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  "id": 7233110,
  "title": "Leaders hail Brics CONNECT initiative",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/leaders-hail-brics-connect-initiative",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T02:21:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/leaders-hail-brics-connect-initiative-101789327912729.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Brics nations have pledged to enhance collaboration in \"forecasting skills needs\" by examining labour market trends across digital, green, care and other priority sectors. The 11-nation collective, welcoming the \"Brics CONNECT\" platform for technical cooperation and capacity building, recognized the transformative role of digital technologies in expanding social protection coverage and improving inclusiveness for workers' welfare. The group called for innovative national policy approaches to increase social protection coverage for gig and platform workers.",
  "summary": "Brics countries have committed to strengthening collaboration in “forecasting skills needs” by analysing labour market trends in digital, green, care and other priority sectors, as the 11-nation grouping of major emerging market economies welcomed “Brics CONNECT”, a new platform for technical cooperation, knowledge exchange and capacity building",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Leaders back new ‘BRICS CONNECT’ platform to map skills, prepare future-ready workforce",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/leaders-back-new-brics-connect-platform-to-map-skills-prepare-future",
        "published": "2026-09-14T02:16:36.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}