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17th BRICS Summit 2025 Hosted by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro on 6-7 July 2025, marks a significant gathering of the expanded 10-member bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE, and Indonesia). Key Highlights of the Summit: Theme: "Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance" Priorities: 1. Global South Cooperation – Enhancing collaboration among developing nations. 2. BRICS Partnerships – Promoting social, economic, and environmental development. Six Core Focus Areas: - Global health cooperation - Trade, investment, and finance - Climate change - AI governance (a growing geopolitical issue) - Multilateral peace & security - Institutional development (strengthening BRICS’ role in global governance)

Today’s mains previous question on theme Phenomena Explain the formation of thousands of islands in Indonesian and Philippines archipelagos.2014 Phenomena

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2120771 A good Article on LWE. Have a look

Today’s mains PYQ :- The recent cyclone on the east coast of India was called “Phailin”. How are the tropical cyclones named across the world? 2013 (Phenomena).

About C-FLOOD: It is a web-based platform that provides two-days advance inundation forecasts up to village level in the form of flood inundation maps and water level predictions -This initiative executed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) jointly steered by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST). The project marks a transformative step towards strengthening India’s flood management and disaster response framework.

Today’s Question:- There is no formation of deltas by rivers of the Western Ghat. Why? 2013 Phenomena