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BRICS grouping, a senior Indian diplomat has said. The remarks by Dammu Ravi, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, came as he addressed business leaders and diplomats representing countries across Africa and South America at a gathering hosted by the India Business Forum of South Africa on the periphery of the BRICS Summit starting here on Wednesday. The theme of the seminar was «Harnessing Synergies: India-Africa Cooperation for Prosperity in the BRICS — African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA) Landscape.» Ravi described the «unfinished business» of the 20th century as moving away from the fight for freedom and independence from colonial rule to economic prosperity as the priority in the 21st century.

Pema Khandu said that the disputes along the Assam-Arunachal inter-state boundary of which most is with areas inhabited by the Bodos are almost resolved barring a few pockets. Khandu asserted that only because of the NDA government at the centre and the BJP governments in the two neighbouring states and with concerted efforts of all stakeholders, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have come a long way in fostering harmony and peaceful coexistence among the people living on the inter-state boundary.

Hungary has struck a deal with Serbia that could bring increased shipments of Russian natural gas through the Balkan country if Ukraine ends a gas transit agreement with Moscow

Moon of Russia's Luna-25 probe is the latest twist in an international push to return to the Earth's natural satellite that has drawn in the world's top powers and new players. Technology, science and politics are all essential factors in the Moon race. Here is the latest on various missions: — Russia's Luna — The launch of Luna-25 on August 11 was the first such Russian mission in almost 50 years and marked the beginning of Moscow's new lunar project.

Consumer affairs department has also directed National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED) to procure around one lakh metric tonne of onions to further achieve the additional procurement target. Alongside procurement the said bodies will retail onions at Rs 25 per kg through outlets and mobile vans of NCCF from August 21 2023. «Retail sale of onion will be suitably enhanced in coming days by involving other agencies and e-commerce platforms,» the government said in a release.

Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will not make the «mistake» of joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party, like his nephew Ajit Pawar. NCP leader Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP government in Maharashtra last month as the deputy chief minister. Eight other NCP MLAs also took oath as cabinet ministers along with him.

Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), will start selling tomatoes at a reduced rate of ₹40 per kilogram from today (20 August). Since last month, cooperatives NCCF and NAFED have been selling tomatoes at a discounted rate on behalf of the government to contain the price rise. To date, over 15 lakh kilogram of tomatoes have been procured by the two agencies and are being sold to retail consumers in major consumption centres in the country, including Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan (Jaipur, Kota), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj) and Bihar (Patna, Muzaffarpur, Arrah, Buxar).

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Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia

North Carolina was ground zero in the nationwide fight over transgender rights with the passage of its 2016 “bathroom bill.”

Lack of rain and hot conditions in central New Mexico are leaving one of North America's longest rivers in dire shape again

China's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will attend next week's summit of the BRICS nations in Johannesburg, to be followed by a state visit to South Africa

New Delhi: In a significant decision at the G20 Health Ministers' summit, nations have collectively launched the "Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH)." This move underlines the growing recognition and commitment to the amalgamation of digital health strategies on a worldwide spectrum. Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya underscored the pivotal role of digital health advancements in the quest for comprehensive health access for all.

National Cooperative Policy is almost ready, and a 47-member committee is in the process of submitting the draft to the central government, chairman of the panel and former Union minister Suresh Prabhu said. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah had last year announced that a dedicated policy will soon be prepared to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country, and that Prabhu will head the national-level committee. The panel members include experts and representatives of the cooperative sector and officials of central ministries.

Haryana government on Saturday shifted 16 IAS officers and 28 HCS officers with immediate effect. Among them, seven deputy commissioners were transferred, according to an official order. Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sushil Sarwan has been posted as deputy commissioner Panchkula, replacing IAS officer Priyanka Soni, according to the order.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Sweden on Saturday to meet with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, the royal family and other officials as a Kyiv counteroffensive against Russian forces grinds into its third month.Zelenskiy said he would thank them for supporting Ukraine amid the Kremlin's full-scale invasion, which is approaching the 18-month mark. «Our primary task is the strengthening of Ukrainian warriors on the ground and in the sky, the development of bilateral cooperation, in particular in the defence industry, Ukraine's European integration and common security in the Euro-Atlantic space,» he wrote in a Telegram post announcing his arrival.

air force said Saturday. It said 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones were used in the aerial assault, and did not specify what happened to the other two.

alliance to bolster security. President Biden hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Camp David, in the first visit by foreign leaders to the presidential retreat since 2015. The three committed to consulting on threats to each’s security, working together on ballistic-missile defense, conducting annual joint military exercises and holding yearly summits to maintain the momentum.

Atlas Organization founder Jonathan D.T. Ward discusses the Biden administration announcing new tariffs on food can metal from China, U.S. officials' trips to Beijing, the Camp David summit and the adversary's rising aggression.

alliance which read, “Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States are determined to align our collective efforts because we believe our trilateral partnership advances the security and prosperity of all our people, the region, and the world." The three nations expressed commitment to expanding cooperation trilaterally and raising shared ambition to a new horizon across domains and across the Indo-Pacific and beyond. CHINA'S 'DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE' ACTIONS: They issued a sharply worded joint statement about Beijing's actions in the South China Sea.

In a recent meeting, China's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission has emphasized the need for a systematic, legal, and source-based approach to combat overseas telecom network fraud and related criminal activities. The announcement was made on August 6, 2023, as reported by the Economic Daily.