Diary: Durban, Gandhi and the BRICS bank

Sheela Bhatt, who traveled with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the BRICS Summit in Durban, gauges the buzz ahead of the event that begins Tuesday. As an Indian it is a nice feeling to think that......

India's BRICS moment is slow in coming

Evidently, something has gone awry in India's regional strategies. Yet, one feels tempted to call this India's “BRICS moment”. The Durban summit will show how far India is prepared to......

PM to meet new Chinese president Xi in Durban

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet China's new President Xi Jinping in Durban on Wednesday, the first bilateral meeting between the two leaders after the leadership change in Beijing. Singh......

PM takes off for Durban BRICS with China in mind

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that his trip to Durban for the fifth BRICS Summit will be an opportunity for him to not only greet the new Chinese President Xi Jinping personally, but......

Durban Summit: Last-round talks crucial for deals

Politics of climate negotiation is expected to reach a crescendo tomorrow when the Durban talks enter the last leg of deliberations. With only one day to go and no major decision surfacing from......

PM arrives in Durban for BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday arrived in South Africa on a four-day visit to attend the BRICS Summit in Durban that could launch a development bank for the five-nation grouping and......

Brazil BRICS summit to be Modi's first multilateral meeting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the two-day summit of five-nation BRICS forum in Brazil next week when it is likely to give a concrete shape to establishment of a Development Bank......

BRICS summit: Development bank to be finalised

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa aim to conclude the setting up of a BRICS development bank at the next summit of the grouping, which will take place in Durban from 25 to 27 March next......