A Delhi BJP leader said India’s hosting of the BRICS Summit 2026 highlights its global role, while the 18th BRICS Summit declaration emphasized cooperation in traditional medicine.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan praised the successful conclusion of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, highlighting India’s chairship and the bloc’s economic and demographic weight.
India’s 2026 BRICS presidency and the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi are framed as an opportunity to advance local-currency trade, digital payments, UPI connectivity and rupee internationalisation.
An editorial argues that BRICS should move from accepting existing global rules to shaping them, while maintaining a non-confrontational stance toward the West.
The 18th BRICS summit endorsed local-currency settlement, payment interoperability and BRICS Pay, while stopping short of a common currency and navigating Iran-UAE tensions.
An opinion piece argues that BRICS remains meaningful for the Global South despite internal differences, and that Western criticism should not define how the grouping is judged.
At the closing session of the BRICS summit under India’s presidency, leaders called for stronger cooperation on supply chains, early-warning systems, innovation, and economic resilience.
Chinese, Egyptian and Russian leaders addressed the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, emphasizing supply-chain stability, multilateral cooperation, development finance, AI governance and intra-BRICS trade.
The New Delhi Declaration emphasises that a plurality of voices must be heard and heeded.
