New Dehi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Russia from 22-23 October 2024 at the invitation of  Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, to attend the 16th BRICS Summit, being held in Kazan, under the Chairmanship of Russia. The Summit, themed "Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security," will provide an important platform for leaders to discuss key global issues. The Summit will offer a valuable opportunity to assess the progress of ini...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be visiting Johannesburg, South Africa from 22-24 August 2023 to attend the 15th BRICS Summit at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa. This will be the first in-person BRICS Summit since 2019. The Summit will provide an opportunity to review progress of the initiatives launched by the grouping, and identify future areas of activity. Prime Minister will also participate in a special e...Read More

New Delhi: In a major diplomatic victory for India, the ongoing BRICS Summit at Xiamen in China today issued a declaration, which, for the first time, named terror groups based in Pakistan as the five nations united in condemning terrorism and finding ways to eliminate it. The declaration, adopted by the five BRICS nations - India, China, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa - explicitly names Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Hizb-ut-Tahrir in a clear sign that Beijing'...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Xiamen in China to attend the BRICS summit which will be held from September 3-5, the Ministry of External Affairs said today. The announcement of Modi's visit comes a day after India and China ended their 73-day standoff in Dokalam by withdrawing their troops from the area. "At the invitation of the President of People's Republic of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Xiamen in China's Fujian province during September 3-5, ...Read More

By Snehesh Alex Philip and Vilas Tokale Mobor (Goa): In a stinging attack on Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it "embraces and radiates" the darkness of terrorism which has become its "favourite child" and pitched for decisive action, saying the time for condemning state-sponsored terrorism is long gone. He pressed the member nations of BRICS and BIMSTEC groupings to send a clear message to those who "nurture the philosophy of terror to mend their ways or be isolated in ...Read More

By Snehesh Alex Philip and Vilas Tokale Mobor (Goa): A consensus on including UN- proscribed terror group JeM in the Goa Declaration of the BRICS Summit, which called for tackling terrorism, couldn't be arrived at as other nations in the bloc are not affected by Pakistan-based terrorism, a top Indian diplomat said today. The diplomat, however, said India is "quite happy" with the document. "I guess it does not concern them mainly, BRICS. It affects us. Because Pakistan-based outfits are...Read More

Benaulim:Combating cross-border terrorism and its supporters will be a key priority for BRICS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today announcing decisions taken by top leaders of the five-nation influential grouping at its annual summit here. In his concluding remarks at the BRICS summit, Modi said it was agreed at the summit that those who nurture, shelter, support and sponsor forces of violence and terror are as much a "threat to us" as terrorists themselves and efforts must be speeded up ...Read More

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Prachanda held a trilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Goa and pitched Nepal as a "dynamic bridge" between the two Asian giants, a media report here said today. Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', who reached India to attend the BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit yesterday, first held a one-on-one meeting with Chinese President Xi which lasted for around 20 minutes and later Modi j...Read More

Benaulim (Goa):Amid the ongoing BRICS Summit in Goa, Heads of the States visited the sand sculptures of monuments of all the five member countries created in the lobby of a five-star resort here. India's renowned sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik has created the sculptures of monuments of all five participating nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The leaders visited the sculptures yesterday. "It was a great honour when Prime Minister Narendra Modi explained the importa...Read More