As the Brics leaders sought an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, foreign minister S Jaishankar treaded a fine line on what he described as a complex issue with many dimensions by blaming the October 7 Hamas attacks for the present crisis and simultaneously calling for the concerns of the Palestinian people to be addressed in a … Read more
So far, more than 13,000 people have been killed in Gaza in Israel’s retaliation. Johannesburg: South Africa will Tuesday host a virtual summit of the BRICS group of nations, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, to discuss the Israel-Hamas war, Pretoria and Moscow said Monday. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS extraordinary virtual summit on Tuesday on the Hamas-Israel conflict, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced here on Monday. Earlier, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the current chair of the BRICS group, convened a virtual summit of the BRICS group of nations on the Middle East situation in Gaza … Read more
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in a virtual summit of the BRICS group of nations on Tuesday to discuss the Israel-Hamas war, the Kremlin said.The meeting will be chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the hope of drawing up a common response to the more than six week conflict.“On November … Read more
In 2001, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—the emerging-markets group known as the BRICS—accounted for 19% of global gross domestic product in purchasing power parity terms. Today, including countries set to join the bloc, the share is 36%. We see this rising to 45% by 2040, more than double the weight of the Group … Read more
The United Nations, the World Bank, U.S. President Joe Biden — everyone seems to be talking about the Global South these days. But what, exactly, is it? Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden and other G20 leaders arrives to pay homage at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat on the final day of the … Read more
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva risked a clash with fellow Group of 20 leaders after saying that Vladimir Putin would be safe to travel to next year’s G20 without fear of arrest. The Russian leader, who is subject to an international arrest warrant over his invasion of Ukraine, skipped India’s G20 summit in … Read more
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping began his third term with a diplomatic blitz that bolstered his image as a global statesman. Now, he’s set to skip the world’s premier international forum of world leaders — and it’s not exactly clear why.It could be due to diplomatic sparring with India that Xi is snubbing the Group of … Read more
BENGALURU: When the flawless descent of the Vikram lander started from rough breaking phase to the fine breaking phase just before 6 pm, the sound of applause finally broke the tension inside the mission control room of Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) on Wednesday.As the lander started the final vertical descent with no … Read more