The BRICS sports ministers' meeting scheduled for June 22 will bring together representatives from China, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia and Iran, India, South Africa and Brazil.
After Congress' KL Sharma defeated Bhartiya Janta Party's Smriti Irani in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, the newly elected party MP asserted that the senior leaders of the party have asked him to stay humble and not fill himself with ego after becoming an MP.
Smriti Irani, who had famously defeated Rahul Gandhi in 2019, lost to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma in Lok Sabha Elections 2024 by a margin of 1,67,196 votes.
As trends show Congress' KL Sharma leading against her on Amethi seat, BJP leader Smriti Irani said on Tuesday that she gave 10 years of her life to Amethi and will continue to serve the area in times to come.
As the counting of votes is underway, the latest trends suggest that Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda, and the Leader of Opposition of the outgoing Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, are among those high-profile candidates heading for a big loss.
Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma, who is on the verge of pulling off a major upset by defeating Union Minister Smriti Irani from Amethi, termed this a victory of the 'Gandhi family' and the people of Amethi.
Following the latest trends which showed Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma leading against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s candidate Smriti Irani in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, the former said that he would like to thank the people of the constituency and the Gandhi family.
Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, announced the Presidential bid for the snap elections, which are slated to take place later this month, according to Al Jazeera.
Republican lawmakers who are members of the House of Representatives' China-focused committee on Friday urged the US to investigate six Chinese state-owned companies for allegedly helping Iran evade US sanctions, Nikkei Asia reported.