Security concerns and global economic issues will top the agenda at the fifth IBSA summit in Pretoria on Tuesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who arrived here Monday evening, will raise India’s concerns on these matters, as well as piracy. The leaders of India, Brazil and South Africa will issue a joint declaration.

Chanchaldeep Singh Sandhu is a young executive based in Ludhiana.
His first book is I Never Thought I Could fall in Love.

Karan Puri, who studied at the University of Rochester, worked in the field of marketing for a leading consulting firm before turning to his true love, writing.

Amrita Sharma, author of What Did I Ever See in Him?, has worked for various media organisations. She is currently with the BBC and is working on a sequel to her first book.

Subramanian Ramadorai begins the author’s note of his book, The TCS Story… and Beyond, with a confession: I am an “unlikely candidate for writing a book”.

Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla is an author and filmmaker whose novels include Ode to Lata and The Exiles, which is a tale of love and loss set in Kenya, India and Los Angeles.

A detachment of Britain’s Welsh Guards, in their trademark red tunics and black bearskin hats, joined American and French soldiers in marching past Lenin’s mausoleum in Moscow’s fabled Red Square as Russia marked the 65th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany on Sunday. It enraged Russia’s Communists, who planned to hold a protest at this breach of tradition.    PHOTO: AP

West Indies’ captain Chris Gayle dives to save his wicket as he is run out on 98 by Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in their T-20 World Cup match in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday. India lost by 14 runs and are now on the brink of elimination.PHOTO: AP

People queue up to pay tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary on Sunday at the house in Jorasanko in Kolkata where he was born and where he died. Across India, a series of events was held in honour of the poet and Nobel laureate.   PHOTO: AP

New Delhi, May 9: Minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh, who described home ministry policies with regard to Chinese projects in India as “alarmist” and “paranoid” in Beijing on Saturday, has been snubbed by the home ministry, which has squarely rejected his contention. Ministry sources said there will be no toning down of security checks before clearances are given to Chinese companies for export of equipment to India.