Brazil plays host to a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies Sunday and Monday during which pressing topics like Israel’s attack on Iran, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and trade tariffs imposed by U.

P rime Minister Narendra Modi will today (July 6, 2025) kick off his four-day visit to Brazil, as part of which he will be taking part in the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Also read | BRICS has no plan to create an alternate currency, says Brazil’s Ambassador to India

Leaders of the growing BRICS group of developing nations meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy,