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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicShanghai Cooperation Organisation

Topic: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

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.

Pak defence minister likely to skip SCO meet in India, Rajnath to hold bilateral talks with Chinese counterpart

Gen Li will be in India for Shanghai Cooperation meet. This will be the 1st visit by a Chinese defence minister since tensions broke out at LAC between the two nations in eastern Ladakh in 2020.

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.