Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and other world leaders at a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, part of the Kremlin's efforts to challenge Western global clout.

Leaders of the nations in the BRICS grouping, which accounts for 37 per cent of global economic output, predicted its influence would grow as they met in Russia on Tuesday (Oct 23), outlining common p

The summit saw a number of historic and key meetings between various world leaders including that of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping after a hiatus of five years.