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Why is China considering to set up ‘BRICS innovation base’ on 5G?
China intended to establish a BRICS innovation base for strengthening the cooperation among the five-member country bloc including India in technical sectors like 5G, Artificial Intelligence, and digital...
Russia and Brazil to partner in production & marketing of Sputnik V vaccine
BRICS partners Russia and Brazil have decided to enter into an agreement to cooperate in the production and marketing of the world’s first registered Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V...
6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting held
The 6th meeting of the BRICS Environment Ministers took place via video conferencing under the Presidency of Russia. All the BRICS nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...
ISRO to launch Amazonia satellite of Brazil
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is to launch Amazonia-1 satellite developed by Brazil in August 2020. Highlights Amazonia-1 is the first earth observation satellite completely developed by...
Swiss Money: India moves down to 77th rank
On June 26, 2020, the Swiss National Bank released its analysis of annual banking statistics. According to the report, India ranked low when it comes to money held...
NITI Aayog: India will transform in to a middle-income country in 2030
The NITI Aayog recently announced that India will recover from the COVID-19 crisis by April 2021. Also, NITI Aayog has said that India will transform into a lower...
Institute for Management Development releases World Competitive Index
The Institute of Management Development recently released the World Competitive Index. India ranked 43rd in the ranking. Highlights In 2019, India was at the 43rd ranking. Since 1989,...
Russia-India-China Trilateral Conference
The External Affairs Minister of India Shri S Jai Shankar is to hold a joint virtual conference with his Russian and Chinese Counterparts on June 22, 2020. Highlights...
Tax Heads of BRICS met through Video Conference
On May 29, 2020, the Heads of Tax authorities of BRICS met through video conference. The Conference was hosted by Russia. Highlights The meeting was attended by the...
India attends New Development Bank Governors meet
On May 27, 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman attended the Special Board of Governors meet of New Development bank through video conference. Highlights The leaders that attended the...
New Development Bank to lend 15 Billion USD to boost Economies
The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting was held virtually recently. Allocation of 15 billion USD for boosting economies and setting up of a vaccine R&D centre were discussed. BRICS...