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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicShanghai Cooperation Organisation

Topic: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Can ignoring Imran Khan get Pakistan to deliver on terror or should Modi resume engagement?

PM Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan appear unlikely to engage with each other at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek.

Modi’s India can compete & co-exist with Xi’s China. Negative foreign policy will only hurt

India and China are right in staying away from a Cold War-style competition in the subcontinent.

Modi to invite Chinese President Xi for informal meet, discuss S-400 with Putin in Bishkek

Modi is expected to meet Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek this week.

A Modi-Imran Khan handshake in Bishkek means that the two PMs need each other

Officials in India and Pakistan are drawing up an agenda for a return to dialogue. And it seems the powerful Pakistani establishment is onboard for now.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi says Beijing plans to send envoy to India & Pakistan, China keeps mum

Pakistani media reported that foreign minister Qureshi said China has plans to send a special envoy to Pakistan and India to help ease tensions.

China praises joint-participation of soldiers from India & Pakistan in SCO’s anti-terror drill

At least 3,000 soldiers from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India and Pakistan are participating in the drill.

India-China ties cannot afford another Doklam, says Chinese envoy

Luo Zhaohui said that both the countries should narrow their differences and adopt confidence-building measures.

Imran Khan thinks feminism degrades mothers

Pakistan and China film industries partner for a movie on CPEC; Bengalis in Pakistan face identity crisis before elections.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.