PM Modi in a family photo with other leaders at Brics Business Forum 2026. (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Brics bloc on Saturday agreed on a joint declaration that it is “unlikely to name any country but will condemn unilateral war by any country,” Reuters reported, citing four sources.The agreement comes as leaders of the 11-member … Read more
Xi was received at the Delhi airport by Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for the 18th BRICS Summit, beginning a two-day visit to India that marks his first trip to the country in seven years.Xi was received at the Delhi … Read more
Discussions included defense, mining, and semiconductor cooperation. NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi met his Malaysian and Ethiopian counterparts, Anwar Ibrahim and Abiy Ahmad Ali, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit on Saturday. Government sources said that meetings resulted in taking India’s relations with both countries on a new trajectory, as Malaysia and Ethiopia expressed … Read more
Sources said the talks with Ethiopia and Malaysia marked a new trajectory in India’s relations with the two countries NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate bilateral meetings with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in New Delhi on Saturday, with India seeking to deepen cooperation with both … Read more
Air connectivity between India and China has gradually improved in recent months. China Southern Airlines will restart regular passenger flights between Guangzhou and New Delhi from September 21, the Global Times reported on Saturday.The announcement came ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to India for the Brics summit. The airline said the resumption would … Read more
NEW DELHI: A Russian translation of ‘Thirukkural’, the influential Tamil work whose wisdom PM Narendra Modi has often drawn on in his speeches, was his gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday as they met ahead of the Brics summit.The ancient book carries 1,330 short couplets offering moral guidance on principally three pursuits – virtue, … Read more
NEW DELHI: India’s Brics presidency has yielded over 50 tangible and practical outcomes, including frameworks and action plans, across the four priority pillars of resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability, official sources said ahead of the summit that begins Saturday.According to Indian authorities, the takeaways for India include an unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and commitment to … Read more
NEW DELHI: A day after Congress’s P Chidambaram said the last 2-3 Brics summits have been without any tangible benefits for the country, party MP Shashi Tharoor Friday said it is par for course in diplomacy and one values a platform because it demonstrates India’s influence to convene meetings of important countries.Chidambaram said Brics used … Read more
This marks a major step in cervical caner prevention –New Delhi: India has crossed the 80 lakh mark in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination under the national campaign since its launch in Feb 2026, marking a major step in cervical cancer prevention.The campaign provides free, voluntary, single-dose HPV vaccination to 14-year-old girls, with parental consent, at … Read more
13,186 additional seats have been approved NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 13,186 additional MBBS seats for the 2026-27 academic year, taking the total approved undergraduate medical intake to 1,40,214 seats across 836 medical colleges, excluding seats at the Institutes of National Importance (INIs).The updated seat matrix, as on September 1, incorporates … Read more