Bharat Express

Brics

Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Monday that numerous countries have expressed strong interest in joining the grouping.

BRICS is also pushing for its development bank to compete with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

If anything, BRICS has served as a platform for Russia to air its anti-Western rhetoric, with Lavrov criticizing the West for its "hegemony" and employing "financial blackmail".

There has been intense speculation about a bilateral meeting between PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Brics Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present at the upcoming BRICS Summit.

Putin's anticipated visit had posed a diplomatic and legal quandary for South Africa, as he is wanted by the International Criminal Court

Numerous other countries are also clamouring to join the alliance, feeding western worries that it is developing into a rival to Washington and the EU.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar said Brics must send out a strong message that the world is multipolar, is rebalancing and “that old ways cannot address new situations”