| | SEPTEMBER 20269India will host the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, with PM Narendra Modi convening the expanded 11-member bloc to focus on trade, digital technology, healthcare and climate action. A BRICS Business Forum and Women's Business Alliance session precede the main summit on September 11. Under India's 2026 presidency, themed "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability," discussions will cover supply chains, cross-border payments, MSME growth, and AI. The summit marks 20 years of BRICS, with con-firmed attendance from Russian President Putin and anticipated participa-tion from China's Xi Jinping. PM MODI TO HOST 11-NATION BRICS SUMMIT IN NEW DELHIPOLICY & DIPLOMACYWalmart-backed Flipkart has begun trialing its food delivery service, Eat In, among Bengaluru staff, ahead of a planned rollout to consumers as it steps into territory dominated by Zomato and Swiggy. Built in collab-oration with the Open Network for Digital Commerce, the service will be opened to all employees around September 15. Flipkart Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy has said the company will test the model at a small scale before wider expansion, emphasising service quality and affordability alongside a reduced commission structure for restau-rant partners, as competitors like Rapido's Ownly and Swiggy's Toing chase budget-conscious diners. PHONEPE'S SAMEER NIGAM CHARTS VISION FOR THE NEXT DECADEFLIPKART ENTERS FOOD DELIVERY WITH 'EAT IN'E-COMMERCE & DIGITAL ECONOMYAt the Global Fintech Fest 2026, PhonePe Founder and CEO Sameer Nigam marked ten years of the platform by outlining its next phase, built around what he called a "Sachetization Philosophy" that turns big financial commitments into daily habits. Highlights include Pho-nePe Daily FD starting at Rs 100 a day, daily SIPs from Rs 10, and CRISP for real-time market guidance. Nigam also detailed AI-powered underwrit-ing enabling loan approvals in 2.5 minutes, a revamped PhonePe Business App, and PhonePe Pulse Pro, a hyper-local intelligence tool drawing on more than 11 billion monthly transactions to guide business decisions.
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