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Brics Summit: Delhi gets makeover with lights, flowers, themed signages

Officials said decorative lighting has been installed at several locations, including Patel Chowk, Windsor Place, Mandi House, Teen Murti, Lok Kalyan Metro Station and the PMO roundabout

Brics Summit 2026: What is open and closed in Delhi from Sept 11-13?

Delhi is set to host the Brics Summit 2026 on September 12-13, with preparations in full swing. Tight security and traffic restrictions are expected across the national capital

Brics summit 2026: Delhi-NCR trains cancelled, diverted from Sept 11-13

Indian Railways has revised train operations around NDLS station from September 11-13 amid security arrangements for the BRICS Summit 2026. Northern Railway has revised schedules for 110 trains

Brics Summit 2026 agenda: India-China bilateral meeting among key events

Hosted by India under its 2026 Brics chairship, the two-day summit will mark the culmination of India's year-long leadership of the grouping

Govt launches DILRMP 3.0 with ₹565 crore outlay for integrated land records

Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the programme would move beyond digitisation of individual records towards an integrated land management system

Delhi may get rain, thunderstorms today; heavy rain in Odisha, Chhattisgarh

The national capital is likely to see a maximum temperature of 32-34 degrees Celsius, while a low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal is expected to bring rainfall across several states

Brics 2026: West Asia tensions, energy supplies may top summit agenda

West Asia conflict and energy security could dominate the BRICS Summit, with members also expected to discuss critical minerals, clean energy, transport and trade

Haryana tops states with seven most productive informal-sector districts

NSO's first district-level estimates show sharp geographic concentration in informal-sector productivity, while Telangana and the Northeast lead in women's participation

As India hosts Brics, partners seek more predictable trade regime

WTO review exposes trade concerns among BRICS partners, with China, Indonesia and Brazil seeking greater predictability and fewer barriers in India's trade regime

Delhi building collapse: Students worry about safety, but options limited

"Our parents have been calling us. They are anxious and want us back home, or at least shifting elsewhere," says Ansh Agarwal, a second-year BA student from Motilal Nehru College, DU

Delhi gears up to raise SDRF, battalion of 1,100 personnel proposed

In a meeting of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta with senior National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials at the Delhi Secretariat, necessary inputs were gathered for the state-of-the-art SDERF team

Global consumer companies see India as a long-term growth market

Executives at Coca-Cola, Mondelez, Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser see India offering strong growth on resilient demand, premiumisation and wider distribution

Trade unions question composition of minimum wage advisory board

AITUC, CITU and NFITU have raised concerns over the exclusion of major central trade unions and the board's role in the formulation of minimum-wage policy

Supreme Court asks FSSAI where to draw line on food label warnings

Supreme Court asks food regulator to spell out quantitative thresholds and scientific basis for identifying packaged foods that would require front-of-pack warnings

India, Russia aim to increase trade to $100 bn by 2030: Piyush Goyal

Commerce minister says non-energy trade offers headroom for growth as India and Russia target $100 billion in annual bilateral trade and $50 billion in investment by 2030

Delhi HC bars GST registration without biometric Aadhaar authentication

The court granted the authorities liberty to file objections regarding any practical difficulty in its implementation and listed the matter for hearing on September 22.

Karnataka govt limits Vande Mataram to two stanzas at official events

The Congress govt in Karnataka has ordered that only the first 2 stanzas of Vande Mataram be sung at its programmes, except those attended by the president, vice-president, prime minister or governor.

Indian envoy urges stable, predictable India-China ties ahead of Xi visit

This will be Xi's first visit to India in nearly seven years. He is also expected to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit from September 12 to 13.

Next-generation reform architecture to be defined by deregulation: Gauba

Niti Aayog Member Rajiv Gauba says the next phase of reforms must dismantle the maze of permissions, approvals and renewals burdening businesses and citizens

West Bengal AAR says actual-cost electricity recovery not liable to GST

Authority says electricity charges recovered without any markup or profit, including for HVAC and common areas, can be excluded from the value of maintenance services