Rio 20

'Climate change has been with us for quite some time'

Ali Tauqueer Sheikh, Director Asia, Climate and Development Knowledge Network talks about the significance of having special focus development of developing nations. ...

A snapshot of what climate change talks have achieved in 25 years

One often comes across observations made by even responsible policy makers that climate change negotiations over the past 25 years have achieved nothing. ...  

Defining the Rio 20 takeaway: 'The Future We Want'

The outcome document of the Rio 20 summit, 'The Future We Want', marks an important advance in the incorporation of a human rights dimension in the UN development agenda. ...  

Tennis rules may change for 2016 Rio Olympics

Rome: Tennis officials are considering adding third-set tiebreakers at the 2016 Rio Olympics after marathon matches in London this year. Also, bronze-medal matches could be eliminated to lighten the loads of players entered in multiple events. ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti told The Associated Press at the European Olympic Committees meeting in Rome that the matches this year were "very balanced and very long and that ruins the scheduling somewhat."...  

Bolt keen on Rio, 400 and long jump eyed

Usain Bolt is a definite starter for another Olympic Games in four years' time, opening up the possibility of more sprint records or an attempt at other events, the six-time gold medallist said on Wednesday. Speculation has been rife since the London Games that the Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion could quit athletics and not compete at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. His hunger for success, however, appears to...  

Eurozone problems will impact India: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday voiced concern that continuing problems in the eurozone will further dampen global markets and adversely impact India's own economic growth. Singh also said that the need to revive global growth should be an issue of immediate concern which must be addressed by world leaders. He made these remarks prior to his departure for Mexico and Brazil to attend the seventh summit of...  

India needs green muscle at Rio 20

Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will have a different kind of carnival this year. From June 20 to 22, the city will host the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which is expected to bring together heads of states, ministers, senior officials, representatives from international organisations, civil society leaders and environmentalists. Since the conference is a 20th year follow-up of the most famous environmental meeting held in the recent decades"the...