Question . Recently, Prime Minister attended the 12th BRICS Summit hosted by _ virtually, under the theme Global Stability, Shared security and Innovative Growth.
(A) Brazil
(B) Russia
(C) India
(D) Bone of these
Answer – b
Explanation-
- Why in news – Recently, Prime Minister attended the 12th BRICS Summit hosted by Russia
- virtually, under the theme Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth.
- About – BRICS is the acronym association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
- Originally the first four were grouped as BRIC before the induction of South Africa in 2010. BRICS Summit
- The Chairmanship of the forum is rotated annually among the members, in
- accordance with the acronym B-R-I-C-S.
- BRICS countries are influential members of leading international organisations and agencies, including the UN, the G20, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77.
- The first Independent summit took place in 2009 in Russia.
- The BRICS is known as an influential bloc that represents over 3.6 billion people, or half of the world’s population. The BRICS countries have a combined GDP of USD 16.6 trillion.
- New Development Bank is an outcome of this platform.
By:Arpit Mishra
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