BRICS

While the government deciding to reuse the logo instead of coming up with a new one could be a debate as India has no dearth of creativity and talented artists, the claim that the logo is an outright copy of the logo of a hospital is factually incorrect.

The BRICS presidency is giving India not just a platform but the power to set the rules – where the dollar, Western hegemony and China's limitations will be exposed simultaneously.

The President of Brazil said that he would rather speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This comes as Trump’s tariffs against Brazil increased to 50 per cent.

In the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the US has extended its support to Ukraine by providing the Patriot air defense system which is a powerful tool that can detect and intercept incoming missiles. The close alliance between these two nations has triggered discomfort among other countries

The BRICS nations have voiced "serious concerns" about the unilateral imposition of tariffs and non-tariff measures, in apparent reference to the US, which they deemed inconsistent with World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.

In 2012, India was considered the weakest link among BRICS countries such as Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. There were talks about the prospect of a country like Indonesia replacing India at BRICS.

Speaking at the Doha Forum on Saturday, Jaishankar reflected on the positive relationship India had with the first Trump administration, highlighting the restart of the QUAD under Trump's presidency.

With China confirming the de-escalation of border tensions in the Ladakh region and an agreement on border patrols, a Modi-Xi meeting on the sidelines during BRICS Summit may not be entirely surprising.

With countries like India and China resolving their disputes without leaving any scope for the West to interfere and India asserting its strategic autonomy to bolster ties with West’s bête noire Russia, the US will certainly closely monitor the BRICS Summit even as it may claim not to see the grouping as “geopolitical rivals”.

India has steadfastly refused to bow down to Western demand and has continued its time-tested bilateral ties with Russia, expertly navigating the tight geopolitical rope of diplomacy in a multipolar world.