BRICS should make positive policy on Fourth Industrial Revolution: Manish Tewari

Source: Lokmat Times | Original Published At: 2026-09-10 17:14:45 UTC

Key Points

• Congress leader Manish Tewari said BRICS should develop a positive policy on frontier technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
• Tewari said artificial intelligence, quantum computing, robotics, the Internet of Things, and genomics are shaping the future and that most progress is occurring in the Global North.
• BJP leader Gourav Vallabh said the 11 BRICS countries represent a large share of the world's population and global trade, making leader-level cooperation important.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is ready for the BRICS Summit and shared a video showing Bharat Mandapam decorated for the event.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are listed as attending leaders.