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BRICS Summit 2026: Six key takeaways on tariffs, terrorism and West Asia

The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi ended with a 140-point declaration covering trade, terrorism, West Asia, local-currency payments, AI and global governance. Here are the key takeaways.

Datanomics: India-China economic ties don't reflect their might

India and China seek stronger economic ties, but trade imbalance, border tensions and limited Chinese investment remain key hurdles

Brics declaration balances tariffs, sanctions and West Asia concerns: GTRI

At the 18th Brics Summit, the New Delhi Declaration has criticised tariffs, sanctions and carbon trade measures linked to Western countries without naming them

Build resilience before next emergency arrives: WHO chief to Brics leaders

WHO chief urged Brics leaders to focus on health resilience, innovation, cross-border cooperation and sustainable financing

India's Brics payment pitch falls short of leaders' declaration

BRICS leaders stopped short of endorsing concrete steps on payment-system interoperability and local-currency trade, leaving India's long-running push without a firm action plan

Brics labour initiatives may aid cross-border hiring, remote work: Industry

Industry says Brics initiatives on skills forecasting, remote employment and worker mobility could improve skills alignment and expand access to international jobs

Brics: Chidambaram's question merits better answers

BRICS has economic heft, but tangible gains for members remain limited

Brics Summit 2026: Grain Exchange looks promising, but hurdles remain

The Brics Grain Exchange, proposed in 2023 as a digital platform, is being championed by Russia, one of the world's largest grain producers

Brics Summit 2026: India and China look at pragmatic path ahead

The leaders' last sit-down bilateral meeting was on August 31, 2025, when Modi visited China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit

Brics Summit 2026 ticks all boxes on practical, actionable outcomes

BRICS Summit: India pushes practical cooperation as China, Russia pitch their priorities

Brics 2026: PM Modi warns against weaponising technology, critical minerals

As the two-day Brics Summit concluded, Modi stressed resilient supply chains and inclusive technology, while Xi proposed initiatives spanning AI, trade and manufacturing

Showy summitry

Outcomes of the Brics summit exceeded expectations

BRICS shared satellite system may cut space debris, optimise costs: Experts

Experts say a shared BRICS satellite constellation with common Earth observation and a risk and revenue model could lower data costs and help reduce space debris

Brics bets on AI, startups as India pushes innovation-led growth agenda

Brics summit commits to AI governance, a proposed startup fund, and highlights India's AI Impact Summit and financial-hub initiatives as the bloc courts founders and investors across the Global South

FISME calls for easier trade finance, tech access for MSMEs under Brics

FISME said Brics cooperation should move beyond sharing experiences and create mechanisms that help smaller firms trade, invest and adopt technologies

Brics Declaration affirms telcos' view on connectivity as core infra: COAI

COAI says the New Delhi Declaration's focus on telecom infrastructure and interoperable ICT security standards reflects approaches already adopted by Indian operators

Xi calls on Brics to safeguard supply chains, deepen Global South ties

The BRICS should leverage its close ties with emerging markets and Global South to safeguard supply chains, and foster a large integrated market, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday as he proposed a five-point initiative to boost trade, manufacturing, investment, and technology cooperation. In an address at the concluding session of the BRICS Summit, he called upon the leaders of the grouping to work towards writing a "new chapter of strength through unity for the Global South," asserting that the logic that "might makes right" should have been discarded long ago. "A world without rules is like a crossroads without traffic lights, where chaos and disorder are all but guaranteed. Fairness and justice is a universal aspiration, and international rules must be written by all countries," he said. Xi said the Global South countries should jointly "defend the rule of law in international affairs, safeguard the basic norms of international relations including sovereign equality, ..

Brics Summit: Russian President Putin proposes new insurance mechanism

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed a new insurance mechanism and a collaborative initiative for the grain market among the BRICS nations as he called upon the grouping to adopt a holistic approach in combating pressing global challenges. Putin proposed the new initiatives for economic growth among the BRICS member nations as well as the Global South nations amid crippling sanctions imposed by the Western powers on Moscow for its war on Ukraine. The G-7 countries, the European Union and the UK prohibited Western companies from insuring any ship transporting Russian crude unless the oil was purchased at or below a specified price cap. The sanctions relating to the insurance sector have adversely impacted Russian crude oil exports. "We have independent routes for moving capital, labour and technologies. In fact, we can operate regardless of outside pressure," Putin said at the concluding session of the 18th BRICS summit here. "We have some promising initiatives going

Iran Prez Pezeshkian slams West over sanctions' impact on global welfare

BRICS must expand trade in national currencies and work towards an inclusive global economic framework as excessive dependence on existing financial and trade systems has made emerging economies vulnerable to political shocks, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday. In an address at the concluding session of the two-day BRICS summit, Pezeshkian, taking a swipe at Western powers, was also critical of "unilateral sanctions", saying they are directly impacting global food security and people's welfare. The Iranian leader's remarks came weeks after the US imposed new economic sanctions on Iran, tightening the squeeze on Tehran's finances amid ongoing military hostilities between the two sides. The Iranian president said BRICS had evolved beyond being merely a framework for cooperation among emerging economies and had become a manifestation of growing demand for a more balanced and inclusive world in which "no centre of power has the right to determine the destiny of ...

80% Indians non-vegetarian: Rahul Gandhi's dig at Brics gala dinner menu

Eighty per cent of Indians are non-vegetarian and Indian non-vegetarian food is delicious, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday, a day after an all-vegetarian spread was served at a BRICS Summit gala dinner. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the dinner for the leaders and delegates of the BRICS Summit at the Bharat Mandapam Saturday. In a post on social media platforms X, Facebook and Instagram, Gandhi wrote, "For the record: 80% of Indians are non-vegetarian. Indian non-vegetarian food is delicious. As are my sister's chole bhature." He also posted a picture of chole bhature on a dining table. The remarks of the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha came a day after the gala dinner, which featured an elaborate all-vegetarian menu. 'Khandvi mille', a feuille steamed gram-flour roll, and 'khumb galouti', pan-grilled mushroom kebabs with mint pearls, were served as starters The main course offered 'paneer lababdar', 'gucchi marmik' -- Himalayan morel mushrooms and tender aspar