New Delhi: The 18th BRICS Summit has endorsed stronger international cooperation in traditional, complementary and integrative medicine, with the New Delhi Declaration welcoming a proposal to establish a dedicated expert working group, the Ministry of Ayush said. The proposed BRICS Expert Working Group on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) will operate under the BRICS Read More…
New Delhi: The three-day Dryland Congress 2026 concluded in New Delhi with a call for greater South–South and triangular cooperation to accelerate solutions for dryland agriculture. The Congress culminated in the adoption of the Delhi Declaration on Drylands (3D), which outlines a shared agenda for transforming dryland agriculture through collaboration, knowledge exchange, innovation and collective Read More…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday praised the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 18th BRICS Summit, saying it reflected the “pragmatic, inclusive and forward-looking leadership” of Indian foreign policy in an evolving global order. The declaration also welcomed the recent Guwahati Declaration issued by the BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies, which Read More…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government, led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, has announced projects and schemes involving a total outlay of Rs 79,219.06 crore through its maiden budget and subsequent Assembly debates on departmental grants. The announcements come amid criticism from opposition parties that the government’s spending plans could place significant strain on the Read More…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, with the two leaders reviewing bilateral relations and reaffirming the need for a long-term strategic approach to ties. The meeting marked a discussion on the steady progress in India-China relations since their Read More…
New Delhi: President of India Droupadi Murmu on Saturday met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at Rashtrapati Bhavan during his first visit to India. Welcoming President Pezeshkian, Murmu expressed appreciation for the support extended by Iran during India’s BRICS presidency. The two leaders discussed the longstanding ties of friendship between India and Iran, including their strong Read More…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, their second meeting in less than two weeks. The leaders discussed bilateral ties and cooperation in multilateral forums, including BRICS. Modi thanked Iran for its continued high-level participation in BRICS meetings and Read More…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, their second meeting this year. The two leaders reviewed progress in bilateral ties across political, economic, defence, energy, space, skill mobility and people-to-people cooperation. They also visited the INNOPROM India industrial Read More…
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Friday for a three-day visit to India, during which he will attend the 18th BRICS Summit and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on strengthening bilateral economic and energy ties. Putin is leading a high-level Russian delegation for the visit. Discussions are expected to focus Read More…
New Delhi: Delhi has been placed under heightened security ahead of the two-day 18th BRICS Summit, with a massive deployment of police and paramilitary personnel and temporary traffic restrictions planned across the capital. Around 15,000 Delhi Police personnel and 200 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed to secure key locations and routes ahead of Read More…