If India is admitting new members in BRICS with caution, it's likely because the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is often perceived as China-centric.
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra had revealed at a press briefing Thursday that Modi & Xi met on BRICS sidelines, and that the PM ‘highlighted India’s concerns’ on the LAC situation.
Foreign secy Kwatra says PM highlighted India's concerns on unresolved issues along LAC. This was 1st time the leaders interacted in public since Ladakh border stand-off began in 2020.
Questions have emerged as to whether BRICS expansion helps serve Beijing's goal of creating anti-West bloc, but ex-ambassador says most new entrants have good relations with US.
Daily Maverick report elicited denial from Ramaphosa govt, which said deputy President Mashatile was not 'despatched last minute'. Ramaphosa greeted Chinese counterpart Xi in person.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was host to the recently-concluded 15th BRICS Summit, said their membership would come into effect from January 2024.
BRICS is holding its first in-person meeting since Covid pandemic. Beijing & Moscow make it known that they see grouping as a counterbalance to Western alliance.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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