NEW DELHI: Brics nations aim to tighten links between education and jobs, prioritising STEM, vocational training, digital skills and AI, while improving forecasts of future workforce needs, reports Manash Gohain.The New Delhi Declaration connects the full pipeline from basic learning and digital literacy to higher education, technical training and jobs. It calls for cooperation on…
NEW DELHI: India’s concerns over the continuing threat of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism found prominent mention in the Brics Declaration, with the grouping condemning the Pahalgam attack.“We reaffirm our commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the cross-border movement of terrorists, terrorism financing and self financing,” said the New Delhi Declaration; a formulation…
NEW DELHI: Declaring the 18th Brics leaders’ summit open, PM Narendra Modi stressed that UN Security Council (UNSC) reforms cannot be delayed any longer and that the “pyramid of privilege” reflected in the current global governance structure must be transformed into a “platform of partnership”.Modi focused on economic integration of the Global South in his…
PM Modi in a family photo with other leaders at Brics Business Forum 2026. (ANI) NEW DELHI: Brics nations Saturday opposed unilateral trade measures such as EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), saying such measures undermine efforts by developing countries aimed at addressing the adverse impacts of climate change.Though they recognised the need to reduce…
BJP leaders at Brics Summit NEW DELHI: India’s success against the odds in bringing Brics countries with incongruent, even conflicting, outlooks on key global issues of contention, such as the West Asia conflict, to throw their weight behind a joint declaration comes as a timely domestic boost for BJP when its rivals are sensing some…
For more than a century, California’s high mountain lakes were stocked with trout to make remote wilderness more attractive to anglers. Between 1870 and 1988, fish were carried or flown into lakes and streams that had historically been fishless, creating new opportunities for recreation but also changing the balance of life in the Sierra Nevada….
NEW DELHI: Brics slammed the unilateral sanctions and tariff and non-tariff measures initiated by countries, arguing that they distorted trade and were inconsistent with global trade rules – a statement that was seen to be aimed at US, which under Donald Trump has resorted to raising import duties.While Trump’s tariff actions, including the reciprocal tariffs…
In 1926, Iowa writer Ruth Suckow published Iowa Interiors, a collection of 14 short stories drawn from the lives of people in the state’s farms and small towns. A century later, the book is returning to print in a new centennial edition from Cedar Falls-based Final Thursday Press, with new illustrations by Iowa artist Claudia…
This Australian man is banned from Bali for 10 years after he was caught having sex in public. An Australian tourist has been deported from Bali and banned from entering Indonesia for 10 years after he was allegedly caught on CCTV engaging in a sex act with a woman outside a residential property in North…
Ritabrata Banerjee and Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: The Election Commission Saturday met with the representatives of both factions of Trinamool Congress, one headed by former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and the other group headed by West Bengal leader of opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, amid their competing claims to being the real party entitled to the…