Updated: Sep 1st, 2025 PM Modi takes Putin’s car becomes top trend on Chinese social media (image: IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strong personal chemistry with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday became the top talking point on various Chinese social media platforms — overshadowing other key events of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. ...
Updated: Sep 1st, 2025 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Amid Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ and the USA’s ambitious ‘Golden Dome’, Turkiye has introduced its own air shield, called ‘Steel Dome’, unveiled by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on August 27, according to reports. The Turkish president reportedly attended the “Steel Dome Deliveries – Facility Openings and...
Tianjin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a significant bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday, September 1. The discussions focused on deepening cooperation across economic, energy, security, and strategic domains, while also addressing pressing global issues like the Ukraine conflict....
Russian President Vladimir Putin waited for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 10 minutes outside the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit venue in Tianjin, China, to travel together for their scheduled bilateral meeting. In a rare display of camaraderie, both leaders shared a ride in Putin’s AURUS limousine, engaging in an extensive 45-minute discussion before the...
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,...
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan early Monday, causing tremors across the region, including parts of Pakistan. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the quake occurred at 00:47:41 IST, with its epicenter located at latitude 34.50°N and longitude 70.81°E, at a depth of 160 kilometers. Following the main...
The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have strongly condemned the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam and said that the perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks ‘must be brought to justice’. In the Tianjin Declaration by the Council of Heads of State of the SCO, all member nations expressed their deepest...
Updated: Sep 1st, 2025 US President Donald Trump has claimed that tariffs imposed during his administration brought in “trillions of dollars” to the US economy, even as a federal appeals court ruled that he had exceeded his constitutional authority by imposing them without congressional approval. In a post on Truth Social, Trump defended his trade...
Updated: Sep 1st, 2025 Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Sunday in nationwide rallies against immigration, with organisers of the “March for Australia” demonstrations singling out Indian migrants in their promotional material. According to census data, the Indian-born population in Australia doubled between 2013 and 2023 to reach about 845,800 – now making...
Updated: Sep 1st, 2025 The death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 622, with more than 1,000 others injured, reported the state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) on Monday. Rescue teams are navigating remote areas with limited communication to assess the full extent of the damage and provide aid, with...