2020
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Dr Harsh Vardhan
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Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Smriti Zubin Irani
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Piyush Vedprakash Goyal
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Detailed explanation-1: -"India has successfully handed over the BRICS Chairmanship to China from January 2022. The theme for BRICS 2022 is ‘Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership Usher in a New Era for Global Development’, ” the ministry said.
Detailed explanation-2: -Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Marcos Pontes, Russian Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Natalya Bocharova, Indian Minister of Earth Sciences, Science and Technology, and Director-General of the South African Department of Science and Innovation Phil Mjwara attended the meeting.
Detailed explanation-3: -Concerning a BRICS expansion, Lavrov stated that Algeria, Argentina, and Iran had all applied, while it is already known that Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Egypt and Afghanistan are interested, along with Indonesia, which is expected to make a formal application to join at the upcoming G20 summit in Bali.