Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari on the BRICS summit: Going by the initial steps it seems this Govt is kneeling down in front of both Pakistan and China. Earlier BJP used to mention biryani on every issue of Pakistan, but now they themselves seem to be laying out a 20 course meal."

Pitching for 'zero tolerance" against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told leaders of the five-nation grouping BRICS that the "choices" they make now will shape the future of the world at large.

Addressing the summit of Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa in Fortaleza, he noted that the region stretching from Afghanistan to Africa is "experiencing turbulence and conflict" and "remaining mute spectators to countries being torn up can have grave consequences".