As Delhi gears up for BRICS, parts of one of the world’s busiest urban centers have been turned into tightly controlled security zones.
September 11, 2026 04:05 UTC
As Delhi gears up for BRICS, parts of one of the world’s busiest urban centers have been turned into tightly controlled security zones.
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Focus on relationships over rivalry, substance over mere statements, and people over politics are the pillars of New Delhi’s approach.
IMF hails India’s 7.8% growth, calls economy a key global growth engineIMF backs changes to GDP estimatesGDP figures face questionsIndia’s economy has stayed on the growth track despite the energy price shock, with real GDP rising 7.8% in the April-June quarter. The IMF hailed the stronger-than-expected performance, saying that the growth was boosted by better-than-expected activity in services and exports.At a press briefing, IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said, “India's real GDP in the second quarter grew by 7.8 per cent. It also means that India does remain a key growth engine for the world,” she added.The 7.8% growth in real GDP for Q1 FY27, covering April-June, was higher than the Reserve Bank of India’s earlier estimate of 7%. According to her, both should help improve India’s GDP estimates.“I can say that the latest GDP release, the one that we just talked about for Q2, it incorporated both a new index of industrial production. It welcomed the changes to the GDP estimation system, noting that the new industrial production index and producer price index series would help improve GDP estimates.
Image Credit: X (Department of Information & Publicity)Poll Vote & Share your view What do you think is the key to promoting responsible driving? A banner at the event carried the message, “Raftaar nahi, sansakar” (Not speed, but values).Reacting to the video, Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw praised the initiative. “I think India needs this kind of ‘schooling’ more than another driving lesson! Commendable move by the Daman Collector,” she said in a post on X.“Making Thar and Fortuner owners take an oath to drive safely, sometimes a little public pledge may work better than a thousand road signs!” she added.The Daman administration did not link the campaign to any specific accident or incident. Instead, its post presented the gathering as an effort to encourage responsible driving and road safety.
The Commission said authorities can identify areas under housing pressure by assessing whether property prices are high relative to incomes or have risen persistently over a 10-year period. What the new land records system changesNEW DELHI: The government on Thursday launched the operational guidelines for the third phase of the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP 3.0), with a Rs 565.5 crore outlay for 2026-31 to build an integrated digital framework for land records, property maps and registration data.The programme aims to move beyond digitising individual land records towards an integrated land management system, Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said while launching the guidelines. "Land is not just a piece of soil, it is the pride of our farmers, the blessing of our ancestors and the identity of future generations," Chouhan said, as quoted by PTI.The initiative is expected to make land and property records easier to identify, access and verify by connecting databases that are currently maintained across different government systems.Under DILRMP 3.0, states will be able to create their own digital "land stacks" by connecting land records, cadastral maps, registration systems and other land-related datasets through APIs. Legacy land records will be scanned, a registration repository will be created and revenue courts will be computerised.For urban property, the NAKSHA initiative will support urban land mapping and preparation of property cards. Funds will be released in phases based on performance, with progress tracked through a real-time DILRMP-MIS dashboard.
Traffic in Delhi is likely to be affected today as several roads will be affected due to restrictions which will take effect at 2pm today.
We do have one proviso, and that's that the money be spent... people spend their money in the United States. We don't want to have that money spent in other countries. "Now, this time I'm not running, so it's a big difference when you're running and not running," he said. "I'm just asking the people, all you people that are listening, pretend I'm running because we have to win. Giving each of them a $5,000 check would cost about $1.2 trillion.
The summit will also take up major global and regional developments, including geopolitical conflicts and disruptions to global trade and energy routes.The summit is set to begin on Saturday, September 12, with a closed-door meeting of BRICS member countries at 2.35 pm on “Inclusive Global Governance and Strengthening Multilateralism”. Leaders will then visit the Bharat Innovates Exhibition at 4.25 pm, followed by the official family photograph and a joint tree-planting ceremony at 5.05 pm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a gala dinner for the participating leaders at 7.30 pm.On Sunday, September 13, leaders of BRICS member countries, partner countries and outreach invitees will begin arriving at 9.55 am. China, Russia and Iran have been allotted separate hotels, with security teams from the respective countries also reaching Delhi ahead of their presidents.The heightened security measures extend beyond the summit venue. PM Modi is also scheduled to meet the Russian president today.
In September-October last year, Umer, Ganaie and Jasir Bilal Wani, a student accused of assisting the module, allegedly tested nitro-glycerine near a tubewell on the campus. In a forested area of Dhauj, Umer and Ganaie allegedly conducted further tests using TATP (triacetone triperoxide). Umer, Ganaie, Shaheen and Wani visited markets in Gurgaon and Faridabad to buy fertilisers, chemicals, electrical equipment, trolley bags, collapsible water bags, gas stoves and other material needed for the preparations. NIA said he repeatedly visited Al-Falah, helped prepare explosives and assisted in shifting raw materials to rented premises. The blast killed 15 people and injured 29 others.The chargesheet also shed light on why Umer allegedly continued working at Al-Falah despite receiving a higher-paying job offer in Pathankot.
The attack came as Tehran seeks to open another pressure point against the United States and its ally Saudi Arabia. Iranian weapons fuel Houthi blitzWhy Mocha matters to IranThe Houthi takeover of Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Mocha was backed by a rapid offensive involving Iranian-supplied weapons, drones and direct guidance from commanders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to Reuters. The attack came as Tehran seeks to open another pressure point against the United States and its ally Saudi Arabia.The lightning advance down Yemen’s western coast has given the Iran-backed group greater control over a strategically important stretch of the Red Sea, close to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The Houthis’ capture of the port therefore gives them a potentially stronger position to threaten shipping along one of the world’s key maritime routes.The development comes as traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb remains heavily disrupted by Houthi attacks. Its advance has raised fears that the country could slide back into a wider conflict, with the consequences potentially extending beyond Yemen to Saudi security, Red Sea shipping and global energy markets.
Multiple trains have been cancelled or diverted on September 11, 12 and 13 as Delhi will host the BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam.
