BRICS Summit Opens in Delhi with Heavy Security Deployment

Overview

• The BRICS leaders have gathered in Delhi on Sept 10–11, with reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin are scheduled for bilateral talks and Delhi Police and paramilitary forces deployed in large numbers.
• Security officials reported a major deployment that the reporting said included about 15,000 Delhi Police personnel and 200 paramilitary companies to secure the capital as world leaders arrive.
• India’s space agency reported a successful full-thrust test of a 200-tonne semi-cryogenic engine for the LVM3 rocket, a propulsion advance that is expected to raise that launcher’s payload capacity.
• Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone, marketed as the iPhone Duo, in India with a listed price near Rs 2,99,900, a launch that has drawn strong public reaction to the device’s features and cost.
• Two ongoing humanitarian crises drew parallel attention: a ferry fire off Palawan, Philippines left at least five dead with dozens missing as search operations continue, and Bangladesh is reporting a severe measles outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 children amid documented vaccine gaps.