India, South Africa deepen BRICS economic cooperation, signaling bloc's shift to shared power

The article highlights BRICS' evolution from a diplomatic forum to a solution-driven economic platform, with India and South Africa leveraging shared multilateral ambitions into industrial, trade, and financial cooperation. This reflects a broader trend of the bloc institutionalizing economic power-sharing, though specific new initiatives remain unspecified. The development matters as it could accelerate de-dollarization and alternative trade frameworks.