New Delhi: BRICS leaders on Saturday called for protection of cultural heritage, including in regions affected by conflict, and laid emphasis on repatriation of antiquities and objects of spiritual, ancestral, historical and cultural value to their country of origin. In the New Delhi Declaration adopted on day one of the two-day BRICS Summit being hosted…
New Delhi: BRICS leaders on Saturday expressed serious concern over “deliberate attacks” on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities under full safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), while underlining that nuclear safety and security must always be upheld, including in “armed conflicts”. In the ‘New Delhi Declaration’ adopted on the first day of…
New Delhi: ‘Paneer lababdar’, ‘gucchi marmik’, ‘millet pulao’, and ‘shahtoot phirni’ for desserts were among the Indian delicacies served to the leaders and delegates of the BRICS Summit at a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Bharat Mandapam on Saturday. The state-of-the-art complex was decked up for the occasion. India is…
New Delhi: Union ministers and chief ministers of several states on Saturday attended a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in honour of the leaders of BRICS and other participating countries and organisations. The Union ministers, including Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Sarbananda Sonowal, and Kiren Rijiju…
New Delhi: (Sep 12) An ensemble of artistes drawn largely from India as well as other member countries of BRICS performed at a gala dinner that Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted for leaders and delegates on the opening day of the grouping’s summit at the Bharat Mandapam here. India is hosting the BRICS Summit at…
New Delhi: The Global South must become a “rule shaper” and the existing “pyramid of privilege” in global governance must give way to a “platform of partnership”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday at the BRICS Summit where India secured a consensus joint declaration despite sharp differences between the UAE and Iran over the…
New Delhi: A consensus on a joint statement at the BRICS summit is a “win-win situation” for India as it signifies that New Delhi has been able to preserve its strategic autonomy while ensuring that its key concerns are reflected in the document, Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) co-convener Ashwani Mahajan said on Saturday. BRICS leaders…
New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday hailed the BRICS bloc as the world’s most influential platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries and called on the grouping to play its “due role” in bringing peace in West Asia. Addressing the BRICS summit here, Xi said China will work with BRICS members…
New Delhi: The BRICS Delhi Declaration has backed comprehensive reform of the United Nations, including the UN Security Council, calling for greater representation of developing countries and stressing that the reform should lead to an “amplified voice of the Global South”. The declaration, adopted on the landmark occasion of the 20th anniversary of BRICS, reaffirmed…
Ranchi: The Gujarat Police arrested a man from Jharkhand’s Deoghar district on Saturday, whose email id was allegedly used to send threats to explode the secretariat in Gandhinagar and carry out a blast at the ongoing BRICS summit in New Delhi, a senior official said. The man, a native of Bihar’s Jamui, was arrested from…
