'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.'......
New Delhi has a chance to rid itself of its image as the bully in the subcontinent by helping a neighbour tackle problems that India, for once, has no role in creating.It should grab the......
On a day when Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa returned to Colombo from New Delhi after clinching a $1 billion line of Indian credit to Sri Lanka to help it tackle its ongoing economic......
Colombo seems to be veering to the middle path between China and the US on global matters, but in regional matters of strategic security, it is increasingly identifying with India, points out N......
The Taliban has said it sees China as a "friend" of Afghanistan and assured Beijing that it would not host Uyghur Islamic militants from the volatile Xinjiang province, which is a major worry for......
Three years after India declared its goal to become a net-zero economy by 2070, the policy design for achieving the target has begun, with the NITI Aayog forming dedicated multi-sectoral committees......
The oil industry experienced three upheavals between 1973 and 1991, which seem to be etched in the memory of the industry’s decision makers. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Naturally, at the......
Petrol and diesel prices were cut by Rs 2 per litre each as state-owned oil companies ended a nearly two-year-long hiatus in rate revision, just hours before the general election schedule is......
State-owned fuel retailers are losing close to Rs 3 per litre on selling diesel while the profit on petrol has trimmed due to recent firming up in international oil prices, industry officials said......
More than 50 per cent of the components in the National Stock Exchange Nifty50 Index are presently trading at a discount compared to their historical averages. Photograph: Francis......