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India to host and chair the BRICS Summit in New Delhi
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India to host and chair the BRICS Summit in New Delhi
India is hosting and chairing the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, with a Modi-Putin meeting ahead of it, as the grouping positions itself as a forum for emerging economies rather than an anti-Western bloc.
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India is hosting and chairing the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, with Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the meeting.
The Kremlin has said BRICS is not an anti-Western bloc but a grouping of countries with a shared outlook, and voiced support for India's efforts toward a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict.
BRICS began as an informal platform for cooperation among major emerging economies and has since admitted new members beyond its five founding states.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
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- BRICS
- New Delhi Summit
- emerging economies
- India's foreign policy
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How the exam will ask it
Prelims
- BRICS, New Delhi Summit, emerging economies, India's foreign policy
Mains
Use as an example in GA answers (GS2 - International Relations: BRICS and multilateral groupings).
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
With reference to the freeze on the number of Lok Sabha seats, consider the following statements:
- The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976 froze the number of Lok Sabha and State Assembly seats at 1971 census levels.
- The 84th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2001 extended this freeze only until the first census conducted after 2001.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: A — Statement 1 is correct - the 42nd Amendment, 1976 froze seat numbers at 1971 census levels. Statement 2 is incorrect - the 84th Amendment, 2001 extended the freeze until the first census conducted after 2026, not 2001.
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