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India is preparing to host the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit on 12 and 13 September 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The summit comes 20 years after the formation of the BRICS diplomatic grouping and will be held under India’s 2026 chairship.
The 62nd APNIC Conference (APNIC 62) is being held in Mumbai from September 4 to September 10, 2026. The event is hosted by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and organised by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).
Seven core OPEC+ members kept their October 2026 oil production targets unchanged from September 2026 levels in a virtual meeting held on 6 September 2026. The participating countries were Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman.
The U.S.-India TRUST Fellowship was launched in Bengaluru in September 2026 to support collaborative research between American scholars and Indian institutions. TRUST stands for Transforming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic Technology, and the programme is linked to the bilateral TRUST framework announced by the United States and India in February 2025.
The BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir in Bussy-Saint-Georges, Seine-et-Marne, was inaugurated on 6 September 2026. The temple is France’s first traditionally designed stone Hindu temple and the largest of its kind in mainland Europe.
Russia began the first oil transport through the Vostok Oil trunk pipeline on 5 September 2026, with crude loaded at the Sever Bay (Bukhta Sever) terminal in Krasnoyarsk Krai. The launch was linked to the Vostok Oil project, a large Arctic oil development led by Rosneft and connected to the Northern Sea Route.
Giorgia Meloni became the longest continuously serving postwar Prime Minister in the history of the Italian Republic on 4 September 2026 after completing 1,413 consecutive days in office. She assumed office on 22 October 2022 and leads the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, known in Italian as Fratelli d’Italia. She is the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Italy.
The Supreme Court of India announced on 3 September 2026 that India would host the three-day BRICS Chief Justices’ Forum in New Delhi. The forum began on 4 September 2026 and was scheduled to continue until 6 September 2026 ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit.
India and Japan will play their first men’s T20 International on 22 September 2026 at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The match has been named the Suzuki Cup and will begin joint celebrations for 75 years of India-Japan diplomatic relations, which will be formally completed in 2027.
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) announced on 4 September 2026 that it will convene the inaugural iBRICS Summit in New Delhi, India. The two-day event is formally titled “The Global Sovereign & Private Deal Room” and is scheduled for 12–13 September 2026 at The Oberoi, New Delhi, on the sidelines of the 18th official BRICS Leaders’ Summit.
The Rangpur-Sivasagar Historical Ensemble in Assam has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List. India’s Permanent Mission to UNESCO submitted the nomination dossier on 19 June 2026 under UNESCO cultural criteria (iii) and (iv).
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on 4 September 2026 to observe 27 November every year as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. The resolution was adopted by consensus in the 193-member United Nations and was presented by Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone and President of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development.