The 3rd BRICS Meeting showcased India’s cultural heritage through an AI-powered demonstration by ImmverseAI’s BharatiyaGPT, bringing ancient manuscripts into interactive digital exploration for BRICS leaders and ministers.
Mumbai will host the BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave 2026 on August 11-12, focusing on climate resilience, urban heat, transport, air pollution, housing, and AI-enabled governance.
At the BRICS Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Jaipur, Indonesia advocated wider MSME financing access, resilient global value chains and stronger multilateral trade cooperation.
BRICS competition authorities met in Udaipur to strengthen cooperation on law enforcement, digital markets, and renewable energy competition.
A UAE minister said non-oil trade with BRICS countries grew 28.5% year on year in 2025 and described BRICS as a key platform for practical economic cooperation.
Brazil’s government plan places South-South cooperation at the centre of foreign policy, with strengthening BRICS and reforming multilateral institutions as key priorities.
India hosted BRICS trade ministers to discuss multilateral trade, MSMEs, digital transformation and economic cooperation.
The declaration advances cultural heritage cooperation, creators’ networking and fair remuneration for copyrighted works used in AI systems.
The Bhopal Declaration sets out a framework for BRICS cooperation on cultural heritage, creative industries and exchanges among artists.
