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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicShanghai Cooperation Organisation

Topic: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

SCO, BRICS, RIC: What do they have in common? China at head of table, India faking smiles

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa has produced the usual photo-ops and probably even some important outcomes in back-room conversations....

India-Russia trade in rupees a ‘problem’, need to convert to another currency, says Lavrov on SCO sidelines

Suspension of the rupee-rouble trade system, established to avoid the purview of Western sanctions on Russia, is being viewed as a blow to Indian importers.

‘Let’s not weaponise terrorism for diplomatic points’: Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto at SCO meet

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's comments at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet come days after S Jaishankar said it's 'difficult' to engage with a neighbour practising cross-border terrorism.

Jaishankar calls on SCO foreign ministers to support ‘New Delhi declaration’ & 4 joint statements

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also asked for English to be included as SCO's 3rd official language. Currently, Russian & Mandarin are used as official, working languages.

S. Jaishankar welcomes Bilawal Bhutto at SCO foreign ministers’ meet in Goa

Bhutto is the first senior leader of Pakistan to visit in 12 years – the last being Hina Rabbani Khar in July 2011, who met then foreign minister S.M. Krishna.

SCO foreign ministers’ meet in Goa: What to expect & what 1-yr presidency means for India

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.

Taliban ‘rejects’ Russian defence minister’s remark at SCO meet on ‘security threat from Afghanistan’

Russian minister Sergei Shoigu noted growing number of extremist groups in Afghanistan. In its response, Taliban claims it has been able to defeat 'remnants' of ISIS in Afghanistan.

Rajnath tells China that its violation of LAC has ‘eroded entire basis of bilateral relations’

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart Gen Li Shangfu that India wants to improve relations with China but it can happen only after peace and tranquillity are restored at the border.

LAC talks with China prove diplomacy without strength is fruitless

It would have been an embarrassment had the Ladakh talks turned hostile just when Rajnath Singh and Gen Li Shangfu are meeting at the SCO on 28 April.

India & China hold border talks ahead of SCO meet, de-escalation and Depsang Plains a focus

The talks are being held at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point after a gap of nearly 5 months since last round of talks was held in December 2022.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.