Tag: Brics

He made the comments, days after China blocked a proposal to designate Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as an international terrorist.

BRICS STI is a forum for the scientific community from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to discuss and deliberate on topics of common interest in the field of science and technology.

This is the first time that the BRICS Film Festival has been conducted alongside the IFFI. The BRICS festival had films from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa participating in it.

Beijing: A BRICS-themed subway train has started test operations in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen, with the “Indian carriage” depicting elephants and yoga. The subway train has six carriages including five carriages representing different cultures of the BRICS bloc: China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and India, reports Xinhua news agency. The Chinese carriage is […]

Islamabad: With the BRICS declaration for the first time naming Pakistan-based anti-India terror groups like the LeT and JeM for their violent activities, an editorial in Dawn on Wednesday noted that Islamabad “must not make the mistake of dismissing the signal” from the five-member bloc. “The message is uniform from friend and foe alike: Pakistan’s […]

Xiamen (China): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasized the need for cooperation among the BRICS member nations for peace and development. “Cooperation is important for peace and development. A strong BRICS partnership on innovation and digital economy can help spur growth, promote transparency and support the SDGs (sustainable development goals),” Modi said while speaking at […]

Beijing: China said today that the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting being held here next week will involve a candid exchange of views to forge consensus on counter terrorism while claiming that it opposes any “double standards” on the issue. “On counter terrorism, we have a clear-cut position that terrorism is the common enemy of mankind,” […]

BENAULIM (Goa): Amid the ongoing BRICS Summit in Goa, heads of the states visited the sand sculptures of monuments of all the five member countries created in the lobby of a five-star resort here. India’s renowned sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik has created the sculptures of monuments of all five participating nations – Brazil, Russia, India, […]

Ufa: China and India should work together to build a closer, and more comprehensive partnership among the BRICS countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here. Xi made the remarks on Wednesday when meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the city of Ufa, ahead of two multi-lateral summits, Xinhua reported. The Chinese president recalled […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that terrorism is the biggest threat to humanity which not only kills innocents but also severely affects the economic development and social stability. Speaking at the informal BRICS leaders’ meeting in Osaka, Modi said that there is a need to stop all the mediums of support to […]

New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for holding of a global conference on terrorism at the informal BRICS leaders’ meeting in Osaka last month, the five-nation grouping is seriously considering the issue and working towards it, an official said. Though the November 13-14 BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, will focus on the issues […]

Kunming: BRICS countries are stepping up technology transfer and transformation, said a conference organised by the BRICS Technology Transfer Center in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Technological innovation and transfer experts from BRICS and south and southeast Asian countries as well as scholars of key fields, including biomedicine, clean energy, modern agriculture and […]

Brasilia: India is the world’s most “open and investment friendly” economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday as he wooed the BRICS business leaders, urging them to invest in the country and take advantage of its “limitless” possibilities and “countless” opportunities. Addressing the closing ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum, prime minister Modi […]

Beijing: The New Development Bank of the BRICS countries has fully disbursed USD one billion emergency assistance loan to India to help it contain the spread of COVID-19 and reduce human, social and economic losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) was established by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, […]

Beijing: China has announced that a formal meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held in September according to Russian arrangements. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday that as the current international situation is complicated, Beijing looked forward to exchanging views with other parties on prominent challenges facing the […]