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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicShanghai Cooperation Organisation

Topic: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Global media divided on India’s economic heft, ‘pities Indian pollsters’ for getting exit polls wrong

International media is also keeping an eye on Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s upcoming visit to Pakistan, but doesn’t have very high hopes for thawing of bilateral ties.

No unauthorised protests allowed during SCO summit, says Islamabad HC amid anti-govt protests

The court directed the local administration to allocate designated areas for protests in the capital city.

Jaishankar to attend SCO meet in Pakistan, India’s 1st foreign minister to visit neighbour since 2015

The last Indian external affairs minister to visit Pakistan was Sushma Swaraj, who represented India at Heart of Asia conference on Afghanistan, hosted in Islamabad in December 2015.

PM Modi didn’t skip SCO due to US influence. India has its own independent agenda

For Moscow, one way of limiting Beijing’s clout in the SCO is to bring in India and counterbalance Chinese influence in the decision-making process.

SCO meet: Jaishankar tells Lavrov to safely return Indians caught in Russia’s war with Ukraine

Modi, who will visit Russia this month, skipped this year’s SCO summit, a multilateral platform seen as a contender to groupings led by the US and its allies.

Strong European presence at Ukraine peace summit, but thin representation from ASEAN, BRICS & SCO

On Friday, Switzerland released final list of delegations attending Global Peace Summit at Bürgenstock Resort. Of the 93 national delegations, 44 are from Europe.

Fourth edition SCO Startup Forum organised in New Delhi

The event, aimed at promoting innovation, creating job opportunities, and inspiring young talent, brought together over 15 SCO startups showcasing their products and services at a showcase window.

At China-led SCO, Jaishankar bats for debt-free connectivity projects for ‘Global South’

‘SCO should work together to promote stability & prosperity in region’, he says at Bishkek summit, calls India-Middle East-Europe corridor 'enabler' of economic prosperity.

Modi has exhumed Nehru’s Global South. Which fails the test of geography, geopolitics and economics

Global South is the idea that India, or its leader, could be the leader of the rest. Narendra Modi has emerged as its most prominent and powerful global brand ambassador.

Ahead of SCO meet, differences emerge in readouts of Modi-Putin phone call on Wagner mutiny

MEA readout said Putin told Modi about recent developments & Indian PM reiterated call for dialogue. Kremlin readout said Modi expressed 'support of resolute actions by Russian leadership'.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.