CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Meenakshi Lekhi, participated in the 7th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first meeting of BRICS Culture Ministers was held in Moscow in 2015. The same year, an Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Culture among the BRICS countries was signed at Ufa Summit in July 2015.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since 2009, they have increasingly formed into a more cohesive geopolitical bloc, with their governments meeting annually at formal summits and coordinating multilateral policies; China hosted the most recent 14th BRICS summit on 24 July 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -Establishment: Agreed by BRICS leaders at the 5th BRICS summit held in Durban, South Africa in 2013.