BRICS: Bringing people and economies together
The article highlights BRICS’ growing economic scale and India’s 2026 chairmanship, emphasizing digital public infrastructure, trade growth, tourism, mobility, and people-to-people cooperation.
The article highlights BRICS’ growing economic scale and India’s 2026 chairmanship, emphasizing digital public infrastructure, trade growth, tourism, mobility, and people-to-people cooperation.
The 18th BRICS Summit, under India’s chairmanship, begins at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, bringing together BRICS members, more than 20 invited countries and global organizations to discuss inclusive global governance, multilateralism, trade and technology cooperation.
India has an opportunity to turn BRICS’ diversity into a source of cooperation strength.
Russian President Vladimir Putin used the BRICS Summit in New Delhi to warn Europe against sending troops to Ukraine and to promote deeper BRICS cooperation and a proposed NDB-based investment platform.
India is exploring ways to connect BRICS member countries’ central bank digital currencies to ease cross-border payments and reduce reliance on the US dollar.
An opinion column explains India’s BRICS chairmanship, summit themes, and the grouping’s role amid global disruptions and US-Iran tensions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is reducing trade barriers and expanding business cooperation under its BRICS chairship, citing new BRICS networks and India’s economic resilience.
India’s BRICS Bharat Innovates Exposition showcased deep-tech startups and innovation partnerships alongside the 18th BRICS Summit.
Indian deep-tech startups will be showcased at a BRICS exposition, while a BRICS portal for farmers, startups, researchers and investors is set to be launched.