CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations held their annual meeting on the margins of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77) on 22 September 2022, chaired by South Africa in its capacity as the incoming BRICS Chair for 2023.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main purpose of the MoU is flood control and disaster mitigation in downstream areas. Thus, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with People’s Republic of China was signed on April, 2005 upon provision of hydrological information of the River Sutlej/Langqen Zangbo in Flood Season by China to India.

Detailed explanation-3: -BRIC is a grouping acronym referring to the developing countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, which are identified as rising economic powers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sergei Lavrov is the current foreign minister.