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BRICS
Current Affairs for Week 37 of 2026
BRICS adopts the New Delhi Declaration
The 11-member grouping adopted the declaration on 12 September at the summit Narendra Modi chaired, after Iran and the UAE agreed a last-minute compromise on language about the West Asia war. It sought comprehensive UN reform, backing bigger Security Council roles for India and Brazil, urged “maximum restraint”, and criticised the U.S. blockade of Cuba.Source: The Hindu
Modi proposes a BRICS troika; China takes over the presidency
Addressing the summit, the Prime Minister said BRICS was “coming of age” twenty years after it was formed and proposed a G-20-style troika of incoming and outgoing chairs, a road map for global governance reform, a seafarer distress network and a Global South mechanism for skilling in new technologies. China will chair BRICS next year.Source: The Hindu
Xi Jinping visits India for the first time in nearly seven years
The Chinese President arrived on 12 September for a two-day visit to attend the BRICS summit at Bharat Mandapam, his first to India since the October 2019 informal summit at Mamallapuram. In an hour-long bilateral meeting he and Mr. Modi welcomed steady progress in ties since they last met at Tianjin in August 2025.Source: The Hindu
Modi urges Putin to end the Ukraine war
Meeting the Russian President on the margins of the BRICS summit on 11 September, Prime Minister Modi pressed for an end to the war in Ukraine. Russia separately welcomed India’s efforts towards a settlement. The New Delhi Declaration made no separate mention of the war.Source: The Hindu