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Snapshot of the day

November 21, 2023

Pratik Kanjilal

While the Chinese and Russian presidents will attend the extraordinary virtual BRICS meeting to discuss the crisis in Gaza, PM Narendra Modi will bunk because there’s election campaigning to be done. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the meeting convened by South Africa, the current chair of the group. Modi is