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India hosts BRICS environment meet to push climate resilience, sustainable development

12th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi to focus on environmental cooperation, adaptation, disaster resilience and sustainable lifestyles under India’s 2026 chairship.

Trump invokes India’s voter ID system in push for stricter US election rules

6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s North Sumatra

India’s local currency payments proposal emerges as key BRICS summit agenda item

Mamdani breaks 45-year mayoral tradition at New York’s India Day parade

The New York mayor attended a smaller India Independence Day celebration in Queens on Aug 14 but did not join Aug 15 Manhattan parade, which has traditionally been attended by the city’s mayors.

Qatar denies detention of Iranian pilots, calls claims misleading

Doha says pilots violated its airspace and were targeted after failing to respond to communication attempts, while search teams later recovered one pilot’s remains.

Record wildfire ravages 2,000 hectares in Belgium

Belgium’s worst-ever wildfire forces around 600 people to evacuate as strong winds hamper firefighting and international assistance is deployed.

India–Israel friendship shines as Jerusalem bridge glows in tricolour

Iconic Chords Bridge illuminated in saffron, white and green to mark India’s 80th Independence Day, highlighting close bilateral ties and shared values.

7.7-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

Strong tremors rock East Nusa Tenggara as country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency warns of possible tsunami waves; no casualties reported so far.