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India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, with its chairship built on four pillars: Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. The New Delhi Declaration covers cooperation in global development, peace...
In Geneva, 128 countries agreed by consensus on a text defining Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). LAWS can detect, select and engage targets using pre...
The 79th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia (RC79) in Dili, Timor-Leste, adopted the Dili Declaration on Human Resources for Health: Equity in Specialized Care. It targets shortages and uneven dist...
The G20 Innovation Ministers' Meeting was held on 1-2 September 2026 at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Ministers adopted an Innovation Ministerial Statement spanning six areas, including pro-innovation policy, emergin...
Researchers from JNCASR, the University of Sydney and IISc have created a crystal that delivers nearly 1,000 times the thermoelectric voltage of the textbook limit. They used magnesium-doped scandium nitride (ScN) thin f...
The UN General Assembly adopted the "Correct the Map" resolution encouraging world maps that show Africa's true size. It was backed by 164 countries, with the United States voting against and six abstaining. It promotes...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) adopted the Bishkek Declaration at its 26th Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It condemned terrorism in every form, rejected double standards, and called for action against terror...
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to recognise Tamil as the principal language of the Madras High Court. Article 348(2) permits a State's official language in High Cour...
The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29 to highlight the harmful effects of nuclear testing and push for an end to it. The UN General Assembly designated the day in 2009 and it was first mark...
The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution, moved by the Chief Minister in the 60-member House, opposing uranium mining and uranium ore-processing facilities in the State. It cited a 2019 Supreme Court order...
The BRICS Sports Ministers' Meeting in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, ended with the BRICS Sports Joint Declaration adopted by consensus under India's BRICS Chairship 2026. The agenda covered youth development, inclusion...
The 2nd BRICS 2026 Tourism Working Group Meeting was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan, hosted by the Union Ministry of Tourism under India’s BRICS Chairship. Its four priority areas were AI and Tourism; Sustainable and Responsi...
