AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoBRICS Summit Tech & Trade: India kicked off the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi with leaders including Putin and Xi, pushing a New Delhi Declaration on UN Security Council reform, counter-terror steps, and Global South participation—while journalists highlighted local-currency trade and digital payments as key themes. Uzbekistan in the AI spotlight: A South African open-source tool, TextAugment, is helping researchers build language tech with limited digital data, and it’s already being used for Uzbek among other languages. Health tech cooperation in Uzbekistan: China’s Peking University People’s Hospital team returned to Samarkand for its fifth “Journey to Sight” mission, aiming for 300 free cataract operations and training exchanges with local eye doctors. India–UAE science agenda: Modi met Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Khaled to deepen cooperation in defence, AI, space, critical minerals, energy, and connectivity, alongside a reported $11.5B green aluminium project in Odisha. EU sanctions ripple: France joined Slovakia in seeking delisting Uzbek-born Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov from EU sanctions, adding pressure to EU decision timelines.
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