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Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory with road restrictions, diversions and alternate routes from September 11 to 13.

India will host the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026, under its BRICS chairmanship.

New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) In a strategic balancing act triggered by escalating global trade tensions, India is leveraging the two-day BRICS summit starting Saturday to position the grouping as a complementary engine for economic growth while championing the Global South's core developmental priorities -- most notably safeguarding food,

New Delhi seeks progress on trade, payments, energy security and supply chains, while managing ties with China, Russia and the wider Global South

Delhi has stepped up security ahead of the BRICS Summit, with mock drills, intensified CCTV surveillance and temporary traffic restrictions planned for VVIP movements.

Even as the two-day BRICS summit, hosted by India in New Delhi, is barely a few hours away, and amid media reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the event,

BRICS was formed in 2006 as an informal BRIC alliance comprising four countries - Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Today, BRICS brings together eleven major emerging markets and developing countries worldwide.

The government is working to arrange the prime minister's bilateral visit to India when the timing is conducive, says the state minister for foreign affairs.