Tianjin: On the sidelines of the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin were seen travelling together in the same car on Monday, September 1, ahead of their bilateral meeting. The gesture highlighted the close strategic relationship between India and Russia. Earlier in the day,...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Leaders’ Summit held in Tianjin on Monday, September 1, marking India’s significant diplomatic engagement amid rising global trade tensions. This visit is PM Modi’s first to China since the 2020 border clashes and included crucial bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday, August 30, ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China, where he is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. This was their second discussion this month, focusing on the Ukraine conflict and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commenced his two-day official visit to Japan, marking his eighth trip to the country since taking office in 2014. The visit began on Friday, August 29, with a warm reception from the Indian diaspora in Tokyo, who greeted him with national flags and enthusiastic chants. Expressing gratitude on social media,...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on August 31 and Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 1 during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. The high-profile meetings come at a critical time as India navigates strained trade relations with the United States following tariff hikes by President...
Ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, President Xi Jinping praised the strategic partnership between China and Russia, describing it as the “most stable, mature, and strategically significant” relationship among major world powers. In a meeting with Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of Russia’s State Duma, Xi emphasized that the China-Russia relationship...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Japan and China from August 29 to September 1, 2025, according to a statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday. At the invitation of Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, PM Modi will first travel to Japan on August 29-30 to participate in...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Saturday, August 16, that he will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington next week, following Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, which ended without a peace agreement on Ukraine. Zelenskyy said he had a “long and substantive” discussion with Trump after the Alaska summit and...
The much-anticipated Alaska summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded without a clear breakthrough, leaving India in a difficult position. Hopes for a positive outcome that could have averted an additional 25% US tariff on Indian exports were dashed, as the two leaders failed to resolve their differences over the...
The United States has issued a stern warning to India, indicating the possibility of increased tariffs if New Delhi continues purchasing oil from Russia and if upcoming high-level discussions between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska fail. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, suggested that Washington is...