Overview

• At the Rio BRICS summit, members endorsed India’s stance that perpetrators and victims of terrorism cannot be equated, marking a key diplomatic win for Modi.
• India secured agreements with Ghana and Namibia to supply rare earth elements, uranium, lithium, gold and diamonds aimed at bolstering economic self-reliance.
• Modi’s engagements highlighted cultural outreach to the overseas Indian community, notably with Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister tracing her ancestry to Bihar’s Buxar.
• BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi dismissed US President Donald Trump’s extra-tariff warnings as an internal US matter while noting ongoing trade-agreement discussions with Washington.
• The party accused the Congress of holding an ‘Emergency mindset,’ citing its criticism of Shashi Tharoor’s commentary on the 1975 Emergency as proof of lingering sympathies.