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At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa put the case for UNSC reform in stark terms: Africa holds 54 UN seats and nearly a fifth of humanity, yet has zero…
Bussy-Saint-Georges Mayor Yann Dubosc publicly endorsed BAPS after a decade of transparent cooperation — calling the Hindu Mandir…
PM Modi's BRICS gala dinner wasn't just about diplomacy — it was soft-power gastronomy. An entirely vegan, millet-forward menu at…
The New Delhi Declaration isn't just another BRICS communiqué — it is India's attempt to position the expanded bloc as a credible…
Modi and Xi met on the margins of the Delhi BRICS Summit — the first bilateral since Tianjin in August 2025. The language was…
Bangladesh's PM Tarique Rahman skipped the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi despite a BIMSTEC-chair invitation — and Dhaka's media…
Xi Jinping's 'third golden decade' pledge isn't just BRICS boilerplate — it sets the stage for China to steer the expanded bloc's…
India shut the door — for now — on a common BRICS currency, but left the window wide open for local-currency trade settlement.…
The BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir near Paris hosted over 50 UNESCO ambassadors from 43 countries for an Indo-French Cultural Open Day.…
