The next Environment Ministers Meeting of BRICS countries will be held in India in 2021, Russian Minister of Environment Protection Dmitry Kobylkin told reporters

Russian Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia) chaired a Meeting of BRICS Joint Task Force on Disaster Risk Management via videoconference

The New Development Bank (NDB) is poised to make an announcement regarding the opening of its Moscow office, which was first revealed at the 2019 BRICS meeting, the bank's vice president and chief financial officer Leslie Maasdorp told Sputnik

South Africa received the $1 billion emergency loan that it secured from the New Development Bank to assist in fighting the coronavirus pandemic on July 20, according to National Treasury

Fitch Ratings has affirmed New Development Bank (NDB)'s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'AA+' with a Stable Outlook. Fitch has also affirmed NDB's Short-Term IDR at 'F1+'

The foreign ministers of BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - will hold a meeting in Moscow in September, Ambassador to Russia Venkatesh Varma said