CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Representing India, Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said that India attaches great importance to the grouping.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 6th BRICS summit was the sixth annual diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle; the host city was Fortaleza.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. We, the leaders of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa, met in Fortaleza, Brazil, on 15 July 2014 at the Sixth BRICS Summit.