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Against this backdrop, UAe’s crown prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al nahyan, who is the Crown Prince of Abu dhabi, met iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the margins of the BriCS summit. in paragraph 28 of the joint declaration, the BriCS leaders »ConTInUeD on page 2 Behind the agreement: No Ukraine, Iran-UAE balance, swipe at (US) tariffs Divya a & Shubhajit Roy New Delhi, September 12 the 45-page BriCS declaration achieved a consensus through careful diplomatic calibration nuancing the most divisive issues and creating space for each of the participants to walk away with their stated goals acknowledged — and their triggers avoided. Prime minister narendra modi with chinese President Xi Jinping and russian President Vladimir Putin in new delhi, saturday. ANI PM for new order: ‘Pyramid of privilege must give way to platform of partnership’ RAS 2024 RESULTS 36 in Top 50 Ranks 72 in Top 100 Ranks As many as 140 paragraphs of the document dwelt at length on trade, health, Ai and tourism, making the document cooperative rather than confrontational. in many cases, it echoed the 2025 rio declaration — be it the war in gaza,Pahalgamterrorattackor UnSC reforms. the declaration avoided any mention of the “t” that matters the most — trump — butitusedtheothertwo ts, trade and tariff. these found repeated mentions in the declaration. While all participants have been at the receiving end of US tariffs, two important members of the E. »ConTInUeD on page 2 lQyrk dk lezkV fLçaxcksMZ !! I Shubhajit Roy & Divya a business as usual Blo calls for restraint, flags sovereignty, threat to civilians, infra, smooth oil flows tgk¡ Js"Brk la;ksx ugha] ijaijk gSA ‘Coming of age moment for BRICS@20, Global South must be rule-shaper’ Shubhajit Roy & Divya a New Delhi, September 12 Underlining the “coming ofage”ofBriCSinits20thyear, Prime Minister narendra Modi saidSaturdaythatthegrouping has carved a distinct identity foritselfontheglobalstageand its members “respect each other’s perspectives and move forward through consensus”. BrIcs leaders plant trees at the Bharat mandapam in new delhi, saturday. MEA he said they strive to progress “not by opposing anyone, but by taking everyone along”. he made these remarks hours before the BriCS declarationwasadoptedthroughcon- sensus. the UAe and iran, at loggerheadseversincethestart of the war in West Asia, came aroundafterhecticnegotiations over the last few days. Pitching for the global South’s presence at the table, Modisaidthemessagefromthe summithostedbyindiaisclear: “ifourfutureisshared,thenthe right to shape it must also be »ConTInUeD on page 2 express special no fire & brimstone: delhi pushes back against making brics a geopolitical bloc C Raja mohan Gudauri (Georgia) , September 12 Underlying the wordy 140-paragraph declaration of the delhi BriCS summit is india’s careful steering of the twenty-year forum amid deepening great-power conflict involving its own members, Happening today lBRICS memBeRS will take part in a session on 'Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability: Shaping the Future for Inclusive Global Growth’. economicuncertaintyaccentuated by wars in europe and the Middle east. delhi’s diplomatic success lies in keeping BriCS “boring”, if you will, amid the rhetorical excess about radical global changethatoftenaccompanies its summits. the declaration reaffirms the political diversity of the »ConTInUeD on page 2 InDIa 2026 full coverage pageS 3, 5 zero TolerAnce on cross-border Terror: grouping on pAhAlgAm nimhAns AT cenTre of brics’ menTAl Wellness neTWork Listing Tata Sons was key issue on which trustees of Tata Trusts were divided george mathew Mumbai, September 12 Track These and more on www.indianexpress.com in A big setback to the noel tata-led tata group, the reserveBankofindiahasrejected the application of its principal holding company tata Sons ltd, to remain an unregistered investmentcompany.ithas,instead, directed the company “toensurefullcompliancewith all guidelines/ instructions” which means tata Sons will have to go for an initial public offering (iPO) and list its shares on the stock exchanges. listingtataSonswasoneof --------- RAS Selection the key issues which had divided the trustees of tata trusts, which holds about 66 per cent in the company through various entities. the rBi decision comes at a critical juncture when the tata group issearchingforanewchairman to replace n Chandrasekaran, who announced he would step down after his term ends on February 20, 2027, since the board was not unanimous on »ConTInUeD on page 2 dh lgh j.kuhfr --------- lsfeukj IAS/ RAS esa p;fur vf/kdkfj;ksa ,oa fo’ks”kK QSdYVh }kjk ekxZn’kZu 14 flrEcj 2026, lkseokj @ 10:15 AM eConomy, page 9 bloc pushes for reform s in WTo RBI rejects Tata Sons plea to be private, asks it to go public lBRICS memBeRS, partners, chairs of regional organisations and heads of international organisations will release their statements. forumanddispelsthenotionof an ideological crusade against the West — one that some supporters of BriCS desire and many of its critics assume is already under way. it contains familiar criticism of unilateral sanctions, tariffs and protectionism, as wellasstronglanguageongaza BRICS RAS Foundation Batch Online & Offline 15 flrEcj ls u;k cSp izkjEHk I I Live Interactive Classes Regular Test Series Personal Mentorship IAS I RAS 3 Year Integrated Course After 12th Pass u;k cSp izkjEHk RAS Pre IAS Foundation Batch u;k cSp izkjEHk Contact us- Springboards Spur Pvt. 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