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India has a “positive intent and an open mind’’ on the proposed expansion of the five-member BRICS grouping, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra has said.The statement, made ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Johannesburg this week to attend the BRICS Summit on August 22-24, is important as the proposed membership expansion is likely to be one of the key issues discussed by the leaders.This will be the first in-person summit of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) since 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...