India to host BRICS summit in October

India will host the eighth annual summit of BRICS from October 15-16 in Goa, in its capacity as chair of the influential bloc comprising five countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.

Chairmanship

India assumed chairmanship of BRICS from Russia on February 15 and will hold the position till December 31. The seventh summit was held in Ufa, Russia.

The Logo

The logo for the summit is a lotus with colours from all the five member-countries and a traditional ‘namaste’ in the centre.

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