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Achievements of BRICS during the 2015 Ufa Summit By   Deepak Parvatiyar    Published in elections.in (http://www.elections.in/blog/achievements-of-brics-during-the-2015-ufa-summit/)                       July 23, 2015 5.00 / 5  (100.00%)  1 vote These are difficult times for the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, well acknowledged in the underlying theme of this year’s BRICS summit at Ufa in Russia on 9th July —“BRICS Partnership – a Powerful Factor of Global Development.” The very first paragraph of the Ufa Declaration stressed on the discussions on “issues of common interest in respect of the international agenda as well as key priorities in respect of further strengthening and broadening our intra-BRICS cooperation”. This is significant. The very foundation of BRICS was based on the perception that the BRICS countries were the emerging dynamos of gr...

PM Narendra Modi’s Central Asia Tour By   Deepak Parvatiyar   Published in elections.in (http://www.elections.in/blog/pm-narendra-modis-central-asia-tour/) July 21, 2015 5.00 / 5  (100.00%)  1 vote We have been tracking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign tours. In these columns we mentioned that business diplomacy, terror concerns and hard selling India as the best destination for foreign investment to give fillip to his “Make In India” campaign seem the core of Modi’s foreign policy. (http://www.elections.in/blog/narendra-modis-three-nation-visit/) You may also like to read Official tours of Narendra Modi Narendra Modi’s Three Nation Visit “My visit to all five countries in the region demonstrates the importance that we attach to a new level of relationship with Central Asia,” Modi said in Kyrgyzstan. Modi’s Focus on Extremism and Terrorism A distinct trend that appears following his latest trips to the five Central Asi...