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, …
India has threatened to review the benefits it provides to European airlines as it mounted its opposition to the European Union (EU) move to impose a carbon tax on carriers operating through Europe, a source said. Under a Horizontal Aviation Agreement between India and the EU, New Delhi allows European …
Under growing pressure from the United States, some of Asia’s largest economies are reluctantly looking for options to reduce the amount of oil they buy from Iran, a move that would further tighten the economic vise on an increasingly defiant nation that announced plans for a new round of naval …
China voiced its deep concern and opposition on Thursday to a European Union plan to counter airline emissions and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after China's major airlines refused to pay any carbon costs under the new law. From January 1, all airlines using EU airports …
For Tamil Nadu, a State hitherto unknown for compulsive protestors and impulsive agitations, the year that saw ‘the protestor’ bringing about sweeping political changes in many parts of the world was different. For, two major agitations by common people, who came out into the streets spontaneously, continued to defy resolution …
Indian Navy is set to receive a major boost when the much-awaited Russian 'Nerpa' nuclear attack submarine would join its fleet "in the next few days" on a 10-year lease worth $920 million. The Akula-II class Nerpa nuclear submarine has finished sea trials and is now ready to be leased …
Fishermen’s children from the coastal villages of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari districts, who took out a protest rally against the Koodankulam nuclear power project (KKNPP) at Koodankulam on Monday, in an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, charged his government with putting the interests of multinational corporations and foreign …
Claims necessary documents being submitted to AERB to carry out the task. Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) has rubbished claims of anti-nuclear activists and villagers that Kudankulam reactors in Tamil Nadu are getting loaded with uranium. The state-run enterprise, which is bullish after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said (during a recent …
A Central panel has assuaged fears surrounding the Kudankulam nuclear project, in Tamil Nadu. The 15-member panel, appointed in October, said the design of the 2,000-Mw nuclear project meets safety standards. The group’s observations had came handy to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while announcing during his recent Russia visit that …
Moscow Russian conglomerate Sistema is exploring opportunities for setting up power plants and tapping the budding retail sector in India and is ready to invest up to USD one billion in such ventures. "We are looking at a couple of opportunities in India to build power plants," Mikhail Shamolin, CEO …
The Russain government will provide soft-term credit at four per cent interest for phases III to VI of the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu, identical to that extended for phases I and II. The terms of reference were discussed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit. Nuclear Power Corporation …
Suspecting foreign hand behind protests against Kudankulam nuclear plant, the Government has launched a probe into functioning of six NGOs in Tamil Nadu and a notice has been issued to them seeking explanation of utilisation of funds received from abroad. Racing against time to operationalise the nuclear plant built with …
The decisions taken at the U.N. climate summit in Durban last week do not imply that India had to take binding commitments to reduce its emissions in absolute terms in 2020, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told the Lok Sabha on Friday. She said the Indian delegation successfully resisted pressure from …
Manmohan confident of going ahead with Unit I in a couple of weeks India and Russia have resolved their differences over the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, according to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and highly placed Russian government sources. In fact, Dr. Singh was confident of “going ahead'' with …
Steel industry worried, points to implications on downstream investment plans, taxation. With no sign of abatement in the ongoing mining crisis that has snapped iron ore supply to key infrastructure sectors, companies have started imports. Iron ore imports are happening from South Africa at $130 a tonne (cost & freight). …
India, Russia sign deal for 42 more Sukhois; to raise trade volume to $20 billion Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday the first phase of the Kudankulam nuclear energy reactor will be made operational in a couple of weeks and the second within six months, demonstrating his government’s confidence …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that India would fulfil all its commitments on bilateral nuclear cooperation with Russia while prioritising safety concerns raised by people in Koodankulam. As Singh went for a visit to Russia today, he said that the government takes people’s concerns “seriously” but the Indo-Russian atomic …
During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day Russia visit, drug controllers of the two nations will sign a memorandum of understanding under which they will share information about drug adverse effects and regulation frameworks. The partnership could go on to recognise each other’s drug approval processes. India does not have too …
KOLKATA, 15 DEC: Among the many issues Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to discuss with Russian officials while in Moscow this week, is the prospect of India buying a stake in one of Russia’s uranium enrichment plants. If India were to take a 10-20 per cent equity stake in …
A shift to renewable energy would ultimately cost around the same as business as usual and the EU needs to make progress on setting a 2030 target for greener fuel soon, the bloc's energy commissioner said. Guenther Oettinger was laying out the European Union's latest road map for mostly eliminating …
Emission reduction certificate prices at record lows, reflect question marks on the climate change policy. To the surprise of the carbon trading market, prices of carbon emission reduction (CER) certificates traded on the Intercontinental Exchange have been sliding even after last week’s global deal on future emission reduction. CER prices …
