New Delhi: India will seek to lay the foundation for a common standards framework across the Brics bloc this week, aiming to shape technical rules that increasingly determine global trade, manufacturing and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). The development is seen lowering compliance barriers for Indian exports and strengthen New Delhi's role in global standard-setting.The two-day meeting of the heads of national standard-setting bodies, hosted by the BIS under India's 2026 Brics Chairship in Bengaluru, is expected to establish a formal mechanism for cooperation on developing, adopting and implementing standards, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) said on...