on Saturday on nuclear disarmament in a move clearly aimed at countering the high-profile Nuclear Security Summit convened by US …
Push For Greater Investment & Market Access; Menon To Be Special Rep For Boundary Talks Brasilia: India and China pushed for greater investment and market access as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese president Hu Jintao kicked off the BRIC-IBSA proceedings here with a highprofile bilateral meeting on Thursday morning. …
Made By Smashing Calcium, Berkelium A team of Russian and American scientists has discovered a new element that has long stood as a missing link among the heaviest bits of atomic matter ever produced. The element, still nameless, appears to point the way toward a brew of still more massive …
After the immense success of Chandrayaan I, which found water on the moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which is planning a manned mission to moon by 2015-2016 has denied any tie-up with Russia to buy Soyuz-TMA spacecraft for India
Aiming to enhance cooperation in increased agricultural production and exchange of technology, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday left for Moscow on a three-day visit to hold discussions with Chinese, Brazilian and Russian counterparts on a prospective agreement that can also leverage BRIC
