India to host BRICS summit in Oct.

22 March 2016 07:12 pm

India will host a summit of the emerging BRICS nations in October, New Delhi said Tuesday.

Leaders of the so-called BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- will meet in the western Indian state of Goa on October 15 and 16.

India last month took over chairmanship of the grouping, which represents 40 percent of the world's population. (AFP)