With the confidence of having its Chinese friends on the table, it was a good decision by Pakistan to get India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in the room and engage in a gentle talk.
Chinese, Russian & Pakistan foreign ministers to attend the meeting. Counter-terrorism concerns in nations like Afghanistan, the Russia-Ukraine war likely to dominate the discussions.
Pakistan instead sent in Wali Ahmed Khan, special assistant to its PM. All SCO member nations also signed a protocol, expressing their collective will to make the region secure, peaceful.
At the foreign ministerial meeting of the eight-nation bloc, Jaishankar also underlined the potential of the Chabahar port in Iran for the economic future of the grouping.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) foreign ministers' meeting will deliberate on the SCO summit scheduled for September 15-16 in Samarkand, the MEA said
Speaking at the SCO conclave in Dushanbe, the defence minister said India is committed to working within the SCO framework for helping create & maintain a secure & peaceful region.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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