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M Ramachandran: BRICS and our cities

At a time when urbanisation is progressing fast in the country, with its concomitant problems of inadequate basic infrastructure and mobility issues

Trade unions to boycott BRICS Labour Ministers meet tomorrow

Unions claimed that the government has not formally invited them to the summit, but has appointed BMS to coordinate with them for the event

Vijay Goel to unveil BRICS football tournament logo at Goa

The tournament is set to begin from October 5 and the final match will be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on October 15

Jaitley to conclude BRICS seminar discussing challenges in developing a bond market

The seminar will provide a platform to share the best practices followed by the member nations- Brazil Russia, India, China and South Africa- and help exploring practices that can be adopted to develop the bond market

New Delhi keen to ink pact with South Africa to import pulses; urges China to push up imports

India is working on an agreement with South Africa to import pulses to meet its domestic consumption requirements and curb price rise.South Africa had sent a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) to the Indian government regarding procurement of pulses and lentil (masoor dal). It also urged neighbouring China, part of the five-nation BRICS grouping to import a wide range of items from it such as rice, sugar, maize and dried grapes.Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today met his South African counterpart Senzeni Zokwana and Chinese counterpart Qui Dongyu on the sidelines of the BRICS agri-meet."We have received a draft of the MoU on procurement of pulses from South Africa. The MoU has been slightly revised and sent to your High Commission in New Delhi. We hope that the MoU is finalised soon and ready for signature," Singh said in a statement.The MoU focuses on procurement of pulses and lentil form South Africa as well has enhancing production of pulses, he said.

India wants BRICS to grow pulses; scrap agri export subsidies

To meet the perennial shortfall of pulses, India on Friday sought the cooperation of BRICS nations to grow the crop in member-nations which would also help in improving their soil fertility and ameliorating malnutrition."India would like to seek cooperation from member countries in helping to meet our production shortfall in crops like pulses and oilseeds," Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said, while addressing the 6th meet of BRICS Agriculture Ministers here.The minister also endorsed scrapping of agri-export subsidies, as agreed at WTO's ministerial meeting at Nairobi.A joint declaration issued at the end of meeting also accepted India's position. "We acknowledge the importance of the multilateral trade system as a means of promoting global trade. In this context, we welcome the outcomes of the WTO 10th ministerial conference at Nairobi in December 2015, especially as regards the elimination of agricultural export subsidies," the declaration said.The BRICS bloc said it recogni

BRICS ministers call for speeding up global pact against terrorism

India, which currently chairs BRICS, was represented by M J Akbar, the Minister of State for External Affairs

Arun Jaitley to inaugurate seminar on infra financing in BRICS

Summit will be held next month in Goa and as a lead up to that India has initiated a number of events within the spirit of the BRICS

BRICS agriculture ministers to meet on Sept 23

Agenda of the BRICS meetings has considerably widened over the years encompassing global issues such as climate change, food and energy security

BRICS conference on 'Urban Transition' concluded

BRICS nations unanimously called for augmenting the capacities of cities to promote effective urban planning and management with wider participation of citizens

BRICS to set up joint working group for environment issues

The ministers, who met in South Goa during the two-day meeting, also agreed on a memorandum of understanding

China wants BRICS nations to play bigger role in security

The BRICS leaders summit will be held in Goa next month

BRICS environment ministers to meet in Goa on September 16

BRICS ministers are expected to discuss thematic areas of mutual interest

Vizag to host BRICS Urbanisation Forum meet from tomorrow

Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the three-day meet

11 heads of state, 800 delegates to kick off Goa BRICS meet: Official

The sum of the BRICS meet would be articulated in a 'Goa Declaration' on the summit's concluding day

Plea for making BRICS Young Diplomats Forum annual event

Besides meeting senior ministers of the state government, the young diplomats participated in various programmes and met Speaker of the state Assembly

BRICS an influential voice in international discourse: Narendra Modi ahead of G20

PM Modi addressed the BRICS Leaders Meeting before the 8th annual Summit in Goa from October 15-16

Two-day BRICS convention on Tourism begins in Madhya Pradesh

On India's 'Atulya Bharat' campaign, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar made presentations

BRICS film festival to start in New Delhi today

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore will inaugurate the festival

BRICS Convention on Tourism to begin today

The convention is being organised as a precursor to 'The BRICS Summit' to be held in Goa in October this year