From its humble beginnings as BRIC to an influential coalition of 11 nations, BRICS today stands poised to reshape global economic dynamics. With nearly 40% of the world's GDP, the upcoming 2026 Summit in India will be a pivotal moment for emerging economies.

The 18th Brics Leaders’ Summit will be held in New Delhi on September 12-13, bringing together leaders of the expanded grouping for discussions on economic cooperation, technology, energy and food security,

The two-day summit will be held in New Delhi on September 12-13 under India’s chairship, with Chinese President Xi Jinping among the leaders attending

India ⁠is ⁠pushing to link central bank digital ⁠currencies (CBDCs) across BRICS nations for cross-border payments at a summit later this week, ​despite political and technical hurdles that could limit progress,

Even as New Delhi gets ready to host the high-profile BRICS summit over the weekend, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Wednesday questioned the tangible benefits India has gained from recent BRICS summits.

The initiative builds on the declaration adopted at the 2025 BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, which called for greater interoperability among member countries' payment systems to improve the efficiency of cross-border transactions.

Xi bilateral talks, focus on the Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership 2030, and explore practical cross-border digital payment frameworks.

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India will push BRICS nations to expand the use of central bank-backed digital currencies for cross-border payments, while stopping short of supporting a unified payments network that could be seen as a challenge to the dollar,

Xi Jinping will visit India for the first time in seven years and hold talks with Narendra Modi; Bangladesh says its prime minister was not invited to the Brics Summit