Ahead of the BRICS summit hosted by India, reports indicate India is proposing cross-border settlement using central bank digital currencies among BRICS members, while avoiding a unified anti-dollar payment network.
India prepares to host the BRICS Summit as President Putin arrives for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi ahead of multilateral talks on trade, cooperation, and possible membership expansion.
India’s Supreme Court will close for the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, with a compensatory working day declared.
Delhi Police has deployed anti-graffiti teams and layered security arrangements ahead of the BRICS Summit after intelligence inputs suggested possible protests targeting foreign leaders.
BRICS is portrayed as a platform for Global South representation through UNSC reform, the New Development Bank, de-dollarisation, and a push for a multipolar international order.
The expanded 11-member BRICS grouping will meet in New Delhi under India’s chairship, with trade, payments, startups, AI, energy, critical minerals, and climate finance expected to shape discussions.
An Indian analysis says New Delhi faces diplomatic challenges at the BRICS summit over Iran-UAE tensions, joint statement language, common currency and de-dollarization, and possible US-China-Russia G-3 dynamics.
The 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi is expected to focus on global institutional reform and a multipolar world order, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres likely to address the summit’s open session.
An opinion analysis of the 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India’s balancing among major powers, and the bloc’s challenges in coordinating policy on climate, technology, security, and institutional development.
