BRICS Countries
BRICS Anti-Corruption Ministerial Meet 2022
First BRICS Anti-Corruption Ministerial Meet was organised on July 13, 2022, under the chairmanship of China. Highlights During the virtual meet, member countries signed a communiqué of “BRICS Ministerial Meeting on Anti-Corruption”. Members set foot on broad consensus for rejecting ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
10th World Peace Forum 2022
Tenth edition of the World Peace Forum 2022 is being organised by Tsinghua University, in Beijing. BRICS Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges As a part of the World Peace Forum, panel discussion on BRICS Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges” was held. India’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: Summits and Conferences
BRICS call for Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism
14th BRICS Summit was concluded on June 26, 2022 under the chair-ship of Chinese President Xi Jinping. India was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Two-day summit was concluded with the Beijing Declaration. About Beijing Declaration Beijing declaration notes that, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022
Category: Summits and Conferences
14th BRICS Summit 2022
India is likely to push back against an effort by Chinese President Xi Jinping to use the summit BRICS summit as a platform for highlight his efforts to develop an alternative to the US-led global order. Highlights 14th BRICS Summit will be held ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022
Category: Summits and Conferences
BRICS Bank: Which is the new member?
On December 29, 2021, the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) announced to add Egypt as its new member. Key Points Egypt is the fourth new member admitted into NDB, following Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Uruguay. Inclusion of Egypt ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
6th BRICS Film Festival awards announced at IFFI
6th edition of the BRICS Film Festival awards was announced at the 52nd International Film Festival of India in Goa. For the first time, BRICS Film Festival was held alongside IFFI during November 20 to November 28, 2021. Key Points ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2021
India calls on rightful place for BRICS in Global Innovation Index
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, chaired the 9th BRICS Science and Technology Meet on November 26, 2021. Highlights During the meeting, minister called for BRICS countries to come together and innovate cost-effective, sustainable, affordable, accessible, and scalable ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2021
BRICS Meeting on Tax Matters- highlights
Heads of Tax Authorities of the BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia India, China and South Africa held their virtual meeting on Tax matters from September 13 to September 14, 2021. Key facts Meeting was held under the Chairship of India. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
India hosts BRICS Summit virtually
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, chaired the 13th BRICS Summit virtually on September 9, 2021. Theme of the summit India has chosen the theme of the Summit as “BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus”. Highlights The Summit was participated ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
BRICS-Agricultural Research Platform- Key Facts
Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, chaired the 11th Meeting of BRICS on August 27, 2021. Highlights Ministers of Agriculture from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa held meeting virtually under the theme- “BRICS Partnership for ..