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VOLUME 7, ISSUE 07 | OCTOBER 1-15, 2026

EDITOR IN CHIEF A Beacon of Humanity Under
DHIRENDRA OJHA
Principal Director General, India’s Leadership
Press Information Bureau,
New Delhi
CHIEF CONSULTING EDITOR
SANTOSH KUMAR
SENIOR ASST. CONSULTING EDITOR
PAWAN KUMAR
ASST. CONSULTING EDITORS India has been an integral part of the BRICS story since its
AKHILESH KUMAR
CHANDAN KUMAR CHOUDHARY inception, and today, one in every two people on Earth resides in a
Cover Story BRICS nation. The 18th BRICS Summit, held at Bharat Mandapam
LANGUAGE EDITORS in New Delhi, celebrated two decades of this journey. With the ‘New
SUMIT KUMAR (ENGLISH) Delhi Declaration’, India has steered BRICS toward a new, more
RAJNEESH MISHRA (ENGLISH) effective, and human-centric direction… |6-25
NADEEM AHMED (URDU)
UPI... The story of a civilisation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi:
SENIOR DESIGNER Years of Good Governance PM Modi inaugurated the ‘Global Fintech Fest 2026’ |48-49
PHOOL CHAND TIWARI
Freight Corridors: The Lifeline of a Resurgent India
DESIGNERS PM Modi gifts projects worth ₹35,000 crore to Gujarat |50-51
SATYAM SINGH A 25-year journey True strength... Knowledge leads to awareness, and
ANIL KUMAR dedicated to strong decisions awareness leads to change.
and transformations amid challenges PM Modi shares a guiding principle with Teachers |52-53

Expansion of rail connectivity; EPFO wage limit now
₹25,000
Several key decisions taken at the Union Cabinet meeting |54-55
The mantra for space exploration is cooperation...
PM Modi addresses the International Space Summit |56
The resolve for a ‘Drug-Free India’ to be realised by 2029
India will be ‘drug-free’ by 2029-Home Minister Amit Shah. |57
CLICK TO READ A confluence of India’s ancient genius and France’s
NEW INDIA SAMACHAR modern engineering
AVAILABLE IN 13 LANGUAGES PM Modi inaugurates the Swaminarayan Temple in Paris |58-59

https://newindiasamachar. He has been guiding the Personality: Tiruppur Kumaran
pib.gov.in/news.aspx nation – first as the Chief The man who did not let the national flag fall |60
TO READ THE NEW INDIA Minister of Gujarat and
SAMACHAR ARCHIVE now as Prime Minister SRCC Centenary Celebrations
EDITIONS CLICK for 12 years – through Speaking at the event
https://newindiasamachar. his model of good 140 Crore Indians will together... marking the completion
pib.gov.in.archive.aspx governance. Marking the Turn India into a developed of 100 years of Delhi
and self-reliant nation
completion of 25 years University’s Shri Ram
of his ceaseless journey College of Commerce,
Follow @NISPIBIndia of service and dedication Prime Minister Narendra
on Twitter for regular since taking the oath as Modi stated that 1.4 billion
updates on 'New India Gujarat’s Chief Minister on citizens would collectively
Samachar' transform India into a
October 7, 2001, here is a developed and self-reliant
special report… |26-47 nation... | 4-5

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