September 10, 2026
37 articles published on this date
India-China Special Representatives Mechanism and LAC Management, Ahead of Bilateral Talks
A short bilateral engagement between the Indian and Chinese heads of government/state was scheduled on the sidelines of a multilateral summit in New Delhi...
Strategic Autonomy in Practice: India's Simultaneous Engagement with China, Russia and the US-Led Trade Order
Back-to-back bilateral engagements with the Chinese and Russian leaderships were scheduled on the sidelines of a multilateral summit hosted in India. The...
BRICS at 17: Institutional Mechanisms and Membership Expansion Ahead of the New Delhi Summit
Heads of state and government from BRICS member and partner countries, along with the United Nations Secretary-General, were confirmed to attend a BRICS...
India-Azerbaijan Ties and the INSTC's Missing Rail Link
A meeting between India's Prime Minister and Azerbaijan's President has renewed discussion on accelerating a key missing rail link in the International...
China Confirms Xi Jinping's India Visit After a Seven-Year Gap: Trade Normalisation on the Agenda
China confirmed that its President would visit India for the 18th BRICS Summit, marking his first visit to the country in seven years and the first since...
Tribal Ministry's Stand on Gram Sabha Consent for Forest Diversion Draws Objection
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) issued a memorandum stating there is no provision requiring Gram Sabha consent for Stage-II forest clearance under the...
Xi Jinping's India Visit for BRICS Summit Amid Efforts to Stabilise Ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping is arriving in New Delhi to attend the BRICS Leaders' Summit and hold a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister, before...
Putin's India Visit: Russia's Expanded Defence Proposals
Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India for bilateral talks with the Prime Minister and to attend the BRICS Leaders' Summit in New Delhi. Russia...
BRICS Summit 2026: Attending Leaders and the Grouping's Membership Structure
Global leaders, including the President of the Russian Federation, the President of the People's Republic of China, and the President of Iran, began...
India Calls for Cooperation over Confrontation in Outer Space
The Prime Minister addressed the first International Space Summit in Paris on 10 September 2026 via video conference, at the invitation of the French...
India-Canada CEPA: Trade Deal Targeted for Conclusion by End-2026
Canada's High Commissioner to India confirmed that the India-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations are on track for...
India's Strategic Sector Push: Space, Semiconductors, Data Centres and Solar Manufacturing
India's industrial policy has converged on four strategic sectors — space, semiconductors, data centres, and solar manufacturing — through a combination of...
Ganga Waters Treaty (1996) Nears Expiry: The Renewal Question
The 1996 India-Bangladesh Ganga Waters Treaty, which governs dry-season sharing of Ganga water at the Farakka Barrage, is set to expire on 12 December 2026...
BRICS at 25: From a Goldman Sachs Acronym to a Global South Platform
The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi coincides with 25 years since the term 'BRIC' was first coined, marking the grouping's evolution from an...
India-China Diplomatic Thaw vs. Persistent Business Suspicion
China's President arrived in New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit (September 12-13, 2026), his first visit to India in seven years, hosted under...
18th BRICS Summit Opens in New Delhi: Agenda and Global Governance Focus
The 18th BRICS Summit convened in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026, with India holding the rotating BRICS Chairmanship for the year Heads of state and...
Xi Jinping's India Visit for BRICS Summit: Where India-China Boundary Diplomacy Stands
China confirmed that President Xi Jinping will visit India for the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026 — his first visit to India in...
August 2026 Ties as Joint Hottest Month on Record: Copernicus Confirms 1.5°C Breach
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported that August 2026 tied with July 2023 as the hottest month globally on record, with a global average...
UN Secretary-General to Press Multipolarity and Security Council Reform at BRICS Summit
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been invited to address the Open Session of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on the theme 'Resilience...
Bamboo Mass Flowering and Die-off Can Trigger Ecological Crisis, Study Warns
A study by the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, Thrissur, published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, warns that synchronous bamboo...
BRICS's Institutional Architecture: NDB, CRA and the Rotating Troika System
BRICS has grown from an informal four-country grouping into an 11-member bloc with standing financial institutions and a structured annual coordination...
Record ₹2,500 Crore Allocation Under PMMSY for 2026–27: Fisheries and India's Blue Economy Push
The Union Budget allocated a record ₹2,500 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) in the Budget Estimates for 2026–27, up from ₹2,465...
Petrochemical Sector Emissions Could Rise 50% by 2050: Facility-Level Study Maps Global Hotspots
A study published in Nature Sustainability projects global petrochemical industry emissions could rise about 50% by 2050 under a business-as-usual...
FSSAI's Front-of-Pack Warning Labels: Centre's Stand Before the Supreme Court
The Centre informed the Supreme Court that it is open to introducing tougher front-of-pack warning labels on packaged foods that are high in added sugar...
BRICS 2026 New Delhi Summit: India's Presidency and the Bigger-to-Better Question
India is hosting the BRICS Summit in New Delhi under its 2026 chairmanship, with the expanded 11-member grouping on the agenda. The summit's discussion...
BRICS Summit 2026: Energy Security and De-Dollarization on the New Delhi Agenda
India is hosting the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on September 12-13, 2026, preceded by a BRICS Business Forum on September 11....
India's BRICS Trade Deficit Widens to $226 Billion: Structural Import Dependence Ahead of the Summit
India's trade deficit with BRICS countries widened to $226.1 billion in FY2026, according to a trade research report, up from $74.5 billion in FY2021. Total...
Summit Diplomacy at BRICS 2026: Bilaterals, Multilateral Choreography, and India's Balancing Act
The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi is expected to feature a mix of formal bilateral meetings, informal 'pull-asides,' and corridor conversations among...
9th ASEAN-India Agriculture Ministerial: Institutional Track of ASEAN-India Cooperation
The 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AIMMAF) was held in New Delhi, co-chaired by the Philippines' Secretary of Agriculture...
Supreme Court Examines Whether a Husband Can Be Tried Despite the Marital Rape Exception
The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions on the constitutional validity of the marital rape exception, and posed the specific question of whether a...
BRICS 2026: India's Trade Heft, NDB Stake and the De-Dollarisation Push
India is hosting the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit on September 12–13, 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, under its 2026 BRICS chairship. The...
Cabinet Approves Eight Railway Multi-Tracking Projects Worth ₹20,804 Crore
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved eight railway multi-tracking projects at a combined estimated cost of ₹20,804 crore, spanning 31...
IAEA Board Reports Iran to UN Security Council: First Referral in Two Decades
The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member Board of Governors adopted a resolution reporting Iran's nuclear non-compliance to the UN Security...
Census Confidentiality and the 1951 NRC-NPR Legal Framework
Former census and administrative officials have called for strict confidentiality safeguards around upcoming Census data, citing concerns over its potential...
BRICS at 20: From a Four-Nation Acronym to an 11-Member, 40%-of-World-GDP Bloc
India is hosting the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026, marking India's fourth term as BRICS chair (after 2012, 2016 and 2021). The...
Forest Rights Act Under Strain: The Gram Sabha Consent Debate
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has stated that the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 and its implementing rules contain 'no provision for obtaining consent of...
The 2026 West Asia Conflict and India's Energy Security: Why the Strait of Hormuz Matters for BRICS Diplomacy
An ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, and its effects on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, formed a backdrop to a...