Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis said Russia would be asked to join the peace plan discussions at some point in time but to bring Russia on the table would require mediation by some countries.
Pitching for 'zero tolerance" against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told leaders of the five-nation grouping BRICS that the "choices" they make now will shape the future of the world at large.
Brazil, Russia, India & China (known collectively as BRIC) on Sunday sought a re-balancing of representation on the executive board and the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The committee is the policy-making arm of the IMF.
Even as Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have been selling across markets and pulling out money, their outflow was highest from India in 2011, compared with BRIC peers (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and other emerging markets.
an President Dimitry Medvedev, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Brazil President Dilma Rousseff and South African President Jacob Zuma will participate in the summit hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
India had an Internet user base of 243 million in 2014, of which 35 million were online shoppers.
The bank will have initial authorised capital of $100 billion
Emerging markets are likely to overtake developed countries in terms of international acquisitions in the next two to three years, while India has emerged as the most acquisitive among the emerging nations, a latest study says.
'The challenge before us is to harness the vast potential that exists among us.'
Debt levels of BRIC governments -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- are likely to remain more or less unchanged during the next five years, while it will rise "dramatically" in the US, Japan, and the UK, says a report.
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa came out in the open on Tuesday to oppose the notion that the next Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be from Europe and argued that such a selection criteria undermines the legitimacy of the fund.
The leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa grouping on Thursday collectively voiced their opposition to the use of force in Libya and pitched for a central role for the United Nations and regional organisations in resolving the matter.Reflecting on the situation in the Middle East and north African countries at the BRICS Summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh observed that there was a "shift of power towards ordinary citizens".
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Sanya, China on Tuesday at the Phoenix International Airport to attend the BRICS Summit that will see the formal induction of South Africa as the fifth member of the emerging economies group, which already has Brazil, Russia, India and China as members.
Both Putin and Zelenskyy have invited the prime minister to visit Russia and Ukraine respectively after the Lok Sabha elections, sources said, adding they see Modi as a "peacemaker".
Brazil, Russia, India and China - popularly known as the BRIC nations - continue to be the hottest destinations for global investors, a new report from consulting firm Grant Thornton said on Wednesday
'China seems more intent on creating a new world order rather than shaping the existing one.' 'India is of course, at this moment in time, aligned with the West-led order because of China's full-spectrum aggressive behaviour towards India.'
As India's stock rises, the resolution of the border row may become even more difficult, warn Harsh V Pant and Kalpit Mankikar.
Reaffirming the central role of the Group of 20 member nations in combatting and neutralising the impact of the global fiscal crisis, leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) on Thursday said the grouping is the right forum for resolving the crisis.
We have to be much more rigorous and analytical in assessing the importance of the BRICS, says Parag Khanna.
Leaders of Brazil. Russia, India and China (BRIC) on Thursday said that they recognised that energy is an essential resource for improving the standard of living of our peoples and that access to it is of paramount importance to economic growth with equity and social inclusion.
Indian stocks have emerged as the best performers among the BRIC nations as well as developed markets across the globe, giving investors highest return of nearly 114 per cent in the just concluded 2009-10 fiscal.
According to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, titled, US Private Company Trendsetter Barometer, 51 per cent of US private companies with an international presence plan to do business in BRIC countries in the next one to two years.
Government-owned banks lead the market by size in the BRIC countries -- accounting for 50 per cent of total banking sector assets in China, 40 per cent in Brazil and Russia and reaching 70 per cent in India.
While Narendra Modi spent fewer days abroad than his predecessor -- 275 days versus Dr Singh's 306 - he has travelled more widely than any other Indian PM.
Once the Canadian investigation runs its course, Ottawa may put on the public domain further accusations passing for "evidence" -- and that could happen at some point closer to our general election. All in all, the big question is, what is it that the US is really up to, asks Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
There is a congruence of interests between Ukrainian intelligence and its Western mentors to destroy Wagner and eliminate it from the geopolitical chessboard altogether, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Brazil's alternative energy company, Cemig, tops the list of Environmental Tracking (ET) BRICS 300 Carbon Ranking.
With the economy slowing down, where does India rank against Brazil, Russia and China?
Today, with China centrally seated and located, the Global South has an intriguing road ahead. Odds of it becoming a Chinese bloc in the emerging new bipolar world are higher than we'd wish them to be, observes Shekhar Gupta.
In an interview with Newsweek magazine of the US, Modi said for India, the relationship with China is significant.
India's position in Human Development Index was 136 out of 187 countries in 2012. It ranked 134 in 2011.
China on Wednesday said the latest round of the border talks with India was held in a "candid and pragmatic atmosphere" and the two sides had a "positive, constructive and in-depth discussion" on the resolution of the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control in the Western Sector.
India on Monday pressed for early disengagement of troops in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh during a fresh round of high-level military talks with China, people familiar with the matter said.
The volatile situation in Libya and some other countries in that region, which has caused "uncertainty" with regard to energy supplies and prices, is expected to be discussed at a five-nation summit to be attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in China.
The NDB will have an initial authorised capital of $100 billion.
In a first-of-its-kind step, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) will be signing an agreement on Thursday under which they would be able to give credit and grants to each other in their own currency instead of dollars.
Cautioning that the traditional sources of economic growth are under stress coupled with fresh uncertainties around the globe, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that it would be to the advantage of five-nation BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping to coordinate in key areas of development.
National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon on Thursday will represent India in the meeting of high representatives of national security of the BRICS nations in New Delhi, a statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday.
India would be represented by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, who arrived in Moscow on Wednesday night on a three-day visit.
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