'Many countries believe that if they join BRICS, they will be seen as emerging countries and their stature will be enhanced.''G-20 still has common action plans while BRICS does not do that much.'......
Hazem el-Beblawi, a liberal economist and Egypt's former finance minister, was on Tuesday appointed as the country's new prime minister in a transitional government as the interim president......
After 2014, our growth has been average of around 5%.If this continues, we will remain here like Egypt, Brazil, South Africa and Bangladesh, points out Aakar Patel. Illustration: Dominic......
When leaders of the five BRICS nations meet in Durban, there must be some stocktaking to assess exactly what the group wants to become, says Ambassador K C Singh. The fifth smmit of BRICS -- an......
'That is not a democratic ideal obviously, but it is a practical reality.''It is a consistent feature of politicians in Pakistan that their rhetoric on the army softens the closer they get to the......
Every patriot should learn from our history and recognise that celebrating size will neither negate nor obscure the huge economic challenges that India faces, asserts Rathin Roy. IMAGE: Finance......
Soft oil prices are expected to persist in 2015 and will be accompanied by significant real income shifts from oil-exporting to oil-importing countries. Major oil importing countries in particular......
Even as the fate of the troubled U.S. auto giants dominates the world news, we've been hearing a lot about China's domestic auto champion Chery Auto, based in Wuhu, Anhui province. First the......
The global economic slowdown appears to be blunting the benefit of the rupee’s depreciation on remittances this year: Non-resident Indians are likely to send $71 billion to the country,......
South Asian Petrochemand Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Companywill jointly float a new company, Egypt India Pet Chem, in September this year. SAPL intends to start a new manufacturing facility......